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Author: Evan Placey
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.354kg
ISBN: 9781848425156
ISBN 10: 1848425155
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 May 2016
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'Evan Placey treats his themes with a raw honesty and no attempt to censor the less savoury aspects of them... an interesting collection of plays that will challenge both teenagers and adults' Word Matters (Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama); 'Four of [Evan Placey's] best plays assembled in a single volume. Youth theatres, schools, drama schools and the like will find plenty of gritty material to work on here' The Stage;'This collection of plays for teenagers is a must... The subject material is often challenging but absolutely vital and handled with the right mixture of sensitivity and courage. Sexuality, family and friends lie at the heart of the four plays contained here and all are highly accessible and would work with a range of acting styles and cast sizes. Placey's characters are totally believable and the dialogue crackles with wit and insight' Teaching Drama
'Evan Placey treats his themes with a raw honesty and no attempt to censor the less savoury aspects of them... an interesting collection of plays that will challenge both teenagers and adults' * Word Matters (Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama) * 'Four of [Evan Placey's] best plays assembled in a single volume. Youth theatres, schools, drama schools and the like will find plenty of gritty material to work on here' * The Stage * 'This collection of plays for teenagers is a must... The subject material is often challenging but absolutely vital and handled with the right mixture of sensitivity and courage. Sexuality, family and friends lie at the heart of the four plays contained here and all are highly accesible and would work with a range of acting styles and cast sizes. Placey's characters are totally believable and the dialogue crackles with wit and insight' * Teaching Drama *
Author Information
Evan Placey is a Canadian-British playwright who grew up in Toronto and now lives in London, England. His plays include: Lifers (Synergy Theatre Project at Southwark Playhouse, 2025); Peter Pan with Vikki Stone (Rose Theatre, Kingston, 2023); Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre, 2017 West End season); Consensual (National Youth Theatre, 2015 West End season); Girls Like That (Synergy/Unicorn Theatre; first produced and commissioned by Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth and West Yorkshire Playhouse, 2013; winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences); Mother of Him (Courtyard Theatre; winner of the King's Cross Award for New Writing, RBC National Playwriting Competition, Canada, and the Samuel French Canadian Play Contest); Banana Boys (Hampstead Theatre); Suicide(s) in Vegas (Canadian tour; Centaur Theatre Award nomination); Scarberia (Forward Theatre Project/York Theatre Royal); How Was It For You? (Unicorn Theatre); Holloway Jones (Synergy Theatre Project/schools tour/Unicorn Theatre; winner of the Brian Way Award 2012 for Best Play for Young People; Writers' Guild Award nomination); WiLd! (tutti frutti/UK tour and USA); and Pronoun (National Theatre Connections festival, 2014). Work for radio includes Mother of Him (BBC Radio 3/Little Brother Productions). Evan is a Creative Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Southampton, and also teaches playwriting to young people for various theatres, and also in prisons.
