Plays for Young People (12-18 years)
This section lists plays that are especially suited to young people aged 12 and above, for reading, study or performance. Please note that some of the plays included here contain adult language and/or tackle challenging issues. We're always happy to advise on the suitability of any of our plays: send us an email at info@nickhernbooks.co.uk, or call us on 020 8749 4953.
See also Plays for children (under 12 years)
Great Expectations (stage version)
Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Crushed Shells and Mud
By Ben MusgraveA play about conflicted desire and dangerous loyalties in a world trembling in the grip of a devastating epidemic.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (stage version)
Adapted by Philip Wilson Original author Philip PullmanA deliciously dark version of the Grimm Tales, from master storyteller Philip Pullman.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39Natives
A play about a generation of unlikely heroes that celebrates coming of age online in a chaotic world.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39War and Peace (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen EdmundsonA magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39Boudica
A brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Yen
By Anna JordanAnna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39LIT
A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
By Rob MadgeA joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)
A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)
By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony LaveryThe stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Bone Sparrow (stage version)
By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. ShakthidharanA stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Shakespeare Revue
An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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£13.99£11.19
Mary Shelley
A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.
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£13.99£11.19Add to basketEbook£13.99£11.19Charged
Six plays about women, crime and justice
Six plays by some of the most exciting and distinctive female voices in British theatre, exploring the heartbreaking truth about the lives of women in the criminal justice system.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers
By Fin KennedyA second collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers
By Evan PlaceyFour urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays
By Fin KennedyTender, uncompromising, haunting and lyrical, these four plays together comprise a contemporary chronicle of the lives of East London's young women.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59
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