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)
Roald Dahl's The Twits (stage version)
Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahl's story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh turns The Twits upside down and brings this revolting revolution to the stage.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Mermaid
By Polly TealeA bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79Scuttlers
By Rona MunroA thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester.
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£11.99£9.59There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.A4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Lionboy (stage version)
By Zizou Corder Adapted by Marcelo Dos SantosAn adaptation of Zizou Corder's Lionboy novels for award-winning theatre company Complicite.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Bird and other monologues for young women
By Laura LomasThree hard-hitting, distinctive monologues for young female actors, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Burying Your Brother in the Pavement
By Jack ThorneA play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people, Burying Your Brother in the Pavement was part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Same
A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Wardrobe
By Sam HolcroftA gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)
Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles DickensA thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Pronoun
By Evan PlaceyA love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Chatroom
By Enda WalshA chilling, blackly comic tale of manipulation, cyberbullying and adolescent insecurity.
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£7.99£6.39
Blue Stockings
A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Home
By Nadia FallA powerful, inventive play exploring the issue of homelessness amongst young people.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Girls Like That
By Evan PlaceyAn urgent and explosive play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (stage version)
By Joan Aiken Adapted by Russ TunneyA thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Moth
By turns dark and shimmering, Moth is a fast, funny and heartbreaking story about two young people with nowhere to go.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59The Machine Gunners (stage version)
By Robert Westall Adapted by Ali TaylorA thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.
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£10.99£8.79
Great Expectations (stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jo CliffordJo 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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