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)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (stage version)
A chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic novel about the disappearance of three Australian schoolgirls in the summer of 1900.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Scuttlers
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£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
By Fin KennedyThe award-winning play that follows one man's desperate attempts to buck the system, and asks what really makes us who we are in the 21st century.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Broken Biscuits
By Tom WellsA beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona MunroA brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59What I (Don't) Know About Autism
By Jody O'NeillA sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Glee & Me
By Stuart SladeA touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.
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With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth
By Alison Carr Translated by Daf JamesA funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Emilia
A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Bleak Expectations
By Mark EvansA hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59David Copperfield (stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Alastair CordingOne of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Dracula (stage version)
By Bram Stoker Adapted by Liz LochheadAcclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.
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