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)
Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)
A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Glove Thief
A play about the intersecting lives of four women, and their power to change the course of English history. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Education, Education, Education
A theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Start Swimming
By James FritzA play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.
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Boudica
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£10.39Natives
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£10.39Junkyard
By Jack ThorneA brilliantly honest and witty coming-of-age drama, with music by Stephen Warbeck.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Speech & Debate
A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.
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Us/Them
By Carly WijsAn extraordinary, award-winning account of the Beslan School Siege, exploring the entirely individual way children cope with traumatic situations.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Picnic at Hanging Rock (stage version)
By Joan Lindsay Adapted by Tom WrightA 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£9.59Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production
A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79New Labour
A comedy drama about being young, working in a shit job, living in debt, and all the funny and sad things you do to cope.
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