Shell Connections - Suzy Graham-Adriani

'To encourage our most exciting, innovative contemporary playwrights to focus their energies on writing plays specifically for performance by this younger age group is inspired. The National Theatre'sShell Connectionsseries, like all the best ideas, is simple yet far reaching and very important for the future of the theatre.' Sir Alan AyckbournShell Connections 2003premires ten new plays, specially commissioned by the National Theatre, by some of the best writers around.With a wide range of cast sizes and settings - including the dark side of the moon, a multiplex cinema, the tarot universe, Roman London, and the eve of the Queen's Golden Jubilee - there's plenty of comedy, quests for courage, fame and fortune, tales of sinister parallel worlds, magical happenings and the power of human action. Schools and youth theatre groups will be spoilt for choice with this fantastic new collection.Visit theShell Connectionswebsite at www.shellconnections.org.This limited print-run anthology is sold exclusively (while stocks last) from the National Theatre's specialist theatre bookshop. To acquire further copies: Telephone: 020 7452 3456/ Fax 020 7452 3457/ E-mail: [email protected]/secure online ordering www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/bookshop.A copy of this anthology has been placed in every secondary school in the UK through the generous support of The Foyle Foundation.Included in the collection are the following:Brokenvilleby Philip RidleyThe Crossing Pathby Maya ChowdhryDustby Sarah DanielsThe Ice Palaceby Lucinda CoxonAn Island Far from Hereby Laura Ruohonen (translated by David Hackston)Moontel Sixby Constance CongdonMultiplexby Christopher William HillPurpleby Jon Fosse (translated by David Harrower)The Queen Must Dieby David FarrTotally Over Youby Mark Ravenhill