Punk Rock
Simon Stephens
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
3.63
· 8 ratings · 112 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2009
Based on his experience as a teacher, Stephens describes his play as ' The History Boys on crack'. It explores the underlying tensions and potential violence in a group of affluent, articulate seventeen year old students. Contemporary and unnerving, with elements of The Catcher in the Rye , Punk Rock follows the story of seven sixth-formers as they face up to the pressures of teenage life, while preparing for their mock A-level exams and trying to get into Oxbridge. They are a group of educated, intelligent and aspirational young people but step-by-step, the dislocation, disjunction and latent violence simmering under the surface of prosperity is revealed.