Kewpie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit):

How Simon Stephens's plays are galvanising British theatre - The Observer
30th August 2009

Excerpt:

All the teenagers in the play have something of the misfit about them. It is a 'murderously difficult period in most peoples' lives', Stephens says - and includes himself: 'I wasn't as clever or as rich as the kids I describe. As a teenager, I had immense periods of misery. If it hadn't been for the Smiths (his devotion to the band was absolute) I would have been an even more unhappy person.'