200 Plays for GCSE and A-Level Performance

How do I choose a play to perform with my students that meets the curriculum requirements and also interests my class? What can I introduce my students to that they might not already know?

If you're asking these questions, this is the book for you!

Written specifically for drama teachers, this is a quick, easy-to-use guide to finding and staging the best performance material for the whole range of student abilities and requirements for 15 - 18-year-olds.

It suggests 200 plays suitable for students of all abilities and requirements, providing sound advice on selection and realisation, and opening up plays and playwrights you may have never known existed.

Structured in 2 parts, Part 1 consists of 8 easy-to-read chapters, explaining how to get the most out of the resource. Part 2 is a vast resource listing 200 plays suitable for study/performance at GCSE and A Level. The details of each play are set out in an easy-to-navigate chart that offers introductory information on:

PlayPlaywrightCasting numbersGender splitsAbilityGenre descriptionBrief SummaryExam levelWorkshop ideasWarnings/advice (where necessary)Suggested scenes for study Performance notes including lighting, sound, costume and space

Jason Hanlan

The book is also a great tool for students, when guided by their teacher, to research plays and understand aspects such as genre, style and practitioner

Foreword

Part 1

1. How to Use This Book
2. Know Your Students: The Skills Audit
3. Which Play? Guiding Students in Choosing the Best Material
4. Design Options
5. Performance Exams: Everything You Need to Know for a Smoothly Run Professional Exam
6. Performance Spaces: Intimate or Epic?
7. The Skills of the Actor: Language of the Theatre
8. Shakespeare

Part 2

200 plays

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781350146624
ISBN-10:	1350146625
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hanlan, Jason
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Jason Hanlan
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.06.2021
Gewicht:	0,281 kg