What’s the hook?
Relocates the drama of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to the school football field. Strikingly original in its approach, MacB grips boys and girls alike. Includes engaging make characters and situations with which disenchanted readers can easily identify.
What are the themes?
Friendship, school life, mystery and imagination and individual vs society.
Teaching points?
Excellent way into Shakespeare’s Macbeth – opportunities to compare scenes on the football field with the battle scenes in Macbeth and compare the genres of drama and prose. Gripping story line and thrilling writing style provide plenty of opportunities for shared and guided reading.
- ISBN10 0582854393
- ISBN13 9780582854390
- Publish Date 27 May 2004 (first published 26 August 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Longman
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 120
- Language English