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On the first day at her new school, Dinah realizes something is horribly wrong. The children are strangely neat and well-behaved; they even work during playtime. What makes them behave this way? The answer is fear, but what is the secret of the Headmaster's control? Recently voted one of the top 20 books of the last 20 years, this is the first title in the best-selling series which inspired the top-rating TV series.

Written by subject specialists and matched to the latest Cambridge syllabus, this skills-focused Student Book supports students in interpreting scripted work and devising original work, building assessment confidence and driving stronger results. The skills-focused approach supports students in bringing original work to performance, introducing design and technical work (including costume design, set design, and the role of the director), and physical skills. There is also a unit dedicated to ta...

Dramascripts is an exciting series of plays especially chosen for students in the lower and middle years of secondary school. The titles range from the best in modern writing to adaptations of classic texts. They can be read or acted purely for the enjoyment and stimulation they provide. However, each play in the series also offers all the support that pupils need in working with the text.

A new series of collections of short plays and extracts from plays chosen to help maximise student’s GCSE Drama and Standard Grade achievement. This rich resource will also support the Year 9 objectives of the English Framework. Proposals, marriages, funeral and beyond are thefocus of this collection of contemporary andclassic drama. From the wit of Wilde to the darkcomedy of Brecht, these extracts are anenormously entertaining look at the key momentsin life. The Importance o...

Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or independent study, these editions offer a fully comprehensive and lightly glossed play text with accompanying notes specifically directed towards readers of this age, which unravel essential topics and challenge all students to delve further into literary an...

The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well have fascinated scholars for centuries for, among other aspects, the ways they resist an obvious genre classification. While these stories of love and familial recognition bear elements of romantic conflict, Shakespeare integrated aspects of the comedic and tragic as well in these complex works. Bloom's How to Write about Shakespeare's Romances preps readers for writing effective essays about these plays, with bib...

John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both individually and as a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary printed at the back. The edition, which began with The Tempest and ended with The Sonnets, put into practice the techniques and theorie...

New revised 2020 version Set text for OCR GCSE 9-1 Drama exam This play tells the tragic true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002 after a night out fishing with his best friends. The play explores the mystery of Dan’s disappearance and the tragic events that occurred that night; raising issues concerning personal safety and the importance of looking out for each other. A verbatim play, it uses only the words of his family, friends and the Detective Supe...

A new series of collections of short plays and extracts from plays chosen to help maximise students’ GCSE Drama and Standard Grade achievement. This rich resource will also support the Year 9 objectives of the English Framework. A selection of extracts and short plays chosen to help students understand the similarities and differences between contemporary and classic drama across different countries. Students will learn how cultural and personal issues have been dramatised over time by...

In Ê25 10-Minute Plays for TeensÊ young thespians in high school and middle school will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwrights such as Don Nigro Wendy MacLeod Jeff Goode Bekah Brunstetter and Constance Congdon; and equally terrific plays by such exciting up-and-comers as Chad Beckim C. S. Hanson Merridith Allen Sharyn Rothstein and Kayla Cagan. The characters are teens and the subject matter will be of interest to aspiring young actors making it easy for them t...

This work features an hour-long play that deals with the nervous breakdown of an adolescent boy through drug and alcohol misuse. It is a highly lyrical and poetic play that juxtaposes the lyricism of the language with the darkness of the experiences being represented. This is a play that grabs the reader.