Campaigns and Conflicts

by Steve Lewis

Published 20 April 2003
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 major playwrights. Extracts and scenes include drama from Britain, America and Ancient Greece.

Rites and Rituals

by Steve Lewis

Published 20 March 2004
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 the focus of this collection of contemporary and classic drama. From the wit of Wilde to the dark comedy of Brecht, these extracts are an enormously entertaining look at the key moments in life. * The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde; The Shaughraun - Dion Boucicault; Love of the Nightingale - Timberlake Wertenbaker; A Respectable Wedding - Bertolt Brecht