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This A4, full colour, photocopiable booklet will allow you to teach this play in its entirety to your GCSE students. Whether you are looking for a fun, exciting text to introduce your students to GCSE Drama or you need a play suitable for practical or written exams, this is the perfect choice.

The booklet also provides you with a wealth of practical teaching approaches, from off-text games to rehearsal strategies, to director-led group work. Students will be inspired to explore each scene of the play the play from a practical perspective, forming their own interpretations and performance ideas. Each section of the booklet is accompanied by detailed teaching ideas, guiding you through each activity and providing you with the handouts needed as well as suggestions for extension work. Students are encouraged to take inspiration from influential figures of the theatre world, looking at ways in which the work of Brecht might lend themselves to this text. It looks at the context of the play, focusing upon social, political and cultural contextual messages.

The resource pack encourages your students to approach this wonderful text from the perspective of a performer and/or technician, encouraging them to research, experiment, evaluate and alter their ideas as they go. Various activities also allow students to direct their peers and helps shape them in to critical, evaluative performers. The final section of the booklet provides students with a wealth of exam-style questions, assessing their understanding of the play and encouraging them to write about their interpretations, character preparation, rehearsal processes, technical ideas and performance.

Whether you are looking to teach a play for a practical or written exam, or whether you merely wish to introduce your new GCSE students to approaching texts for performance, this is the resource pack for you.