Written by experienced teacher and author Annie Fox and endorsed by OCR offering support you can trust / Colourful, highly visual and accessible approach with practical activities throughout to engage students of all abilities / Contains detailed analysis and description of all set plays / Includes many contemporary examples of drama writing, staging, performance and interpretation allowing students to explore key skills in an appropriate context / Key drama terminology is identified and defined throughout / Suitable for specialist and non-specialist drama teachers

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Illuminate Publishing .

Annie Fox was the Head of Drama and Lead Teacher for Gifted and Talented Pupils in a state comprehensive that routinely achieved outstanding results. After studying in New York and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, she worked as an actor for over a decade, before training to teach. She has played a key role in training Drama teachers and been an Associate Moderator for a major awarding body. Annie is also an experienced English teacher and author.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction to OCR GCSE Drama; How you will be assessed; How to use this book; The role of theatre makers in contemporary practice; Actors; Design; Drama: Performance and Response; Section A Performance Texts: How to read a text; Performing a text; Blood Brothers; Death of a Salesman; Find Me; Gizmo; Kindertransport; Missing Dan Nolan; Misterman; Section B Evaluation of Live Performance: Devising Drama; Presenting and Performing Texts; Glossary