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.

This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature 11-14 .

There are 120 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited .

Neil Arksey is an actor who has performed, and is now teaching at the new Globe Theatre in London. He has written stage and film scripts and this is his second Puffin title. Neil lives in Peckham, London.