This text weaves a number of dramatic stories together, told by the villagers of a rural community. As they descend into poverty, the tales become increasingly more comic and fantastical. Ideal for exploring ensemble company work and imaginative theatricality, "The Yarn" can be performed as a complete production, the stories played individually, or a few selected depending upon the size and needs of the group. The text has been specifically devised for drama and performing arts students aged 14 and above (Key Stage 4, GNVQ Performing Arts students, BTEC National Diploma students and youth theatre groups) and offers full and equal participation for between eight and 40 performers, allowing for the strong possibility that the group will be predominantly female. The "open" text gives performers opportunity to create their own production, encouraging ownership and ensemble, and performance exercises help the group towards developing their own performance style.

 

This book is part of a book series called Adventures in Space .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 4. KS4 covers school years 10 and 11, and ages 15-16 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at the following children: secondary school , university .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hodder Arnold .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction to the theme and performance content; collection of dramatic plays which can be performed individually or as a complete production; performance materials; company performance exercises; performance notes and exercises.