Based on the novel by Theresa Breslin, this title is about a boy with dyslexia who uncovers the dark mysterious secrets of his local graveyard. As he struggles with these secrets, he discovers the courage he needs to come to terms with his dyslexia and with problematic family and school relationships.
Although the brilliant, edgy plays of Geoff Gillham are frequently performed - to great acclaim - they have never been published. In this book David Davis has collected six of Gillham's best plays, each suited in length and topic for performance by youth groups or secondary schools.
Clarisse becomes obsessed with dieting. Sam is impatience for change - will he always be 4'11" and 98 pounds? This title helps young people learn that they may have more control over self-image than they imagine. It includes two plays that focus on both body image.
Talks about the comic intrigue in a boarding school where rivalries seize. At a home match, with arch rivals Mill Spill, a valuable football league cup is stolen. The home team loses the match, the cup and their confidence! There follows fast paced chases, mimed football sequences, puns, slapstick humour and an unexpected conclusion.
Terry Pratchett's ingeniously upended tale of the Pied Piper, has a roving band of highly intelligent rats as its heroic protagonists. Matthew Holmes' script and songs capture the plot in a captivating musical for children to perform and everyone to enjoy.
Everything is going Martin's way. The holidays have started, he's got a gorgeous girlfriend and everyone agrees he's the coolest dancer around. But when his world is turned upside down by a crash in a stolen car, he has to come to terms with more than his facial injuries.
This collection of dramatic versions of favourite stories, retold by Vivian French - with illustrations from the original books, are written for four voices. Each part, denoted by different colour bands, can be read by a single or several voices and accommodate a wide range of reading abilities.
This dramatisation for schools of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is presented in the form of a tv documentary involving expert witnesses trying to get to the bottom of the strange case. The story is reconstructed and the audience is taken back to Victorian London!
As Billy's job at the undertakers becomes increasingly boring, his lies become increasingly outrageous, which starts to get him in serious trouble. Full of hilarious characters and touching moments, Keith Waterhouse's adaptation of his own novel remains a modern classic.
Presents the famous story of a young man who thinks he can change the world by making better human beings. Instead he creates a living monster with a mind of its own. This book contains activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives.
Containing activities tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English, this work helps students fulfil the Framework objectives. It contains activities that include work on Speaking and Listening; close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts; and act as a springboard for personal writing. It provides advice on staging.
Contains 11 short plays in Latin, with casts ranging from four to 23 characters. The book aims to prompt questions about the Romans' everyday appearance and attitudes and asks what it was like in Pompeii at the end, referring to Pliny's accounts and to a newspaper report of a more recent eruption.
This collection of dramatic versions of favourite stories, retold by Vivian French - with illustrations from the original books, are written for four voices. Each part, denoted by different colour bands, can be read by a single or several voices and accommodate a wide range of reading abilities.
Telling the story of the nativity in rhyme from the perspective of the animals and the stars who were at the very first Christmas, this play uses a combination of English, sign language and music to produce a show that is accessible to children of differing abilities and interests.
Includes activities tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to fulfil the Framework objectives. This work contains activities that include work on Speaking and Listening, close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts; and serve as a springboard for personal writing.
When friend Danny steals a tenner and Dad stands for the local council, it's only the start of a turbulent term for Tyke Tiler. This title contains activities to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students meet its objectives. It includes work on Speaking and Listening, text analysis, and the structure of playscripts.
Explores themes of bullying, peer pressure, family relationships and self-worth. This play begins with one known fact - Gretel is in a coma. In the course of finding out why, the story unfolds through flashback, the reactions of those around her, speculation and visual dramatic devices.
Features activities that support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students fulfil the Framework objectives. This book includes activities such as Speaking and Listening, and the structure of playscripts. The story is about a group of friends who take a stand against the actions of their Headmaster, who wants to take over the world.
Year 8 is left without a teacher. To relieve the boredom they launch an expedition - two students who never break the rules are sent to steal something from the headteacher's office. The unlikely criminals return as heroes and set about re-enacting the theft. In the ensuing chaos, one student discovers that he too has been the victim of theft.
For adolescents, a sense of belonging to a group is an essential step in self-discovery. And yet not all popular kids are stress-free. How others view us is important. This title features two plays that help readers distinguish the difference between social acceptance and personal acceptance.
WWII has been declared and the children are sent to the countryside. They are delighted to be brought back home when it looks like the Germans aren't going to invade. But the air-raid siren goes off and this time it's frighteningly real. This book presents a short play set in World War ll for class reading as well as performance.
Features two plays that are linked with resentment and compassion. This title helps teach young people how to deal with real situations. Both deal with traumatic changes within a family - a separation between the two most important people in a child's life and the loss of a home and a beloved furry family member.
A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin, but Rosaline is bent on revenge. This play is written for a cast of 12, plus musicians and extras.
A flashpoint is the critical stage in some process at which action - often violence - occurs. Flashpoints, however, can also trigger change. This title presents two plays that focus on both physical and verbal outbursts of anger - and ways to regain control of one's emotions.
When a nuclear bomb wrecks his hometown and rips his family apart, 15-year-old Danny has to learn the art of survival and fast. This title offers activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, and text analysis.
Invasion of the Shapeshifter is a dramatic science fiction story set in a town apparently invaded by evil ever since the mysterious disappearance of the father of twins Almer and Rowena. The twins decide to investigate and unwittingly release a monstrous figure which threatens to take over their whole world...
The SuperScripts series is written by professional playwrights and performed in public to popular acclaim. The plays are ideal for the English classroom and the Drama Studio. The sophisticated themes and complex plots have been specifically designed to appeal to 11-16 year olds, and have a language level accessible to all pupils.
Long ago, in Church of St Nicholas in Oberndorf in Austria, Joseph Mohr wrote the words to the Christmas carol, Silent Night. The music was composed by his friend Franz Gruber, to be played on a guitar... because mice had eaten through the organ bellows! This title tells the story of mice that inspired the writing and singing of the famous song.
Attempting to bring Chaucer back to life, four medieval alchemists invite a group of Chaucer's best-known pilgrims - the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, the Nun's Priest, and the Miller - to tell Tales. This book features activities that support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students fulfil the Framework objectives.
Indigo Mill by Nick Fisher, Body Talk by Andy Rashleigh, Odessa and the Magic Goat" by John Agard and "Little Victories" by Shaun Prendergast - this is a collection of plays for children of primary school age. They encompass topics from Victorian weavers to European folklore and magic.
This volume contains six plays suitable for performance by children. Four were published under the title "The Coming of the Kings and Other Plays", and the other two are "Orpheus", previously only published in America, and "The Pig Organ" published for the first time.
Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. In Belfast they are supposed to be enemies - so what chance do they have when they fall in love? This title offers activities to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, and text analysis.
When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are summoned to the country to investigate John Douglas's murder, it begins to look as though the past might finally have caught up with him. This title offers activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives.
Bullying is about power and controlling another person. This book features two plays that look at bullying first from two different viewpoints - that of the victim, and that of the bully. It helps young people learn how to recognise it and how to change it.