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Cormac Mccarthy - The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE - 9781408134825 - V9781408134825
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The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE

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Description for The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE Paperback. A school's edition of Joe Penhall's screenplay for the hit film of Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road features extensive classroom activities created by leading national experts of Drama within English. Perfect for KS4 English, the accompanying activities are designed to raise achievement and develop critical thinking. Editor(s): Bunyan, Paul; Moore, Ruth. Series: Critical Scripts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 4KHN; 4KHT; YQD; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Joe Penhall's screenplay for the film of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel provides a gripping and unforgettable text for use in English at Key Stage 4. The novel won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the the film starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron won praise for its faithful rendering of the novel's dystopian vision. This educational edition in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Building on a decade of highly effective work and publications endorsed by national ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Critical Scripts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408134825
SKU
V9781408134825
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Cormac Mccarthy
Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut at the Royal Court, Some Voices, won the John Whiting Award for best new play. His National Theatre play Blue/Orange won an Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and ... Read more

Reviews for The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE
Cormac McCarthy's novel was one of the best I've ever read. On reading the Penhall version it quickly becomes apparent that the desperate, post-apocalyptic emptiness of the original is unnervingly preserved whilst the sparse beauty of the dialogue does provide an uncluttered, ready-made script.
NATE Classroom
The emotional intensity of the novel shines through in this script which ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Road: Improving Standards in English through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE


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