Oxford Playscripts: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Oxford Playscripts: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer's pilgrims retell their tales in this lively and imaginative playscript adaptation by Martin Riley. This Oxford Playscript is perfect for exploring storytelling with KS3 English and Drama students, suitable for both performance and classroom study. Key Features: -Adapted for a KS3 classroom, with 25 speaking parts -Includes motivating activities focusing on performance, close text analysis, language and structure, together with varied creative tasks -Insights into the play by the authors and adaptors -Notes on props, staging, and illustrations -Explores themes of storytelling, morality, and humour -Supports oracy, reading fluency, and dramatic interpretation -Great for whole-class reading or drama performances Suitable for: KS3 English and Drama departments Themes: storytelling, morality, humour

Lively, upbeat, great fun: lots of staging and props ideas for the novice director, those with more experience will enjoy being more experimentalGreat for Year 9s * 5 Start Amazon review *
The kids can really have a lot of fun with the quirky style and the character of the Pardoner always gets an enthusiastic response. It is an ideal way to introduce Chaucer to teens who might be a bit intimidated by jumping straight into the middle English of the original * 5 Star Amazon review *

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780198320630
ISBN 10	0198320639
Title	Oxford Playscripts: The Canterbury Tales
Author	Geoffrey Chaucer
Series	Oxford Playscripts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2003-09-18
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.