Playforms Seven Scripts for Secondary Drama [Paperback]

A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.These short plays illustrate different forms of drama and provide a useful link between improvisation and longer scripted plays at upper secondary level. They give students an opportunity to discover and unravel stylistic conventions in a creative and immediately rewarding manner.These short plays illustrate different forms of drama and provide a useful link between improvisation and longer scripted plays at upper secondary level. They give students an opportunity to discover and unravel stylistic conventions in a creative and immediately rewarding manner.A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards. These short plays illustrate different forms of drama and provide a useful link between improvisation and longer scripted plays at upper secondary level. They give students an opportunity to discover and unravel stylistic conventions in a creative and immediately rewarding manner.Introduction; Naturalism: Dog Accident; Morality: Whose Friend Are You?; Absurd: Alas Poor Fred; Melodrama: Tricking the Trickster; Farce: Short Notice; Brechtian: The Old Man Who Liked Cats; Fantasy: Suburban Love Song; Conclusion.