Transition Year Drama module - one act plays - guide and workbook

This comprehensive 37 page guide can be used in a 7 week TY module to engage students in drama by introducing them to 14 short one act plays.

It contains information on the elements of drama, steps to analysing a play, learning aims, outcomes and objectives.

It also contains a glossary of useful key terms and definitions, and a personal reflections journal sheet.

The workbook has pre and post reading questions on 14 classic and modern short one act plays:

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
“The Zoo Story” by Edward Albee
“The Browning Version” by Terence Rattigan
“Riders to the Sea” by J.M. Synge
“The Dumb Waiter” by Harold Pinter
“No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre
“The Still Alarm” by George S. Kaufman
“Sorry, Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher
“Krapp’s Last Tape” by Samuel Beckett
“The Stronger” by August Strindberg
“A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov
“The Bear” by Anton Chekhov
“Overruled” by George Bernard Shaw
“This Property is Condemned” by Tennessee William

The visually appealing guide also contains links to the original files (most of the plays texts can be found online using the hyperlinks in the guide) but there are also links to audio files, animated and video files.

The plays are diverse in terms of genre and deal with a variety of interesting themes and topics.

Finally, the guide contains a list of suggested ways that students can get their credits or marks at the end of the module.