This is a package of 15 resources designed to support study of the Train Driver and Other Plays for Cambridge international A level. The following items are included: 1 an exercise on the background to the plays - an IB style interactive context exercise 2 an original exercise in predictive ‘pitching’ - students use the notebooks to anticipate the dramatic direction of The Train Driver 3 a visually rich handout on staging the first play with exercises on theatrical styles 4 an introduction to critical perspectives (crucial for a paper 3 text) 5 and 5b - a whole text essay exercise on The Train Driver with follow up note on methods of integrating critical quotation 6 Exercise in comparison: openings of Train Driver and Coming Home 7 Coming Home - staging and setting exercises 8 Coming Home - Acts 1 and 2 9 and 9b - Character Development in Coming Home - grid and completed grid with notes 10 COMING HOME critical debate exercise 11 COMPARATIVE essay task with notes on writing comparatively 12 HAVE YOU SEEN US - production stills and compare/ contrast exercise 13 and 13b mock up exam style passage questions 14 mock up exam style whole text question with accompanying critical quotations