It feels like a very contemporary piece which will resonate with young people and which could easily be linked to current events and news for literacy events.

Teaching English

It’s a simple idea, really. 1. Wear a uniform; 2. Protect who you love, what you care about; 3. Let nothing get in your way.Someone mugged Bruce’s mum and he is not having it. The shock is still visible in her trembling fingers, rippling out across the calm waters of their lives. He grabs his hoodie, his uniform, his cape and goes out to find the culprit. Smithy wants everyone to stay inside, Uhuru wants everyone out. Tanya thinks it’s boyish fun and games until, very suddenly, it isn’t.Inua Ellams's play questions the boundaries between our right to self-defense and taking the law into our own hands. Told with five roles spanning from young people to adults, it deals with themes that young people face today: the role of boundaries and what happens when someone 'crosses the line'; fear and the use of self-defense; and examining different perspectives on a situation.Originally commissioned by Synergy Theatre Project Cape premiered at London's Unicorn Theatre in 2013 and went on to tour schools, prisons and a young offender institution. This new edition, published within Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People series features notes for teachers and exercises for students for practical use in the classroom.
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1. Introduction and Teacher Resources by Synergy Theatre Project2. Cape Playtext
An important play for young people that questions the boundaries between our right to self-defense and taking the law into our own hands.
Commissioned and produced by Synergy Theatre Project with the Unicorn Theatre, Cape was first performed at the Unicorn on 19 November 2013 following a tour to schools, pupil referral units, prisons and a young offender institution.
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Methuen Drama’s Plays for Young People series offers an excellent selection of single plays and anthologies aimed at young people to perform. The series features the highest-quality work by established playwrights, which is age-appropriate and organised into age bands to help teachers and youth theatre leaders select the most suitable work for their group.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350204652
Publisert
2020-10-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
70 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter

Biographical note

Inua Ellams: Born in Nigeria in 1984, Inua is an internationally touring poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist & designer. He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories and has published four books of poetry: ‘Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars’, ‘Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales’ 'The Wire-Headed Heathen' and '#Afterhours'. His first play The 14th Tale was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival and his fourth Barber Shop Chronicles sold out its run at England’s National Theatre. He is currently touring 'An Evening With An Immigrant' and working on The Half God of Rainfall – a new play in verse. In graphic art & design, online and in print, he tries to mix the old with the new, juxtaposing texture and pigment with flat shades of colour and vector images. He lives and works from London, where he founded the Midnight Run, a nocturnal urban excursion. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.