Oxford Playscripts: Our Day Out and other plays - Russell, Willy

A collection of popular Willy Russell scripts, including Our Day Out, The Boy with the Transistor Radio, Terraces and I Read the News Today. Our Day Out centres on a chaotic school trip to Wales and highlights the depressing reality that, for the students from Mrs Kay''s class, a rare school trip is as much as they can expect. This KS3 Oxford Playscript is ideal for exploring social issues through performance and discussion.Key Features:- Includes multiple plays with 24 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 staging, props, and illustrations-Explores themes of education, opportunity, and working-class life-Supports oracy, empathy, and dramatic interpretationSuitable for: KS3 English and Drama departmentsThemes: education, opportunity, working-class lifeThemes: adventure, loyalty, greed