Plays written for classroom reading by MARY CARR
For twenty-four years I wrote and performed plays for school pupils and it is these which I have adapted for classroom reading and for which there are many educational benefits.
Beyond developing literacy skills and giving the students the experience of reading a drama script before they meet the more formal plays to be studied for examinations (where there is a proven need), they also offer an innovative and exciting way of approaching an academic subject.
The subjects of the plays (which I have researched), have been chosen at the suggestion of teachers as being part of the school curriculum and therefore able to support their teaching by leading in to a topic which can be further explored.
Lesson notes and work sheets are available with each play/title to develop drama, creative writing and further research. The plays are accessible so that all the pupils in a class can be involved.
If published, the schools would need to buy sets each time which makes it a viable publishing option.
THE NIGHTWORKERS BY MARY CARR
The play is set in 1746 in Branscombe Devon and based on a true story of smugglers of that time interspersed with fictional events.
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THE HAWKHURST GANG BY MARY CARR
A play about smugglers based on true events and real people who lived in Goudhurst and Hawkhurst in Kent 1746 – 1747
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THE SECRET BY MARY CARR
A play about the Victorian era 1839 – 1877.
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DEMETER’S DAUGHTER BY MARY CARR
The story of Persephone based on the work of the classical scholar, Robert Graves.
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