COMPULSORY TASK:

You will need to purchase and read the following two plays:

Live Like Pigs:

(Make sure to get this copy - Arden, John. (1994) Plays, one, London: Methuen Drama. (Live Like Pigs ISBN–10: 0413688003/ISBN–13: 978-0413688002)

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg:

(Make sure to get this copy - Nichols, Peter (1967) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, London: Faber and Faber. ISBN–10: 0571083692/ISBN–13: 978-571083695)

Having read the plays, you need to document your initial responses to the texts.  

• What is the play about?
• What are the themes present within the text?
• What is challenging about the text? In terms of subject matter, language, ideas etc.

Make each breakdown succinct, no more than 250 words each. 

Please submit the task to your teacher on the first lesson in September.  You can email r.ellin@springwoodhighschool.co.uk for any questions relating to the task or the course.

OPTIONAL EXTENSION:

Read Peter Brook's - The Empty space