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Mother Courage and Her Children

Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956 Map: Mother Courage’s Journey Plot Commentary   Hugh Rorrison Meaning History Mother Courage The children Supporting characters Epic theatre Language Staging Further reading Mother Courage and Her Children Notes Photos of Brecht’s own production Questions for further study

The North Face of Shakespeare

Foreword   Cicely Berry Preface to the new edition Introduction[rtoc] Using this book The organisation and content of the eight chapters Developing the use of drama to teach Shakespeare The teacher’s autonomy[/rtoc] Section 1: Active teaching Why use active methods to teach the plays?[rtoc] The North Face of Shakespeare The problem of monumentalism The teacher repositioned: …

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