This Guide supports students through each unit of the AQA AS Drama and Theatre course and is revised for the 2008/09 specification.  Each unit is clearly laid out with background information, relevant examples and advice about finding further resources.

A useful introduction provides a glossary and description of all the aspects of theatre needed for the course and each unit clearly directs the reader to the key points they should be watching out for. The Live Theatre section outlines aspects of productions students should note when reviewing performances and includes helpful examples of student essays, with suggestions for improvements.

The Prescribed Play section gives a valuable background to each of the set texts followed by approaches to character portrayal, design, direction and lighting.  In Unit 2 the working process for staging a script extract is examined, including practical exercises and advice.  The practitioners and mentors section makes interesting reading with a guide to the work of luminaries including Stanislavski, Brecht, Brook and Boal, along with detailed and vivid accounts of performances by such companies as Complicite and Frantic Assembly.

Using readable, straightforward language, the guide provides a clear overview of the course from the student perspective. The authors have years of practical teaching experience between them and this is reflected in the content and presentation of the book.

Available from Rhinegold Publishing

• RRP £19.95
  
• Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing Ltd (Jul 2008)
• ISBN-10: 1906178364
• ISBN-13: 978-1906178369