Jan Needle's exciting play based on the school strikes of 1911. The book contains a stimulating playscript suitable for classwork and school production, accompanied by resources including background material and lively activities.
Playscript - the book contains a playscript focusing on issues that are of interest in schools.
Accompanying resources contain activities for drama (including role-play), reading, writing, and speaking and listening. These are accompanied by extension material, including extracts from modern and pre-20th-century works for comparison, and documentary material. The resources are organised under the following headings:
Staging the play
Work on and around the script
From novel to playscript
Themes in and around the play
Media.
A native of Portsmouth, Jan Needle has had a lifelong interest in the sea and naval history. Under his pseudonym Frank Kippax, he has published four acclaimed thrillers. Under his real name, Jan Needle, he has a successful career as a TV scriptwriter and as a writer of acclaimed children's books. His previous novel, 'A Fine Boy for Killing', also features William Bentley.