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'Leave Taking': setting, structure and stagecraft

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In this unit, pupils explore how Pinnock's use of stragecraft in 'Leave Taking' contributes to the play's themes and ideas. They first look at an overview of the play's stagecraft before exploring different settings and techniques in detail. They finally write an essay on generational conflict.

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'Leave Taking': setting, structure and stagecraft

In this unit, pupils explore how Pinnock's use of stragecraft in 'Leave Taking' contributes to the play's themes and ideas. They first look at an overview of the play's stagecraft before exploring different settings and techniques in detail. They finally write an essay on generational conflict.

7 lessons
  1. The role of Jamaica in 'Leave Taking'
  2. Planning an essay on generational conflict in Pinnock's ‘Leave Taking’
  3. Scene Three as a turning point in 'Leave Taking'
  4. Exploring Enid's flat in 'Leave Taking'
  5. Exploring the stagecraft of 'Leave Taking'
  6. Exploring Mai's Bedsit in 'Leave Taking'
  7. Exploring Pinnock's use of temporal ellipsis in 'Leave Taking'