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Five Takeaways from the AQA A Level Drama and Theatre Reports, by Annie Fox

September 24, 2019September 30, 2019Oxford English Team
AQA Drama Examiner reports

After the dust has settled on results day, an autumn routine should include a forensic study of the Examiners’ Reports.  Even the most successful departments will unearth areas for improvement and refinement.  From studying the 2019 AQA A Level Drama and Theatre reports, here are my top five takeaways: Avoid the trap of pre-prepared answers […]

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The Death of a Salesman: What’s in a name?

June 4, 2019December 20, 2019Oxford English Team
Death of a Salesman: what's in a name blog

I am not sure about you, but I  am constantly curious about how plays get their titles, as some appear to be quite random; think of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, or A Streetcar Named Desire or Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano. Have your students ever asked you why Miller called his play […]

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Interpreting a performance of All My Sons

May 22, 2019December 20, 2019Oxford English Team
Arthur Miller All My Sons blog

‘It’s dollars and cents, nickels and dimes; war and peace, it’s nickels and dimes, what’s clean?  Half the goddam country is gotta go if I go,’  All My Sons, Act 3 Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (1947) has been attracting audiences with two major revivals:  Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in the acclaimed Old […]

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