Divided City: The Play (Critical Scripts) - Softcover

Breslin, Theresa; Bunyan, Paul; Travers, Martin; Moore, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408181576 ISBN 13: 9781408181577

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2013

Synopsis

Nominated for ten UK book awards, Theresa Breslin's hit novel tells of how two young boys - one Rangers fan, one Celtic fan - are drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker in a city divided by prejudice. Now adapted for the stage by Martin Travers, the play has already been produced to great acclaim at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.

Graham and Joe just want to play football and be selected for the new city team, but a violent attack on Kyoul, an asylum seeker, changes everything when they find themselves drawn into a secret pact to help the victim and his girlfriend Leanne. Set in Glasgow at the time of the Orange Order walks, Divided City is a gripping tale about two boys and how they must find their own way forward in a world divided by difference.

This educational edition has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Published in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series the book:

- meets the curriculum requirements for English at KS3, GCSE and Scottish CfE.
- features detailed, structured schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis
- places pupils' understanding of the learning process at the heart of the activities
- will help pupils to boost English GCSE success and develop high-level skills at KS3
- will save teachers considerable time devising their own resources.

About this title

About the Authors

Theresa Breslin OBE is an award-winning author of over 50 books for children, many of which have been adapted for television, stage and radio, and translated world-wide. Theresa's first book, Simon's Challenge, won the Young Book Trust Fidler Award for new writers. She was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Whispers in the Graveyard, and Remembrance, her tale of young people in the First World War, was selected for the American Library Assocaiation's Best Books for Young adults. In 2019 Theresa was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by Scottish Book Trust.

Paul Bunyan is a Drama Education consultant with many years of school and local authority experience across all phases.

Martin Travers is an award-winning playwright based in Lanark, Scotland. He is a founding member of Braw Clan, the Scots Language Theatre Company. His play Secret Wrapped in Lead, inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth's visit to Leadhills in South Lanarkshire in 1803, was Braw Clan's first professional production and toured venues throughout Clydesdale in July 2023. His award-winning play Scarfed for Life is studied in all Glasgow secondary schools and his play The Kids Are Alt Right about teenagers becoming radicalised online was launched as a national secondary schools' resource by the Scottish Government and Education Scotland in autumn 2023. Martin's punk play, written for the WAC Ensemble (Scotland's first professionally supported Care Experienced theatre group) won the Writer's Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences in 2022.

Ruth Moore is a Deputy Headteacher with many years of Leadership and Drama and English teaching experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408181576
• ISBN 13: 9781408181577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162