Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide

An essential resource for anyone studying Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

Get to grips with Leave Taking with expert, easy-to-follow breakdowns and analyses of key aspects of the play – including the characters, plot, structure, themes, setting and language – along with a clear explanation of the historical context.

This guide also contains prompts for further reflection and research, to help you get the most out of your study and revision, whether at home or in the classroom.

Featuring insights from playwright Winsome Pinnock, color photographs of the play in performance, and extensive quotes and extracts from the text, this GCSE Study Guide will strengthen your understanding, build your confidence and boost your chances of success. It is also an invaluable resource for teachers approaching the play.

Lynette Carr Armstrong has been an English, drama and media teacher and adviser for nearly 30 years.

She is the co-author with Samantha Wharton of Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide (Nick Hern Books, 2024), a guide to Winsome Pinnock's play.

Samantha Wharton teaches English at a secondary school in East London. She has a degree in Communications and media (Brunel University), a PGCE in English and drama (from the Institute of Education, University London) and an MA in Black British literature (from Goldsmiths University).

She is the co-author with Lynette Carr Armstrong of Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide (Nick Hern Books, 2024), a guide to Winsome Pinnock's play.