Faction: How to combine fact and fiction to make drama Playwrights/Practitioners a ghost story or a

a ghost story or a bloody tale of tragic death

Moving students up a gear from GCSE to A level is always a challenge

from simple tableaux creation to using them as a dramatic convention to depict a narrative

Unit 4 of the Edexcel A2 requires students to respond to a range of stimuli and to work as a member of a group of between three and 12 students to devise an original piece of theatre developed through research and practical exploration

The third approach employs a different drama convention

Faction: How to combine fact and fiction to make drama Playwrights/Practitioners a ghost story or aIn a part factual, perhaps historical story, facts are supplemented with a certain amount of fiction. Who said what, what occurred behind the facts? The mixture is called faction and is necessary to make drama work. The case of Ruth Ellis, the last woman in England to be hanged, offers a retelling of events to shed light on the people and their actions and explore dramatic possibilities. Learning objectives By the end of this scheme, learners will