A Streetcar Named Desire

The History Boys Alan Bennet Trailer

A Taste of Honey Shelagh Delaney

A Taste of Honey comments on, and puts into question, class, race, gender and sexual orientation in mid-twentieth century Britain. It became known as a "kitchen sink" play, part of a genre revolutionising British theatre at the time.

The Birthday Party Harold Pinter Part 1

This play might work as a comparison with "A Streetcar Named Desire". It is a play about power struggle. You might compare the two Stanleys? or Blanche?

The Birthday Party part 2

The Birthday Party part 3

The Birthday Party Part 4

Book Drum - Help with Wider Reading

This is an excellent site to give you ideas for wider reading and help with your study of the texts:
Click on the link below:
BOOK DRUM

Coursework Titles

Here are some suggestions for coursework essays on "The Handmaid's Tale". You can of course negotiate a question of your own if you wish, but I thought you might like some starter ones. P.S. Please don't all go for the same question. The Exam Board won't like it. Anyway. Have a browse. As English Literature Possible Coursework Essay Questions the Handmaid's Tale

A Link to the BBC Interview with Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid's Tale

The Glass Menagerie

An Interview with Margaret Atwood

Click on the QR Code to go to BBC Radio 4 An Interview with Margaret Atwood on "The Handmaid's Tale"

Trailer for The Stepford Wives Bryan Forbes 1975

Themes in "The Handmaid's Tale" include the female struggle for identity and the way men and the state exrecise power and control over women. . This film by Brian Forbes is about a contemporary American feminist dystopia where suburban housewives are replaced by robotic models.

And if you want to watch the whole film...

Owen Sheers speaking about his book "A Poet's Guide to Britain"

Handmaid's Tale Lecture Part 1 Ownership, Control and Identity

I apologise for the guy's obsession with Photoshoping himself into the slides, but his intro to "The Handmaid's Tale" is, nevertheless, quite good! Oh dear!

Handmaid's Tale lecture part 2

A Lecture on the Handmaid's Tale Part 3

Now you have completed the AS course, you should visit the A2 Literature Blog.
The A2 Literature Stoodle Click on the link. Your theme is Love Through the Ages from Chaucer to the present day.

We will be starting with "The Miller'sTale" Chaucer. I will give you a course booklet, reading list, Literature time line, and pack on how to keep your notes on wider reading when you return after half term.

There might be lots of you on various visits for other subjects, but you must collect any work missed from your English teachers as we are actually starting the A2 course and all the work we do in the Summer term is vital to your A2 exam.

Looking forward to seeing you again,
Mrs Sims
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Just a little reminder....
YOUR EXAM IS ON 16th MAY!!!!!!
ARE YOU READY?
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