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Alice Dreaming

Alice Dreaming
A Play for Secondary Students
AUTHOR(S):
Ned Manning
REGION:
Australia
LEVELS:
Year 8 / Year 9 / Year 10 / Year 11
SUBJECT AREA:
English
EDITION:
1ed
ISBN:
9780521166263
PUBLICATION DATE:
23/09/2010
Price:   AUD $26.95
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A large cast play for secondary students inspired by Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz, but telling a uniquely Australian story...

Alice Dreaming is a play for secondary students that tells a uniquely Australian story. Trapped by the expectations of others, a girl escapes into her imagination. Following an Albatross, Alice takes a journey across Australia that eventually brings her closer to home and to understanding who she is.

Embracing a non-naturalistic theatrical language, Alice Dreaming can incorporate a number of performance elements, including puppetry, mask, music and dance. Roles are suitable for performance by both boys and girls, a cast of 29 speaking roles plus chorus with an estimated length of 60-80 minutes.

Designed to provoke discussion and debate, Alice Dreaming can be used as a classroom resource to develop student thinking around both personal issues and social issues, including the environment, politics and Australian history.

As well as the complete script, this book also includes:

  • an introduction by the playwright, Ned Manning
  • full colour images throughout the text
  • lesson plans for every scene including discussion points, performance activities and important reference points.
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Ned Manning
At the time of publication, Ned was was an actor, writer and teacher. He has taught drama at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and the EORA Centre for Aboriginal Visual and Performing Arts in Redfern, NSW. Ned has written ten plays for Bell Shakespeare
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