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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I only am part of this forum through somehow contributing something a way back perhaps related to English rather than education. But your list covers at least five of my suggestions. But are the year 11s open to examining how the protagonists overcame their environment? Your list (and mine) includes <i>Three Sisters, </i> <i>The Homecoming </i>and <i>A Doll’s House</i>. My list would also have included <i>The Taming of the Shrew </i>(until Shakespeare was disbanded) as my “take” on Katherina (Kate) was that she may have just been “tamed” as part of her strategy. Whilst misogyny may be strongly evident in the original Shakespeare and the Cole Porter adaption, my conception of Kate is that she has not been tamed but can and will ultimately be in control through some strength.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think that one must define strength, you have suggested <i>A Streetcar Named Desire, </i> and <i>Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? </i>All strong but negative in the end?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry but happy to have the teachers correct me on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheryl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 1 September 2014 5:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chekov's <i>Three Sisters</i><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ibsen's <i>A Doll's House; Hedda Gabler</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hannie Rayson's <i>Hotel Sorrento</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Willy Russell's <i>Educating Rita</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sophocles' <i>Antigone</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy Letts' <i>August: Osage County</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tennessee Williams' <i>A Streetcar Named Desire; The Glass Menagerie</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Edward Albee's <i>Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Oscar Wilde's <i>Salome; An Ideal Husband</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Arthur Miller's <i>The Crucible</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peter Whelan <i>The Herbal Bed</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Louis Nowra's <i>Radiance</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David Williamson's <i>Travelling North</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harold Pinter's <i>The Homecoming</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Alice WHITE <<a href="mailto:whi@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">whi@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello All<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We are looking for an engaging drama text to use in Year 11 that features strong female protagonists and is relatively accessible - so not Shakespeare, not Medea.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;background:white'>Alice White</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Leader of Whole School English and Literacy</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Wantirna College</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Harold Street </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Wantirna Vic 3152</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Tel: 03 9801 9700</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Fax: 03 9800 2590</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Email: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black;background:white'><a href="mailto:whi@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>whi@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;background:white'>Web: <a href="http://www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="http://www.edulists.comau" target="_blank">http://www.edulists.com.au</a> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<br>VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by<br><a href="http://www.vate.org.au" target="_blank">http://www.vate.org.au</a> - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English VATE and<br><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html</a> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>