[English] english Digest, Vol 86, Issue 2
Alice WHITE
whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
Tue Sep 2 08:50:49 EST 2014
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> 1. Re: Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> 2. Re: Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text (Jan May)
> 3. Re: Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text (Jill Strong)
> 4. Re: Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text (Karen Johnson)
> 5. Re: Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text (inhouse)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 02:04:49 +0000
> From: <NigelWilkinson at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> Yup. I agree with Jan. We had a good run out of Hannie R..."Inheritance"
> or "Hotel Sorrento".
>
> Nigel Wilkinson | English Teacher (Caulfield Campus)
> Caulfield Grammar School | Caulfield Campus
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> On 1 Sep 2014, at 11:28 am, "Jan May" <Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au
> <mailto:Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
>
> A Hannie Rayson play?
>
> On 1 Sep 2014, at 10:05 am, "Alice WHITE" <whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
> <mailto:whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
> 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.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Alice White
> Leader of Whole School English and Literacy
> Wantirna College
> Harold Street
> Wantirna Vic 3152
> Tel: 03 9801 9700
> Fax: 03 9800 2590
> Email: whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<mailto:
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
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> 'Jan May English and Literature Teacher, IB English Team Leader
> St Leonard's College
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 02:20:53 +0000
> From: Jan May <Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> The other Hannie Rayson play I'm just getting hold of for another class is
> 'The Glass Soldier'. A great play but possibly not what you want in terms
> of female characters.
> I had great fun with 'Inheritance' for several years in Year 11 Lit.
> Jan May - English and Literature Teacher, IB English Team Leader
> St. Leonard's College
> 163 South Road, Brighton East, Victoria 3187 Australia | phone [+61 3]
> 9909 9402| fax [+61 3] 9592 3439
> Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au |
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> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [english-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of NigelWilkinson at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au [
> NigelWilkinson at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 1 September 2014 12:04 PM
> To: english at edulists.com.au
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
>
> Yup. I agree with Jan. We had a good run out of Hannie R..."Inheritance"
> or "Hotel Sorrento".
>
> Nigel Wilkinson | English Teacher (Caulfield Campus)
> Caulfield Grammar School | Caulfield Campus
> 217 Glen Eira Road<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0>
> |<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0> East St. Kilda VIC 3183
> Australia<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0>
> | t: +61 3 9524 64<tel:+61%203%209524%206467>18 |
> w: www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au<http://www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au/>
>
> On 1 Sep 2014, at 11:28 am, "Jan May" <Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au
> <mailto:Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
>
> A Hannie Rayson play?
>
> On 1 Sep 2014, at 10:05 am, "Alice WHITE" <whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
> <mailto:whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
> 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.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Alice White
> Leader of Whole School English and Literacy
> Wantirna College
> Harold Street
> Wantirna Vic 3152
> Tel: 03 9801 9700
> Fax: 03 9800 2590
> Email: whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<mailto:
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> Web: www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<http://www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
>
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>
> 'Jan May English and Literature Teacher, IB English Team Leader
> St Leonard's College
>
>
>
>
> '163 South Road, Brighton East, Victoria 3187 Australia | phone [+61 3]
> 9909 9402 | fax [+61 3] 9592 3439 [
> http://server7.stleonards.vic.edu.au/images/IB.jpg]
> 'Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au<mailto:Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au> | '
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 02:29:48 +0000
> From: Jill Strong <Jill.Strong at stleonards.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> 'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams or 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
> (which my year 11s loved this year)
>
> > On 1 Sep 2014, at 12:27 pm, "Jan May" <Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
> >
> > The other Hannie Rayson play I'm just getting hold of for another class
> is 'The Glass Soldier'. A great play but possibly not what you want in
> terms of female characters.
> > I had great fun with 'Inheritance' for several years in Year 11 Lit.
> > Jan May - English and Literature Teacher, IB English Team Leader
> > St. Leonard's College
> > 163 South Road, Brighton East, Victoria 3187 Australia | phone [+61 3]
> 9909 9402| fax [+61 3] 9592 3439
> > Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au |
> www.stleonards.vic.edu.au________________________________________
> > From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [english-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of NigelWilkinson at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au [
> NigelWilkinson at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au]
> > Sent: Monday, 1 September 2014 12:04 PM
> > To: english at edulists.com.au
> > Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
> >
> > Yup. I agree with Jan. We had a good run out of Hannie R..."Inheritance"
> or "Hotel Sorrento".
> >
> > Nigel Wilkinson | English Teacher (Caulfield Campus)
> > Caulfield Grammar School | Caulfield Campus
> > 217 Glen Eira Road<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0>
> |<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0> East St. Kilda VIC 3183
> Australia<x-apple-data-detectors://0/0>
> > | t: +61 3 9524 64<tel:+61%203%209524%206467>18 |
> > w: www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au<http://www.caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au/>
> >
> > On 1 Sep 2014, at 11:28 am, "Jan May" <Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au
> <mailto:Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
> >
> > A Hannie Rayson play?
> >
> > On 1 Sep 2014, at 10:05 am, "Alice WHITE" <
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<mailto:whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > Alice White
> > Leader of Whole School English and Literacy
> > Wantirna College
> > Harold Street
> > Wantirna Vic 3152
> > Tel: 03 9801 9700
> > Fax: 03 9800 2590
> > Email: whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<mailto:
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> > Web: www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au<
> http://www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> > VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by
> > http://www.vate.org.au - Victorian Association for the Teaching of
> English VATE and
> > http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html - Victorian
> Curriculum and Assessment Authority
> > [http://server7.stleonards.vic.edu.au/images/CentenaryLogo.jpg]
> >
> >
> > 'Jan May English and Literature Teacher, IB English Team Leader
> > St Leonard's College
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > '163 South Road, Brighton East, Victoria 3187 Australia | phone [+61 3]
> 9909 9402 | fax [+61 3] 9592 3439 [
> http://server7.stleonards.vic.edu.au/images/IB.jpg]
> > 'Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au<mailto:Jan.May at stleonards.vic.edu.au> | '
> www.stleonards.vic.edu.au<http://www.stleonards.vic.edu.au>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
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> Jill Strong - English Teacher & Staff Association Leader
> St. Leonard's College
> 163 South Road, Brighton East, Victoria 3187 Australia | phone [+61 3]
> 9909 9404| fax [+61 3] 9592 3439
> Jill.Strong at stleonards.vic.edu.au | www.stleonards.vic.edu.au
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:54:12 +1000
> From: Karen Johnson <kazzybits at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> Chekov's *Three Sisters*
> Ibsen's *A Doll's House; **Hedda Gabler*
> Hannie Rayson's *Hotel Sorrento*
> Willy Russell's *Educating Rita*
> Sophocles' *Antigone*
> Tracy Letts' *August: Osage County*
> Tennessee Williams' *A Streetcar Named Desire; The Glass Menagerie*
> Edward Albee's *Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
> Oscar Wilde's *Salome; An Ideal Husband*
> Arthur Miller's *The Crucible*
> Peter Whelan *The Herbal Bed*
> Louis Nowra's *Radiance*
> David Williamson's *Travelling North*
> Harold Pinter's *The Homecoming*
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Alice WHITE <
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello All
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > Alice White
> > Leader of Whole School English and Literacy
> > Wantirna College
> > Harold Street
> > Wantirna Vic 3152
> > Tel: 03 9801 9700
> > Fax: 03 9800 2590
> > Email: whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
> > Web: www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:25:57 +1000
> From: "inhouse" <inhouse at mira.net>
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
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> Karen
>
> 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 Three Sisters, The Homecoming and A Doll?s House. My list
> would also have included The Taming of the Shrew (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.
>
> I think that one must define strength, you have suggested A Streetcar
> Named Desire, and Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? All strong but negative
> in the end?
>
> Sorry but happy to have the teachers correct me on this.
>
> Regards
>
> Cheryl
>
>
>
> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Karen Johnson
> Sent: Monday, 1 September 2014 5:54 PM
> To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [English] Suggestions for Year 11 Drama Text
>
>
>
> Chekov's Three Sisters
>
> Ibsen's A Doll's House; Hedda Gabler
>
> Hannie Rayson's Hotel Sorrento
>
> Willy Russell's Educating Rita
>
> Sophocles' Antigone
>
> Tracy Letts' August: Osage County
>
> Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire; The Glass Menagerie
>
> Edward Albee's Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
>
> Oscar Wilde's Salome; An Ideal Husband
>
> Arthur Miller's The Crucible
>
> Peter Whelan The Herbal Bed
>
> Louis Nowra's Radiance
>
> David Williamson's Travelling North
>
> Harold Pinter's The Homecoming
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Alice WHITE <
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Alice White
>
> Leader of Whole School English and Literacy
>
> Wantirna College
>
> Harold Street
>
> Wantirna Vic 3152
>
> Tel: 03 9801 9700
>
> Fax: 03 9800 2590
>
> Email: <mailto:whi at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> whi at wantirnacollege.vic.eduau
>
> Web: www.wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
>
>
>
>
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