Faction: How to combine fact and fiction to make drama Playwrights/Practitioners pictures and information about previous

pictures and information about previous productions

The scheme can be used as a starting point for both the AQA and Edexcel AS level Unit 2

7: special effects 1 – lighting and colour

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

it eases progression into more challenging KS4 drama texts in English

Faction: How to combine fact and fiction to make drama Playwrights/Practitioners pictures and information about previousIn 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