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Exam board adds plays by writers of colour to GCSE and A Level Drama

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Tanika Gupta’s The Empress and The Great Wave by Francis Turnly are two of the plays coming to AQA’s courses in its bid to diversify its offering
The Empress by Tanika Gupta, Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
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AQA, the UK’s biggest exam board, is adding four new plays by writers from ethnic minority backgrounds to its courses. 

From September, The Great Wave by Francis Turnly and The Empress by Tanika Gupta will be on the AQA GCSE Drama syllabus, and The Convert by Danai Gurira and Three Sisters by Inua Ellams will be options on the A Level Drama syllabus. 

To help drama teachers introduce the new plays, AQA is also providing a range of resources including background information and specimen questions. 

There will also be free online training events to introduce the new texts and give teachers a practical toolkit for preparation and teaching, in collaboration with mezze eade and Romana Flello of the London Theatre Consortium. 

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