Review

The Merthyr Stigmatist

An excellent play, not to be missed and utterly worth the 30–minutes it takes to read
 
The Merthyr Stigmatist
The Merthyr Stigmatist

Lisa Parry's play deals with the themes of faith, community, and the power of youth today. The dialogue of the play text is beautiful, and despite only being a quick 30-minute read, it can provoke so many discussions among your students.

Unlike a lot of plays, there are notes on dialogue at the beginning of the script which will allow you to explore the idea of punctuation as a language. There are only two characters within the play, and it would be perfect to explore as a duologue with A Level students studying the Edexcel specification. There is also an extended monologue at the end of the script that would also be ideal for the duologue/monologue section of the Edexcel specification.

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