Opinion with Clea Wilcher

Clea Wilcher
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Pearson Edexcel have added new set-texts by global majority playwrights to their prescribed list for GCSE Drama, but can teachers explore extracts from these plays if none of their students hail from these cultural backgrounds? And why move to teaching a new set text at all?

Tanika Gupta's adaptation of A Dolls House at The Lyric Theatre (2019
Tanika Gupta's adaptation of A Dolls House at The Lyric Theatre (2019

Helen Maybanks

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