200 Plays for GCSE and A Level Performance – A Drama Teacher's Guide

This book reads like a welcome conversation with an experienced colleague in the staffroom, and it is full of insights from Jason Hanlan's years as a drama teacher and examiner/moderator.

In the first part, Hanlan offers overall advice on performance exams, including guidance on how to select and rehearse plays.

The book doesn't advocate or link to one specific exam specification, rather it reflects OFQUAL requirements in general for performance exams and uses the tone and language of all specifications. This is both a strength and weakness. Its ‘strength’ is that it means the guidance is applicable for every drama teacher; the ‘weakness' is that it doesn't have enough depth and clarification, therefore you couldn't read this book without then going and checking the specific nuances of the exam board which your students are working under. This is a minor quibble, because although that extra cross-check is needed it won't take long, and this guide will have set the reader up well to know what to look out for.