Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Paperback

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Paperback

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Paperback

by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Book Overview

by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Simon Adorian (Adapted by), Sue Cottam (Supplement by)

This dramatisation for schools of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is presented in the form of a tv documentary involving expert witnesses trying to get to the bottom of the strange case. The story is reconstructed and the audience is taken back to Victorian London...

What happened to Dr Jekyll? 'Strange Cases', the investigative television documentary programme, tries to solve this puzzle using up-to-date know-how. Key events are reconstructed and expert witnesses examine the evidence to reach a chilling conclusion.

This play provides an accessible, exciting approach to the novel, as well as numerous opportunities for media work. Its language and atmosphere are true to Stevenson's story and make comparison work easy. The large cast, including a chorus, makes the play suitable for reading in class, acting in drama lessons or school productions.

The resource material investigates transformation, drugs and genetic engineering, as well as providing stimulating drama, media, speaking and writing activities.

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What happened to Dr Jekyll? 'Strange Cases', the investigative television documentary programme, tries to solve this puzzle using up-to-date know-how. Key events are reconstructed and expert witnesses examine the evidence to reach a chilling conclusion.

The play provides an accessible, exciting approach to the novel, as well as numerous opportunities for media wor. Its language and atmosphere are true to Stevenson's story and make comparison work easy. The large cast, including a chorus, makes the play suitable for reading in class, acting in drama lessons or school productions. The resource material investigates transformation, drugs and genetic engineering, as well as providing stimulating drama, media, speaking and writing activities.

Author Biography

Simon Adorian (author of the playscript) is Acting Headteacher at St Osmund's Middle School, Dorchester. From September 1998 he will be Dorset LEA Literacy Consultant. He is also the author of the successful plays The Ratz and Trojans.
Sue Cottam (author of the resources) is Co-ordinator of Creative and Performing Arts at St Osmund's Middle School, Dorchester.

Number of Pages: 96
Dimensions: 0.27 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN
Publication Date: April 01, 1999
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Unabridged)
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 9.5
Point Value: 5
ISBN9780003230789
Author Robert Louis Stevenson
PublisherCollins Educational
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 1999
LanguageENG- English
Pages96
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Throughout his life, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was plagued by ill health, which interrupted his formal education at Edinburgh University. Pursuing the life of a bohemian during his twenties and thirties, he traveled around Europe and formed the basis of his first two books, An Inland Journey (1878) and Travels with a Donkey (1879). Stevenson gained his first popular success with Treasure Island (1883). The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which sold forty thousand copies in six months, and Kidnapped appeared in 1886, followed by The Black Arrow (1888) and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). In 1888, he set out with his family for the South Seas, traveling to the leper colony at Molokai, and finally settling in Samoa, where he died.

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