Face, by Benjamin Zephaniah Shakespeare Educating Rita … and a

Educating Rita … and a duologue is just 10 minutes of stage action to sustain instead of the previous minimum of 15

To explore Tar’s relationship with his mother using internal monologue

aural and spatial elements

so the theme of growing up is particularly relevant to them and students often create their best work based on what is familiar to them

This approach can be divided up over a period of time during the course or integrated as part of an induction programme

Face, by Benjamin Zephaniah Shakespeare Educating Rita … and aBenjamin Zephaniah is known firstly as a poet, rather than a writer, and claims he cannot remember a time when he was not creating poetry. Zephaniahs poetry is often inspired by Jamaican poetry and music, as well as what he refers to as street politics. Zephaniah moved to London, aged 22, when his first book, Pen Rhythm, was published. The book sold well but Zephaniah really caused a stir with his performances and his popularity began to increase.