num_pages: 96
description: This dramatisation specially for schools of Wilkie Collins’ novel conveys the complex plot accessibly, while preserving the pace and tension of the book. The rich symbolism of the play opens up areas for discussion and the resource material relates the play to students’ own experience.Playscript – the book contains a playscript dramatising Wilkie Collins’ pre-20th-century novel. The adaptation focuses on issues that are of interest in schools.Resources following the playscript contain activities for drama (including role-play), reading, writing, and speaking and listening. These are accompanied by extension material, including extracts from modern and contemporary works for comparison, and documentary material. The resources are organised under the following Staging the play Work on and around the script From novel to playscript (including the language of the novel) Life and times of Wilkie Collins Themes in and around the play (such as mental illness, mystery/detective story genre, melodrama, marriage and love, the supernatural, the role of women) Media.
language: English
title: The Woman in White
titlecomplete: The Woman in White
characters: Count Fosco, Marian Halcombe, Walter Hartright, Frederick Fairlie, Anne Catherick, Mrs. Catherick, Vincent Gilmore, Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, Madame Fosco
genres: Literature, Classics, Gothic, Victorian, 19th Century, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 150657
places: London, England, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, England, Hampshire, England
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Collins Educational