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Because of my swift pace of speech when talking about Jean and Verity, it was clear that Edward was under a lot of pressure from his family. I think he feels that, although Jean is trying hard, she can be "a little short tempered." Through my tone of voice when speaking about Jean, I understand that their relationship was very strained. This contrasted with my tone used when talking about Verity; "I just want her to be happy". This gives the impression that he cares more about Verity than about his wife. When I was asked what would happen when Verity grew up, I replied that “the boys will move on, but Verity will always be Verity“ I realised then, that Edward knows that he ‘has’ Verity for the rest of her life; she will not move on, she will not be given a better home than what he can offer her. Edward understands that he is one of the few things constant in Verity’s life, and he feels that by asking for help, he is abandoning …show more content… As a result of setting fire to the chair the police and fire brigade were called. After a hearing which investigated the incident at Canterbury Crown Court, Edward and Jean are told that Verity will be admitted to Broadmoor Hospital under Section Sixty five of the Mental Health Act. Hot seat one student in role as Verity (or allocate a Verity and get the students into groups). Ask her a series of questions that enable her to explain her actions both during and in the aftermath of the swimming gala. Exploring the playIt is essential that students have a good understanding of the whole text, from the perspective of a performer, designer and director. Students need to practically explore the whole text and have a good understanding of how it can be performed. After reading the whole text you may decide to look at key scenes first. This can support students understanding of the key moments in the text and you can discuss how this affects events in the rest of the text. Some key scenes to start exploring Find Me include: urn:lcp:findmeplay0000wyma:epub:370381ac-2e4c-47a5-8312-816ddf475457 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier findmeplay0000wyma Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2fmhh1hhsc Invoice 1652 Isbn 0573114315

If you do not currently offer this OCR qualification but would like to do so, please complete the Expression of Interest Form which can be found here: www.ocr.org.uk/expression-of-interest During the exposition of the play Edward is asked questions by the Interviewer about his daughter Verity. He explains that the birth was a little premature and that her mother wasn’t allowed to have her for the first week. He goes on to explain that he found Verity to be a difficult child who was always a little distant. He describes times when she would wander off from home, flare up very suddenly and have tantrums. Verity’s mother and father decided that physical punishment was wrong for Verity as she was a very sensitive child. When she was diagnosed with a mild epileptic condition they hoped that the treatment would help to settle her down, but it didn’t. Verity was a solitary child who was always happier playing in her own private world. When Find Me was originally performed at the Orange Tree Theatre it had a cast of eight, five women and three men. All of the parts were shared among them. In the script, Wymark has given the characters numbers to indicate where changes of role take place. This multi role play means that to an extent characters are representational. Actors must be willing to take on more than one role and therefore have the opportunity to display their characterisation skills. A variation of body language, facial expression and vocal expression are essential to allow the audience to understand when changes of character take place. Common misconceptions or difficulties students may have Although some of Verity’s symptoms are similar to that of a person that suffers from autism there is no suggestion that autism is the cause of her mental health issues. It may be helpful to research the condition of autism to gain a deeper understanding of Verity’s behaviour’s, however we cannot be sure that this was Verity’s diagnosis. It is important to consider the time in which the play was written and the differences between how patients were treated differently to people who are diagnosed with mental health problems now. When exploring this point is will be useful to use the following as points for discussion and research: Find Me is a play based on a true story set in the early 1980s. The central character is a girl named Verity Taylor who suffers with mental health problems. The play studies the effects that her condition has on her family and questions the treatment she receives by the healthcare system.

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OCR is part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. For staff training purposes and as part of our quality assurance programme your call may be recorded or monitored. Students need to have studied the central themes of the play and consider how they impact the acting, design and direction of a performance. Choose an event that you think could have been avoided. (Suggested events are the scene with Sister Moses and the Physiotherapist or when Verity jumps out of the window at the halfway house) Explore how this would have changed the events in the play, or improvise a new scene to explore the characters motivations.

She is survived by her four children – Jane and Tristram (both actors); Rowan, a dramaturg in France; and Dominic, who works in film in Hollywood – and by her grandchildren. OCR 2016 Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England. Registered office 1 Hills Road, Cambridge CB1 2EU. Registered company number 3484466. OCR is an exempt charity. Write a letter of complaint from the mother or father of the French family at the restaurant. Students can use the following as a starting point: Students should be able to identify the social, cultural and historical influences on the writing of ‘Find Me’. They should be able to give examples of how these influences are apparent within the text or can be realised in a performance. Find Me’ was written whilst she was working as a Gulbenkian Writer in Residence at Kingston Polytechnic in Surrey in 1977. It was then performed at both Kingston Polytechnic and later at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1977.In an interview with Contemporary Authors: "From the fifties until my husband died in 1970 I wrote plays because I wanted to; now I write them for a living. Although I have never written 'a commercial' play, I have to sell my work. Consequently I think my plays have become less obscure (and pretentious), and I find myself more drawn to comedy. The theatre is my first passion, but I love to write for radio and would like to write more for TV and would really like to write a film."

In pairs label yourself A and B. A will play Edward, Verity’s father, and B is the Interviewer. The Interviewer asks Edward questions about his daughter Verity and the impact her condition has had on the rest of the family. Spotlight performances to the rest of the class. Use forum theatre to create an alternative ending to a scene. In this version of the scene the health care professionals take preventative actions to stop the situation escalating.

Preparation: As a class or in small groups read the scene that is set in the playground at Verity’s school.

A different sort of madness, madness in the absence of love, featured in Please Shine Down on Me (1980), written for the touring company Foco Novo and seen in London at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs. Everything existed at a weird tangent to reality, said the critic Michael Billington, in a tale of spiritual fakery and marital angst that discussed the impossibility of unconditional love at all times. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-03-11 11:16:11 Boxid IA40389623 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierQuestions may require students to answer from the perspective of an actor. Students should have explored the whole text practically during their study of ‘Find Me’. They need to understand how to perform the part of a range of characters of the text. All students need to have an understanding of how performance skills can be applied to their set text, and not just those who have completed the other components as a performer.