God Bless the Child
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:11th Nov '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Molly Davies's play looks probingly at different systems of teaching and how best to educate our children in the midst of so many conflicting opinions and theories about what inspires them.
When he was small and his parents told him if he was good he would get a sweet, the boy knew it was not true. Getting the sweet had nothing to do with being good. ‘Badger Do Best’ has landed, bringing with it a new world of rules and regulations. But the kids in the classroom are fighting back. Tired of being guinea pigs in yet another government scheme, can the class of 4N bring down the education regime set to pacify them? After years working in the classroom, Molly Davies imagines a mutiny of eight-year-olds in her play commissioned by the Royal Court. God Bless the Child received its world premiere in the Upstairs space on 12 November 2014, directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone.
A very funny, lively satire on imposed educational formulae * Guardian *
[A] darkly funny and thought-provoking drama * Independent *
There are plenty of amusingly, unnervingly plausible ideas in this smart satire on child-centred learning * The Times *
[An] entertaining, satisfying satire on formulaic teaching and mindlessly positive thinking * Observer *
In God Bless the Child at the Royal Court, Molly Davies created, through an atmosphere of ominous comedy and sharp characterisation of children and adults, a sort of Lord of the Flies for the modern education system in a play that also has broader relevance to other professions and institutions in which questionable new methods have been imposed from top-down. Whereas some dramatists are most comfortable with either words or images, Davies can vividly do both. * Evening Standard *
ISBN: 9781474221887
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 113g
104 pages