The techniques and strategies used in 'Teechers' by John Godber and my own performance of the text.

... Teechers - Part 2 I will aim to write about the techniques and strategies used in 'Teechers' by John Godber and my own performance of the text that help my understanding and appreciation of the play. 'Teechers' is a school play performed by three students based on their new Drama Teacher and follows events that may or may not have happened over his first month or so in the School. It is a clever and insightful comedy, which employs a lot of the dramatical techniques I have learnt in my drama course. The action is set within a 'play-in-a-play' format, which is something you must remember when watching or performing it; your character is a student acting the part of a teacher, dinner lady etc so you are in fact playing two characters at any one time. As a result the style of acting has to be exaggerated and energetic, but

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