Off-Stage! - Students' Book [antikvár]

Intrcductien The sketches in this book are taken from shows performed by the English Teaching Theatre. We hope you will enjoy listening to them, reading them and re-enacting them yourselves. The ETT is a unique kind of theatre. It began in 1969 at International House, London, when the director, John Haycraft, said to one of his teachers, Jeremy Harrison: 'Why don't we have a theatre specially for students of English?' For several years there were summer seasons in London, and since 1974 the ETT has been a permanent theatre-group. Its members are teachers, actors and musicians, who spend eight months of each year on tour, performing in schools, teacher-training colleges, universities and theatres all over the world. Every year, more than 250 performances are given, and the show is seen on stage by more than 75,000 people — and on TV by many more. The sketches in this book have been chosen from those performed in the ETT's shows between 1974 and 1978. They are accompanied by: * Questions * Reading and writing exercises * Discussion topics * Word puzzles and - very importantly - 'Communicating' and 'In your own words' exercises. These are important because (as John Haycraft said when talking about the beginnings of the ETT) 'English is not just words, structures and idioms; it is a lively, dramatic and versatile means of communication.' We hope you enjoy the sketches in 'Off-stage!' - and that we may see you 'on stage' with the ETT one day. I}' , , M ; I Mi; 1.1, 'i,,f ¦,'"V'liVi.f'i ; t, i.l 1 'I f i ' ¦ i I ' 11 I I - li,, I I-. I 'I, 1