{"id":2527,"date":"2013-05-16T10:27:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2013-05-16T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:29:21","slug":"advanced-higher-english-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/2013\/05\/16\/advanced-higher-english-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Higher English Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Citizens\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/BHHSchoolWebsiteRep1\/files\/2013\/05\/Citizens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"113\" \/>Theatre Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Advanced Higher English class recently went to see a performance of Christopher Marlowe\u2019s \u2018Doctor Faustus\u2019 at the Citizens Theatre. It was a culmination of the Advanced Higher course and the production was much enjoyed by all.\u00a0 The play, which was written over 400 years ago, looked at age-old themes of evil, power and materialism. Its modern adaptation made it particularly relevant to modern day audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions from our pupils include:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe play\u2019s themes remain relevant hundreds of years after it was written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe play was able to convey its original message by adapting it to the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt showed how the consequences of mankind\u2019s quest for power is still relevant today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA live theatre production was far more engaging than watching a film. You should go!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theatre Trip The Advanced Higher English class recently went to see a performance of Christopher Marlowe\u2019s \u2018Doctor Faustus\u2019 at the Citizens Theatre. It was a culmination of the Advanced Higher course and the production was much enjoyed by all.\u00a0 The play, which was written over 400 years ago, looked at age-old themes of evil, power &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/2013\/05\/16\/advanced-higher-english-class\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advanced Higher English Class<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[12605,3662,46],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-us","tag-english-dept","tag-extra-curricular","tag-parents"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Barrhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}