{"id":2249,"date":"2021-05-14T23:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T23:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?page_id=2249"},"modified":"2022-08-18T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:29:02","slug":"face","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/face\/","title":{"rendered":"Face, the play, adapted by Benjamin Zephaniah and Richard Conlon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Plot<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Martin wakes up in hospital, badly burned after a car crash.\u00a0 When he gets out, some people stick with him, some people bully him, some patronise him, and some no longer want to be around him at all. Eventually Martin realises his life is up to him, and how he looks is nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n

This drama is adapted from the original novel by Benjamin Zephaniah.<\/p>\n

Author – Benjamin Zephaniah<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Benjamin Zephaniah’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

Benjamin Zephaniah on Twitter<\/a> and on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Discover more about Benjamin Zephaniah<\/span>
\nand his work in the Library catalogue<\/span>
\n<\/em>in school<\/a>\u00a0 OR\u00a0 at home<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Analysis and discussion<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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20th anniversary of Face<\/em> novel – interview with Benjamin Zephaniah<\/a><\/p>\n

Themes – universal ideas<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Appearance, belonging, confidence, discrimination, friendship, identity, image, loyalty.<\/p>\n

More to explore – motifs, symbols, context, setting<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Accidents, burns, dancing, disfigurement, driving under influence, drugs, East London, emergency services, fairs, fire, gangs, Greek chorus, Greek theatre, gymnastics, hospitals, immigration, joy-riding, mirrors, modelling, plastic surgery, risk-taking, skin grafts, unconsciousness, vanity, wasting police time.<\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Benjamin Zephaniah investigated car crashes and changed his story to fit the information that he discovered.<\/p>\n

The Martins act as a chorus to help the audience understand what is going on. This is a style of drama that goes back thousands of years to the invention of theatre in Ancient Greece<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n