Black Theatre History Resources for Teachers

This page brings together a range of resources for high school teachers of Drama and English Literature that focus on Black authored plays and adaptations of novesl into plays

The National Theatre Black Plays Archive Teacher's Guide to the Black Plays Archive

Accessing NT Live for teachers - a how-to-guide for schools including a link to the registration form:

This provides access to Black authored works including

Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams.

Rockets and Blue Lights by Winsome Pinnock

Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov adapted by Inua Ellams

Small Island by Andrea Levy adapted by Helen Edmundson

Chewing Gum Dreams by Michael Coel

The Wife of Willesden (an adaptation of Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath) by Zadie Smith

There are also education packs for most of these plays available here

Manchester Race Archive (the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Centre) guide to cultivating compassion and critical thinking

Trading faces: recollecting slavery: free online resource containing digitised images and timelines of archival documents, video and audio material to explore the legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in British performing arts and society using an interactive technological language.

Lit in Colour Bloomsbury drama resources - this includes play recommendations, interviews and learning resources including a package of PHSE resources for secondary schools and suggested drama activities to use when exploring the theme of migration.