EVERYTHING BUT THE BRAIN

WHAT DOES THE TITLE MEAN?

• what does everything but the brain mean?
• What kinds of people would feel this way?
• Would an athlete feel the same way?
• How do you think you would feel In the same situation?

ONCE UPON A TIME

• What is the title from?
• What does it suggest about the type of play this is going to be?

READ SCENE 1

• What do we learn about Elaine and her father from this opening?
• Pick out key quotes
• How does the writer use the language of fairy tales in this scene?
• Find 3 examples at least
• How does the playwright dash our hopes for the characters by the end of the scene?

DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES

• How does the playwright make the audience feel involved ?
• Pick out individual words and phrases from the play

HOMEWORK

• Write down ten facts about strokes and bring them to the next lesson