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Word Matters (formerly Speech and Drama) is the Journal of The Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama and is published twice yearly in Spring and Autumn. 
It contains;
     • articles from eminent teachers of Speech and Drama who are specialists in their particular field of work
     • schemes of work of special interest to new teachers and students
     • theatre and book reviews
     • quizes
     • and a lot more

The Editor of Word Matters is Mike Venables, to whom all contributions should be submitted.
His email address is mikevenables@hotmail.co.uk and his postal address is
Apartment 2
Bakers Mews
76 Station Road
Harborne
Birmingham B17 9LX
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The Women's War Will Bring You Peace

LYSISTRATA BY ARISTOPHANES ADAPTED BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN
performed by Kidbrooke School at Greenwich Theatre, March 2011 and the main space at Riverside Studios, July 2011.

In the spring of 2010 I was looking for an anti-war play to stage with students at the school where I have worked for the last eleven years, a comprehensive in what is considered a deprived area of London. Despite these challenges, Kidbrooke School and its theatre company have received unprecedented attention and praise nationally for the standard of its theatre productions.

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posted @ 06 December 2011 19:55 by David Henty

In Praise of the Kindle

In Praise of the Kindle
by Lynne Collinson

Many of you who are peripatetic and don't drive, can no doubt sympathise with me when I complain about the huge number of books I have to drag around. My posture is becoming ungainly to say the least-and I cycle everywhere. Consider the size of your average poetry anthology, a collection of plays, novels, play scripts for each student, handbooks and so on.

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posted @ 06 December 2011 19:34 by David Henty

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The Current Issue
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Autumn 2011 Volume 61 Number 2

Editorial
Pg  2     Mike Venables

Articles
Pg   4    Theatrical Anecdotes
Pg   9    Interview: Gill Stott on Drama Therapy
Pg 14    Lysistrata
Pg 20    West Yorkshire Playhouse
Pg 25    In Praise of the Kindle
Pg 28    LAMDA
Pg 30    Trinity College
Pg 31    New Era Academy
Pg 33    Victoria College Exams
Pg 36    Edinburgh Here We Come
Pg 39    Francesca Byrne Update

Book Reviews
Pg 40   Book Reviews

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