The Mill on the Floss

By Sue Saunders, George Eliot

Subjects: England, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Playscript, Young women, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, psychological

Description: This dramatisation of George Eliot’s novel brings the story of Maggie and Tom Tulliver to life in a way that is suitable for the classroom. The playscript captures the language of the novel, whilst engaging students with the characters and plot. The book contains a playscript dramatising George Eliot’s pre-20th-century novel. The adaptation focuses on issues that are of interest in schools. Resources following the playscript contain activities for drama (including role-play), reading, writing, and speaking and listening. These are accompanied by extension material, including extracts from modern and contemporary works for comparison, and documentary material. The resources are organised under the following headings: Staging the play Work on and around the script From novel to playscript (including the language of the novel) Life and times of the author of the novel Themes in and around the play (such as gender roles and gender stereotypes, sexual equality, school, disability, families, growing up, women writers, unemployment and debt) Media