KS4 KS5

Jekyll & Hyde - education resource

Drama English Lighting, sound, video Performance skills Performing Arts Playwriting Production Arts Set design

A group of people in top hats and a woman centre crowd round a chemical laboratory.

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Overview

This learning resource was created to support our schools’ tour of Jekyll & Hyde.

In this pack you will find a wide variety of resources to support your exploration of the play. The resource is designed to support in-school conversations, practical studio activities and other classroom tasks.

Learning outcomes

This education resource is designed to support students and teachers who are exploring Jekyll & Hyde at GCSE and A-Level Drama.

It also offers a new perspective for students studying the original novel for GCSE and A Level English Literature.

Production information

Jekyll & Hyde by Evan Placey, after Robert Louis Stevenson. This production was performed at The Lowry and on a schools tour, 2024, following a successful schools tour in 2022.

Directed by Kirsty Housley; costume and set design by Amanda Stoodley; lighting design by Joshua Pharo; sound design by Benjamin Grant; movement direction by Belinda Lee Chapman; associate direction by Zoe Murtagh; intimacy coordination by Haruka Kuroda; fight direction by Jeremy Barlow; associate lighting design by Sarah Readman; dramatherapist Patricia Ojehonmon; voice coach Tamsin Newlands.

Photography © Feruza Aferwerki

Suitability

Suitable for 13+/KS3+

Content warning

Please be aware that this production explores themes of violence, sexual abuse, misogyny, strong language and a reference to suicide.

Keywords

Jekyll & Hyde, GCSE English, A Level English, adaptation, Evan Placey

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