Saturday, 14 September 2013

Getting Ready Task- Initial Gotcha Context

Q1.
Barrie Keffee’s ‘Gotcha’ was written in 1977. At the time there were a lot of changes happening in the world of Politics. One example is that in Israel there were the elections for the 9th Knesset and the right wing winning. Also, a referendum on political reforms in Andorra.
During the era that ‘Gotcha’ was written...
As well as other playwrights, Willy Russell did a lot of work in this era... He wrote various TV, drama and stage plays including Our Day Out, the award- winning musical John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert. He also wrote the stage play Educating Rita which was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and later turned into a film.

Q2.

The boy belongs to the lower class of society. He wasn't  a high achiever so was deemed as lost in teh education system.

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