Product Description

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. The television play "Our Day Out" asks what can a group of back-street kids from Liverpool expect from life beyond a rare "day out"?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30022 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 66 pages

Customer Reviews

A fun play and a nice story
This is an ideal play for performing at High School level, ages 11-14, its fun, witty, meaningful and has an easy to follow nice story. I have worked on this play with 11-14 year olds as a director and had a little part myself, its a kind of play that the kids love to do, as so much happens in the space of approx an hour and a half; They go to the Zoo, a castle and a fairground, it gives children a chance to be imaginative. It also makes a nice read for anyone not interested in performing it as a play.

A great play, which hints at some deeper issues
We did extracts from this as our drama exam at the end of Year 9 - and I loved it. I think it was a really good choice on the teachers part (thank you!) as not only was it written to allow people (like me) who normally can't do accents very well to have a go (like the way Hagrids part in Harry Potter is written), but it also had a little bit of everything. Some of the characters include sluts, the sort of guys who think themselves "hard", shy little kids, jokers and one girl who at first seems quiet, but ends up contemplating suicide in a really moving scene near the end of the play. The teachers who go on the trip also have distinct personalities, including the kind, gentle teacher, the two student teachers and a senior male teacher, who seems very strict and harsh at first, though we later see a slightly more caring aspect of him later on in the play.

I'm sorry if I can't remember any of the characters names - it was around a year ago that I did this play, but it just shows how good it was for me to remember it and be inspired to write this review.

This is a really interesting and enjoyable play/book, which has deeper issues hinted at within it. Many of the points raised are well worth seriously thinking about, many of which I had never really thought about before but am glad I am now. I'd recommend this to anyone, but especially drama teachers and students.

A great book for any age!
As i read this book for an english essay i really enjoyed it. very humourus but serious too. the contents of the book are great because you really feel for the kids in the play but you also feel for the teachers.i would recomend it to anyone of any age because as i am 14 and i thought it was great although our teacher did say it was an adults book. so i recomend buying it to anyone who likes humour, acting or reading plays!!!!!