Johnny and the Dead: Oxford Modern Playscripts

An engaging classroom playscript. Johnny Maxwell, visiting the local cemetery, discovers that he can see the dead. He can talk to them, too - much to his friends' amazement. So when the news breaks that the local council plans to sell the cemetery to a property developer, Johnny learns that there are some things in life (and death) that are worth fighting for...

Features

• Exciting adaptations of modern and classic novels, and a range of original plays
• Motivating activities focusing on performance, close text analysis, language and structure, together with varied creative tasks
• Insights into the plays by the authors and adaptors
• Notes on props and staging