Verbatim Theatre Edexcel AS Unit 2 4: establishment of place and

4: establishment of place and themes

struggling against dangerous enemies

never mind having to write the play

enjoying sold out performances at the Apollo Theatre

Verbatim Theatre Edexcel AS Unit 2 4: establishment of place andVerbatim theatre has become fashionable lately with Alecky Blythes National Theatre hit London Road having been turned into a film. I first encountered it when some of our A level Theatre Studies students chose David Hares The Permanent Way as the script for their exam performance piece, although it has been a theatre form since the 1940s and some would argue that its origins go back even further that. The term verbatim refers to the origins of the