I will be a comparing Ghost of a Chance by A Coulson and my TIE Play, "Don't be a Sheep, a Goat".

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Part One Essay - TIE Play – Spring 2005

In this essay I will be a comparing Ghost of a Chance by A Coulson and my TIE Play, “Don’t be a Sheep, a Goat”. I will be outlining the similarities and differences between the two and also comparing the cultural backgrounds of both. One of the main differences is the genre; whereas Ghost of a Chance is a light-hearted entertainment play, Don’t be a Sheep be a Goat is theatre in education. I will also compare the plot and the characters.

Even though both plays are for children they both have different purposes. Ghost of a chance is entertainment, something to make the kids laugh and to get involved in, while the TIE play was meant to get a message across, which was, in Don’t be a Sheep be a Goat, don’t follow the crowd. The cultures of both plays are very similar; a child’s world where it is possible for young kids to run around a school and catch baddies, and where they don’t have to go to class and the only thing that is a major problem is what they have in their lunch boxes. Nothing is scary in either one of the plays, the ghosts are humorous and the bullies are paid back, but they are both based on this world.

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The genres of both plays are different; they are both set for young children, to entertain them, but the TIE plays are meant to get across a message for the children to see in action and to learn. The two plays are set out with the same concept, Ghost of a Chance has 4 different ideas put together, the first is two ghosts, one who is afraid of humans, the second is two school girls Tina and Lean, the third two stupid ghost hunters Hammer and Tinkler and the final idea is two escape convicts, Joe and Fred who ...

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