GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY TEACHING RESOURCES JUL–OCT 2017 CONTENTS Cast and Creative team 3 Old Vic Education The Old Vic The Cut Characters 9 London SE1 8NB E
[email protected] Synopsis 11 @oldvictheatre Themes 15 © The Old Vic, 2017 All information is correct at the time of going to press, but may Timeline: Bob Dylan and Girl from the North Country 18 be subject to change Teaching resources Bob Dylan songs featured in Girl from the North Country 20 Compiled by Anne Langford Design Matt Lane-Dixon Girl from the North Country Rehearsal Diary by 21 Rehearsal and production photography Manuel Harlan Jessica Daniels, Baylis Assistant Director Old Vic New Voices An interview with Simon Hale, Girl from the North Country Hannah Fosker 23 Education & Community Manager Orchestrator, Arranger & Musical Supervisor Liz Bate Education Manager Poppy Walker An interview with Alan Berry, Girl from the North Country 25 Education and Community Intern Musical Director Further details of this production oldvictheatre.com An interview with actor Sheila Atim 26 The US in 1934 and 2017 29 In conversation with Lucy Hind, Girl from the North Country 31 Movement Director Practical exercises — Devising from Song 35 A Day in the Life of Izzy Madgwick, Marketing Manager 39 Bibliography and further reading 40 The Old Vic Girl from the North Country teaching resources 2 COMPANY SHEILA ATIM Harry Potter, Intermission, 24 Hour Party People, Marianne Laine Wonderland, Topsy Turvy, Trainspotting. TV: Dirty Filthy Theatre: Babette’s Feast (Print Room); Shakespeare Love, Charles II, The Way We Live Now, The Taming of Trilogy (Donmar at King’s Cross); Les Blancs (National the Shrew, Wedding Belles, Happy Valley, Southcliffe.