Questions for your characters to be completed over Christmas

• Draw a timeline for your character up to the start of the play charting the significant personal events in your character's life, e.g 

Stepdaughter 

22nd July 1946                                   13th December 1963 
Born                                                 Death of Father

• Now add details of significant events in history that will have had a direct effect on your character's life, e.g

Stepdaughter 

4th July 1954             3rd February 1959              Summer 1963

End of rationing          Buddy Holly killed          Profumo Affair

• Select the five most significant events and write five corresponding diary entries in response to these landmarks in your character's life.

• Illustrate your diary with images that evoke an emotional response to these life changing events, e.g