This dramatisation of George Eliot's novel brings the story of Maggie and Tom Tulliver to life in a way that is suitable for the classroom. The playscript captures the language of the novel, whilst engaging students with the characters and plot.

The book contains a playscript dramatising George Eliot's pre-20th-century novel. The adaptation focuses on issues that are of interest in schools.

Resources following the playscript contain activities for drama (including role-play), reading, writing, and speaking and listening. These are accompanied by extension material, including extracts from modern and contemporary works for comparison, and documentary material. The resources are organised under the following headings:

* Staging the play

* Work on and around the script

* From novel to playscript (including the language of the novel)

* Life and times of the author of the novel

* Themes in and around the play (such as gender roles and gender stereotypes, sexual equality, school, disability, families, growing up, women writers, unemployment and debt)

* Media