Stories of the three-legged stool: English, media, drama, from critique to production

The three authors have, between them, extensive experience of teaching English, Drama and Media, as well as teaching teachers in these fields. The article explores the implications of the apparently straightforward proposition that these three related domains, whose histories are so closely entangled, should enjoy parity. The proposition is explored with reference to the historical constitution of these elements of what we currently know as ‘English’; and to three vignettes illustrating work in schools which productively confuses the three domains.