The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time GCSE Student Guide by Jacqueline Bolton

Author:Jacqueline Bolton [Bolton, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474240611
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Siobhan No, Christopher, you can’t.

Christopher Why can’t I? Is it because I’m too noisy and sometimes I’m ‘difficult to control’?

Siobhan No, it’s because I’m not your mother, Christopher.

Christopher No.

Siobhan That’s very important, Christopher. Do you understand that?

Christopher I don’t know. (127)

Niamh Cusack, who played Siobhan in the original National Theatre production, suggests that:

when Siobhan says ‘I’m not your mother’, it is as much for herself as for Christopher. I think it’s a reminder. There are times when a teacher has to take a deep breath and step back and I think there are times in this play when Siobhan comes dangerously close to simply loving this boy. To remain the good teacher, which she is, she must step back. She must have objectivity, which is something I observed in the teachers I shadowed at the schools I visited. (2015)

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