Leave Taking

Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock is a play that follows the lives of the Matthews family, their friend Brod and a local Obeahwoman called Mai. It is set in London in the 1980s.

Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock has three main characters: Enid Matthews, Del Matthews and Viv Matthews. All of the characters in the play are fictional.

A theme is a big idea that can be found throughout the text. In Leave Taking, three of the main themes are family, culture and education.

Leave Taking is written as a play and intended to be performed. It is a realist play, which means it focuses on the everyday lives of ordinary people.

For Eduqas, Leave Taking is part of Component 2. You will be presented with one question, which is linked to an extract.

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