Noel Coward: Private Lives
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold Pinter: The Homecoming
Alan Bennett: The History Boys
Polly Stenham: That Face
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem
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1 Noel Coward: Private Lives
Either
(a) ‘Private Lives is an entertaining play without a moral.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of Private Lives? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Stylish, amusing, cruel.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the role of Amanda in Private Lives. [30]
2 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Either
(a) ‘Throughout the play, we are aware of the pressure the past exerts on the present.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of A Streetcar Named Desire? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Blanche despises and ignores the day‑to‑day realities of life.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Blanche in A Streetcar
Named Desire? [30]
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