PEARSON (PEARSON) • Drama and Theatre Studies 2016

Complete answer to Drama and Theatre studies sample paper. Questions answered on Complicite's 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead', Equus and Woyzeck (inspired by Brechtian methodology) Answers the questions: - Analyse and evaluate the live performance you have seen in light of the following statement: ‘Live performance has nothing to say to a young audience.’ Your answer should: • include analysis and evaluation of key moments from the performance you have seen and the...

Complete in depth response with reference to to other parts of the text

In depth well written concept for Woyzeck that helped me get FULL MARKS Includes visual elements, as a director, as a performer, links to bertolt brecht, links to original performance, links to context

An in depth example of the Equus concept including performer, visual elements and Context that is required to reach the SOPHISTICATED level in the exam, includes images

Answers the question: As a designer, outline how sound could be developed to communicate meaning and ideas to an audience in this extract (scene 28). Your answer should make reference to the performance text as a whole.

A complete well written Equus concept in which I fully explain the impact of each lighting technique and refer to other parts of the play. Answers the question: As a designer, outline how lighting could be developed to communicate meaning and ideas to an audience in this extract. Your answer should make reference to the performance text as a whole.

Sophisticated level response which evaluates whether Live theatre is one of the most powerful ways of communicating to an audience in 2023. In depth response which includes lighting, set, voice, sound, gesture and movement

A complete, well written FULL MARK A* essay on my Woyzeck concept which is inspired by Brecht. Original concept that mirrors relevant social/ political context. Includes detailed OPC original performance conditions AND sophisticated key words

A complete, well written FULL MARK A* essay on my Woyzeck concept which is inspired by Brecht. Original concept that mirrors relevant social/ political context. Includes detailed OPC original performance conditions AND sophisticated key words

This essay was completed before my a-level exams, I regularly achieve As and A*s in Drama a-Level so I've uploaded this as an exemplar essay in which you could refer back to, to see how one would answer this question. This essay was based on the play Machinal by Sophie Treadwell.