A-level
DRAMA AND THEATRE
Component 1 Drama and theatre
Wednesday 7 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an Insert with the prescribed extracts
• an AQA 16-page answer book
• a copy of the set plays you have studied. These texts must not be annotated and must not
contain additional notes.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Use pencil only for sketches and diagrams.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7262/W.
• Answer three questions: one from Section A, one from Section B and one from Section C.
• The questions in Section B are split into three parts. You should answer all parts of your chosen
question.
• For Section B, refer to the Insert provided with this paper.
• You must not answer on both Butterworth’s Jerusalem and Teale’s Brontë.
• For Section C, you must answer on a different play to the plays you answer on in Section A and
Section B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• Section A carries 25 marks and Section B carries 30 marks; Section C carries 25 marks.
• For the purpose of this examination, a ‘section’ is defined as a continuous unit of action,
interaction, monologue or dialogue extending beyond a single page of text.
• All questions require answers in continuous prose. However, where appropriate, you should
support your answers with sketches and/or diagrams.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Section A: Drama through the ages
Answer one question from this section.
For the purposes of this examination, a ‘section’ is defined as a continuous unit of action,
interaction, monologue or dialogue extending beyond a single page of text.
You are reminded that you must not answer on both Butterworth’s Jerusalem and
Teale’s Brontë.
Sophocles: Antigone
EITHER
0 1 As a designer or as a director, discuss how you would achieve your intended
effects for your audience in two sections of confrontation between Creon and
another character. Choose one or two of the following characters who interact with
Creon:
• Sentry (in some editions, the Sentry is referred to as the Guard or the Soldier)
• Antigone
• Tiresias.
[25 marks]
OR
0 2 As a performer, discuss how you would perform the role of Haemon, in two
sections of his interaction with Creon, to convey your interpretation of his
character.
[25 marks]
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Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
OR
0 3 As a director or as a performer playing Benedick, discuss how you would create
comedy for the audience from the interactions between Benedick and Beatrice in
two or more separate sections of the play.
[25 marks]
OR
0 4 As a designer, discuss how your designs would help to create contrasting moods in
two separate sections of the play. You should refer to two or more of the following
design elements:
• set
• costume
• lighting
• sound.
[25 marks]
Goldoni: A Servant to Two Masters
OR
0 5 As a director or as a performer playing the role of Clarice, discuss your ideas for
revealing Clarice’s changing attitudes towards Beatrice/Federigo in two or more
sections.
[25 marks]
OR
0 6 As a designer, discuss how you would use any two design elements to create an
appropriate setting for the action in two or three sections of the play that take place
in different locations.
[25 marks]
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