OCR Drama Exam Tasks Students have to choose one question to answer from a choice of three. The first of the three choices will always be extract-based. The extract is usually one to one and a half pages in length with the questions focusing directly on the extract (referring to ‘this moment’ or ‘this extract’‚ or using the word ‘here’). These questions do require an understanding of the whole text‚ but close attention to the printed extract is the key requirement for successful answers. At least
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Character Write up ! Sean Jones who portrayed Mickey used various techniques to show contrast throughout the stages of Mickeys life beginning at the age of seven up to dying around eighteen. !To begin with Sean was very active and typically energetic as a young child. By his tone and pitch constantly increasing we perceived how juvenile he was. Sean also used expressive and exaggerated words to show his youthful eagerness. When in trouble Sean portrayed this by dragging his feet‚ making slow strides
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On Saturday the 16th of March I saw Tasmania Performs production of As We Forgive: Three Morality Plays For An Amoral Age. Performed in the Theatre Royal Backspace‚ Hobart‚ As We Forgive is a one-act‚ one-man show‚ featuring Robert Jarman. Written by Tom Holloway and directed by Julian Meyrick‚ the production was presented by Tasmania Performs as part of Ten Days on the Island and Tasmania’s International Arts Festival. “The evidence of our violence is everywhere we turn... murder‚ suspicion‚
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Jethro and Mr Sommers We had to create a still image ‘statue’ of Jethro. Underneath the statue‚ I chose to show Jethro as being hopeful. I was on my knees but had my fist clenched and to the side of me‚ suggesting that there were still issues with the way that people were treated‚ the time that the statue was meant to be made was during the peak of slavery. The clenched fist representing that Jethro and his fellow people would fight towards freedom. Dan played Mr Sommers‚ he stood with folded arms
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Why are we still waiting for Godot? By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Godot’s 60th: The University of Reading archive shows the first night Pic: Roger Pic So why are we still waiting for Godot? How has Samuel Beckett’s play grown from a tiny avant garde performance in Paris to become part of the West End theatre coach party circuit? It’s 60 years since Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot received its premiere in the Theatre de Babylone in Paris. The first public performance
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I. INTRODUCTION Although the history of kidnapping and hostage-taking is a very long one‚ it is only relatively recently that there has been a systematic attempt to understand the effects‚ both long-term and short-term‚ on individuals and their families. This is an important issue for clinical and academic reasons. The advice of mental health professionals is sought with increasing frequency with regard to the strategic management of hostage incidents and the clinical management of those who have
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This year is 2011. Teenager Zoe enters her friend‚ Regina’s bedroom. ZOE (placing her hand on Regina’s shoulder) Regina‚ what’s wrong? (No response) (sincere eye contact) You’ve been standing there‚ staring out that window for who knows how long. What could be so bad that it would make you lock eyes on that gloomy patio for an eternity? REGINA (shrugs her shoulders) Leave me alone‚ Zoe. Go back to your learning record .You won’t want to write an extra of 50 words‚ right? ZOE I can’t work with
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MARLOWE’S CONTRIBUTION TO ENGLISH DRAMA Tragedy before Marlow: Swinburne’s remarks‚ “Before him there was neither genuine blank verse nor a genuine tragedy in our language. After his arrival the way was paved for Shakespeare.” With the advent of Marlowe‚ Miracle and Morality plays vanished. He brought Drama out of the old rut of street presentation and made it a perfect art and a thing of beauty. After the Reformation‚ the Mystery and Morality plays were disliked by the public at large until the
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Christopher Dietz Professor Lindquist English 102 25 October 2012 Death of a Salesman Linda Loman‚ Woman or Weakling Death of a Salesman‚ written by American Playwright Arthur Miller‚ in 1949‚ won many awards‚ including the Pulitzer for drama‚ and a Tony for the Best Play. This play has been performed on Broadway several times; in February of 1949 it ran for 742 performances and was continually acclaimed. Linda Loman the wife of Willie Loman‚ the salesman‚ a typical woman of her era‚ was
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Introduction Vinegar Tom was written by Caryl Churchill‚ a feminist‚ in 1976 but set in the 17th Century. The play was inspired by the women’s rights act of 1970‚ and the discrimination of women. The title comes from the name of a horrible creature which is supposed to be a witch’s familiar. It is about how four naïve and innocent women’s lives are affected throughout the Salem witch-hunts. Modernised song‚ dance and rhythm are used to combine the horror of the past and attitudes which have carried
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