Drama and Theatre Studies

Assessment

Component 1 – Interpreting Drama & Theatre 40% Written Examination • Knowledge and Understanding of Drama and Theatre • Study of prescribed plays which include Sophocles’ Antigone, Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good • Analysis and evaluation of the work of Live Theatre makers Component 2 – Creating Original Drama 30% Practical Coursework • Creating and performing a piece of originally devised Drama influenced by the work and methodologies of an influential theatre practitioner, eg, Kneehigh, Headlong, Complicité, Frantic Assembly, Emma Rice. • Research and application of ideas in a written working notebook form part of this practical coursework. Component 3 – Making Theatre 30% Practical Coursework • Practical exploration and interpretation of extracts from a range of plays chosen by the pupil. These will be presented in the form of a monologue and duologue with the final assessed piece being an ensemble presentation staged for a public audience. Again, the presentation of extracts will be fuelled by an influential theatre practitioner eg Steven Berkoff, Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud, Katie Mitchell, and Konstantin Stanislavski. • A reflective report with analysis and evaluation of the theatrical interpretation of the extract forms part of this practical coursework.