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Set text study (Component 3)

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you answer the Component 3 Section A structured questions on a complete set text as a theatre maker?

Section A structured questions: answering shorter, structured questions on one complete set text by realising specific moments in performance (vocal, physical, spatial and design choices) and justifying them by audience effect, open book with a clean copy (AO3 and AO4).
How to answer the Eduqas Component 3 Section A structured questions on a complete set text: realising specific moments in performance through vocal, physical, spatial and design choices justified by audience effect, working open book with a clean copy, to earn AO3 and AO4.
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How do you plan and write the Component 3 Section B essay on a complete set text as a theatre maker?

Section B the essay: a single extended essay on a second complete set text from a different period, building a sustained directorial or design concept across the whole play and justifying staging choices by audience effect, open book with a clean copy (AO3 and AO4).
How to plan and write the Eduqas Component 3 Section B essay on a complete set text: building a sustained directorial or design concept across the whole play and justifying staging choices by audience effect, working open book with a clean copy, to earn AO3 and AO4.
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How do you answer the Component 3 Section C question on a printed extract from a third contrasting text as a theatre maker?

Section C the set extract: answering a question on an extract from a third contrasting text, printed in the paper, by realising the extract in performance with specific staging and design choices justified by audience effect (AO3 and AO4).
How to answer the Eduqas Component 3 Section C question on a printed extract from a third contrasting text: realising the extract in performance through specific staging and design choices justified by audience effect, working from the extract supplied in the paper, to earn AO3 and AO4.
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How do you write about a set text from the three theatre-maker perspectives (performer, director, designer) in the Component 3 exam?

Staging a set text as performer, director and designer: writing about a set text from the three theatre-maker perspectives, making specific vocal and physical, conceptual, and design choices, and tying each to the audience to satisfy AO3 and AO4 in the exam.
How to write about a set text from the three theatre-maker perspectives in the Eduqas Component 3 exam: performer (vocal and physical choices), director (concept and staging) and designer (set, costume, lighting, sound), each tied to the audience to satisfy AO3 and AO4.
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What are the Eduqas set text requirements, including the pre-1956 and post-1956 rule, and how should you study a set text for performance?

The set texts and the pre-1956 and post-1956 rule: studying two complete performance texts (one written before 1956, one after) for Sections A and B plus an extract for Section C, choosing from the Eduqas lists, and studying each text as a script for performance (AO3 and AO4).
The Eduqas Component 3 set text requirements: two complete performance texts (one written before 1956, one after) for Sections A and B plus an extract for Section C, chosen from the Eduqas lists, and how to study each text as a script for performance to earn AO3 and AO4.
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How is the Eduqas Component 3 Text in Performance written exam structured, and what does each section require of you as a theatre maker?

Component 3 Text in Performance: a 2 hour 30 minute written exam in three sections on two complete set texts (one pre-1956, one post-1956) and an extract from a third, answered as a theatre maker, assessing AO3 and AO4 across 120 marks (40 per cent).
An Eduqas A-Level Drama and Theatre guide to Component 3 Text in Performance: the 2 hour 30 minute written exam, its three sections on two complete set texts (one pre-1956, one post-1956) and a printed extract from a third, answered as a theatre maker, assessing AO3 and AO4 across 120 marks (40 per cent).
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