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Quick questions on Context and performance conditions of the set text - OCR A-Level Drama and Theatre
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What is the kinds of context?Show answer
Context comes in several forms, and the most useful are the ones that change how you would stage the play.
What are performance conditions?Show answer
Performance conditions are the practical circumstances of the original (or intended) staging: the type of stage and its audience relationship, the staging conventions of the time, the resources and acting style assumed. Understanding them tells you what the play was built to do in performance, which is exactly what AO3 rewards.
What is q1?Show answer
Name three kinds of context relevant to a set text. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the test of whether a contextual point earns AO3? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
As a director, discuss how an understanding of your set text's context or original performance conditions could shape your staging for a modern audience. [12 marks]
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