Performing from a text overview quiz - Edexcel GCSE Drama quiz

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AO1 only

AO3 only

AO4 only

AO2 only

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The overall length, the language style and the size of the cast

The play's title, the performance venue and the date it was written

Time period, genre and playwright

The lighting design, the sound design and the set

Only your own class teacher, who marks it and sends the grade off

The other students in the group, who vote on each performance

No one at all, because this component is not formally assessed

A visiting examiner (or an examiner watching a recording)

AO2 credits skilful, deliberate choices, which communicate the performance better than shouting and rushing

It is not rewarded at all, because raw energy and sheer volume always score the very highest marks in any performance

Control is only ever needed in the written exam and never matters during the live performance itself

Energy is completely against the rules of the specification and is penalised every single time

Deliberately changing into a completely different character between the two extracts to show off your range

Holding the character's physical, vocal and spatial choices consistently, including in silent moments

Staying fully in character only during the loud, spoken parts and relaxing in the quiet ones

Performing both extracts entirely without any prior rehearsal to keep it fresh

The total number of lines the character has been given to say

The colour and the fabric of the costume the character wears

What the character is trying to achieve in a scene

The character's exact standing position on the stage

By simply saying the lines much louder so the hidden meaning is clearer to everyone watching

By stepping forward and explaining the hidden meaning directly to the audience in plain words

By skipping the line entirely so the audience has to guess what was meant

By combining choices that contradict the words, such as a flat tone, a held look or a pause

Because choices rooted in the script's clues are stronger than ideas imposed arbitrarily

It should not be justified at all, because absolutely any interpretation you fancy is equally fine

Because the printed text is the only thing the examiner actually marks during the performance

Because the examiner reads the whole script aloud to the group before the performance starts