Eduqas GCSE Drama performing from a text overview quiz quiz

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One extract from one play

Two extracts from one published play

Two extracts from two different plays

Three extracts from one play

AO1

AO2

AO3

AO4

Choosing the shortest scenes

Extracts that suit the performers, offer contrasting demands, and let each show range

Extracts that are hardest to perform

Extracts from the set text

It is required by the examiner only

So the extracts are grounded in the play's world, characters, style and context

To memorise the entire play

Exploring the whole play is unnecessary

Pitch

Posture

Sustaining a believable character across both extracts

Operating a lighting cue

Showing as much vocal and physical range as possible

Skills that communicate character at specific moments and serve the writer's intentions

Speaking as loudly as possible

Avoiding any movement

On a written design plan only

On a realised, working design in one discipline that supports the performers and serves the writer's intentions

On the most decorative design

On the same basis as the devising portfolio

The length of the extracts

A clear interpretation and concept that guides every choice

The number of props

Performing as fast as possible

The cleverness of the concept alone

AO2: how well theatrical skills realise the writer's intentions in live performance

The difficulty of the play

The written portfolio

It does not matter

The examiner marks only what reaches the audience live, with no written explanation to compensate

Because rehearsals are also marked

Because the examiner reads the portfolio first

Peaking in one good rehearsal

Rehearsing until choices land every run and securing staging, cues and timing

Pitching the performance only at the other actors

Leaving design cues to chance