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Quick questions on Genre, form and style in Higher Drama: interpreting a text for performance - SQA Higher Drama
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What are translating style into choices?Show answer
Style is only useful when it changes what people do on stage. In a naturalistic text the actors play with subtle, motivated detail, the set and lighting build a believable world, and the audience watches through the fourth wall. In a non-naturalistic text the actors may address the audience directly, the staging may be openly theatrical and minimal, and lighting or sound may comment on the action rather than hide their own artifice. The skill Higher rewards is matching choices to the text's style so the whole production speaks with one voice.
What is q1?Show answer
Give two conventions of naturalism and two of non-naturalistic theatre. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain one way a non-linear structure can affect an audience. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why must performance choices match the style of the text? [2 marks]
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