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Text in Performance (Component 3)
Quick questions on Section C the set extract - WJEC A-Level Drama and Theatre Component 3
5short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is reading the extract closely?Show answer
Start by reading the extract for its dramatic content: what happens, the mood, and where the shifts and turning points are. Note any stage directions, because they signal the playwright's intended staging and give you evidence to build on. Identify the style and conventions the extract suggests (a naturalistic scene, a verse passage, a presentational or absurdist moment), since these shape how it should be staged.
What is honouring the contrasting style?Show answer
Because the extract is contrasting, do not simply transplant the staging of one of your studied texts. Read the conventions of the extract and stage in keeping with them: an absurdist passage may call for a non-naturalistic space; a verse scene may call for a presentational, direct address relationship; a naturalistic extract may call for a detailed box set. Matching your staging to the text's own theatrical language is itself worth marks.
What is q1?Show answer
How does Section C differ from Sections A and B in terms of the text? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Why should you read the stage directions in the Section C extract carefully? [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Using a printed extract, explain how you would stage the moment to communicate its meaning, as a director and designer. [15 marks]
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