GCSE Drama & A-level Drama and Theatre Jessica Lober Newsome Qualifications Manager
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GCSE Authur Miller Willy Russell Patrick Barlow Carl Grose (Kneehigh Theatre) Malorie Blackman/Dominic Cooke William Shakespeare The Crucible Blood Brothers The 39 Steps Hansel and Gretel Noughts and Crosses A Midsummer Night's Dream AS and A-level (List A) Sophocles William Shakespeare Carlo Goldoni Henrik Ibsen Bertolt Brecht Dario Fo Jez Butterworth Antigone Much Ado About Nothing The Servant of Two Masters Hedda Gabler The Caucasian Chalk Circle Accidental Death of an Anarchist Jerusalem A-level (List B) Federico García Lorca Yerma Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie Steven Berkoff Metamorphosis Caryl Churchill Cloud 9 Timberlake Wertenbaker Our Country's Good Polly Teale Brontë
GCSE Structure Component 1: Understanding Drama Written Paper Component 2: Devising Drama Practical Component 3: Texts In Practice Practical 40% 80 40% 80 20% 50 1 hour 45 minute written exam Section A: multiple choice (4 ) Section B: set play (46 ) Section C: production seen (30 ) Devising Devising log (60 ) Devised performance (20 ) Marked by the teacher, postally moderated Performing from a text Performance of Extract 1 (25 ) Performance of Extract 2 (25 ) Marked by a visiting examiner from AQA
A-level Structure Component 1: Drama and Theatre Written Paper Component 2: Creating Original Drama Practical Component 3: Making Theatre Practical 40% 80 30% 60 30% 60 3 hour written exam Section A: list A play (25 ) Section B: list B play (25 ) Section C: production seen (30 ) Devising Practical study of a practitioner Working notebook (40 ) Devised performance (20 ) Marked by the teacher, postally moderated Performing from a text Practical study of a practitioner Practical exploration of 3 extracts from 3 plays; performance of 1 (40 ) Reflective report (20 ) Marked by a visiting examiner from AQA
Choice of practitioners Mike Alfreds Eclipse Headlong Propeller Antonin Artaud Marianne Elliott Nicholas Hytner Punchdrunk Steven Berkoff Vicky Featherstone Nicholas Kent Malcolm Rippeth Alecky Blythe Polly Findlay Kneehigh Theatre Josie Rourke Augusto Boal Dario Fo & Franca Ralph Koltai Shared Experience Bertolt Brecht Rame Mike Leigh Rae Smith Peter Brook Forkbeard Fantasy Phyllida Lloyd Max Stafford-Clark Bruiser Theatre Frantic Assembly David Mamet Konstantin Stanislavski Company Gareth Fry John McGrath Talawa Alison Chitty Gecko Vsevolod Meyerhold Tamasha Complicite John Godber Bill Mitchell Julie Taymor Paule Constable Rupert Goold Katie Mitchell Theatre Alibi Gordon Craig Bob Crowley DV8 Declan Donnellan Gregory Doran Graeae Theatre Company Jerzy Grotowski Handspring Puppet Company John Napier Rufus Norris Richard Pilbrow Tom Piper Mic Pool Unicorn Theatre Deborah Warner 1927
Your questions answered Proportion of practical Choosing extracts Co-teaching AS and A-level 3 year GCSE courses Performance lengths Group sizes Clean copies/open book Devising log Recording performances x of x Version 3.0
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