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2002 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N Drama Total marks 40 Section I General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes 1 Working time 1 hours 2 Write using black or blue pen Page 2 20 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Section II Pages 3 6 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 2 8 Allow about 45 minutes for this section 138 Section I Australian Drama and Theatre (Core Study) 20 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of drama and theatre relevant to the question express your point of view and use appropriate supporting evidence present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question Question 1 (20 marks) Australian plays make ordinary situations and issues more interesting by the way they are staged. Discuss to what extent theatrical techniques and styles are used to entertain and challenge an audience in the Australian drama that you have studied. In your answer you should refer to AT LEAST TWO texts set for the topic you have studied. Topic 1: Bush and City in Australian Drama Texts set for study: Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Compulsory text and ONE of the following: Louis Esson, Mother and Son Katharine Susannah Prichard, Brumby Innes Betty Roland, The Touch of Silk OR Topic 2: Contemporary Australian Theatre Texts set for study: Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, The Seven Stages of Grieving Jack Davis, No Sugar Debra Oswald, Gary s House Suzanne Spunner, Running Up a Dress 2 Section II Studies in Drama and Theatre 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 2 8 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of drama and theatre relevant to the question express your point of view and use appropriate supporting evidence present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question Question 2 Theatre of the Absurd (20 marks) Nothing to be done. The first line from Waiting for Godot could be said to sum up the Theatre of the Absurd, except that there s always something happening. Discuss this statement with reference to the theatrical features and dramatic action of the Theatre of the Absurd as realised in performance. You must refer to Waiting for Godot and TWO other texts set for study. Texts set for study: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot Compulsory text and TWO of the following: Arthur Adamov, Professor Taranne Edward Albee, Zoo Story Eugene Ionesco, The Bald Prima Donna Harold Pinter, The Dumb Waiter OR 3 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of drama and theatre relevant to the question express your point of view and use appropriate supporting evidence present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question Question 3 Medieval English Cycle Plays (20 marks) The presentation of religious material in English Cycle Plays was fundamentally hopeful. Discuss this statement in relation to performance styles and dramatic forms and conventions in AT LEAST THREE texts set for study. Texts set for study: York, The Creation, and the Fall of Lucifer Chester, Noah s Flood Towneley/Wakefield, The Second Shepherds Play Towneley/Wakefield, Herod the Great York, The Crucifixion York, The Judgement OR Question 4 Dario Fo (20 marks) Dario Fo creates political comment and comedy by throwing simple characters into difficult situations. Discuss Fo s use of characterisation in performance to achieve his purposes, referring to AT LEAST TWO texts set for study. Texts set for study: Accidental Death of an Anarchist Can t Pay? Won t Pay! Mistero Buffo Trumpets and Raspberries OR 4 Question 5 Environmental, Street and Event Theatre (20 marks) Discuss how your experience of the techniques of event and community performance helped you to understand the artistic and social goals of the performance makers you have studied, including the Bread and Puppet Theatre and the Welfare State. OR Question 6 Meyerhold (20 marks) Image reproduced with permission of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection Discuss how Meyerhold used physical actions to express emotional relationships between characters, with reference to Figure 1 and other examples you have studied, including relevant contemporary theatre. Figure 1. The Leap onto the Chest in The Magnanimous Cuckold (1922) OR 5 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of drama and theatre relevant to the question express your point of view and use appropriate supporting evidence present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question Question 7 American Drama (20 marks) The American plays set for study use expressionist and symbolist techniques in order to change people s perceptions of the world. Discuss the dramatic techniques that might be used to produce TWO of these plays in 2002 so as to create relevant and challenging theatrical experiences. Texts set for study: David Mamet, Speed-the-Plow Eugene O Neill, Desire Under the Elms Thornton Wilder, Our Town Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire OR Question 8 Seventeenth Century Comedy (20 marks) The characters and style of a 17th century comedy are so strictly part of that time that a successful production on a contemporary Australian stage is impossible. Discuss this statement, referring to The Misanthrope and ONE other text set for study. Texts set for study: Moli re, The Misanthrope Compulsory text and ONE of the following: Aphra Behn, The Rover George Etherege, The Man of Mode William Wycherley, The Country Wife End of paper 6 BLANK PAGE 7 BLANK PAGE 8 Board of Studies NSW 2002

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