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ATARMAxxing

HSC DramaPractice Examination 10

Reading time15 minutes
Writing time2 hours
Total marks160
Questions8
StructureSection I — 1 Q, 20 marks · Section II — 7 Q, 140 marks

This paper covers

  • Section I (core): how power struggles between characters are staged to provoke audience judgement
  • Q2 Voice of Women: power and economic independence; Q3 Approaches to Acting: the 'holy actor' and via negativa
  • Q4 Verbatim: the editing of testimony; Q5 Black Comedy: satire of political extremism
  • Q6 Multi-Discipline: technology as a storyteller; Q7 Significant Plays: realism used for radical ends; Q8 Japanese Theatre: stillness and energy
  • Audience response as the measure of every staging choice
  • Model answers end every paragraph on the audience response

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

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HSC Drama Practice Examination 10