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HSC DramaPractice Examination 9

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 directors could reinterpret Australian plays for a present-day audience
  • Q2 Voice of Women: women's resistance to social roles; Q3 Approaches to Acting: biomechanics and the expressive body
  • Q4 Verbatim: consent and testimony; Q5 Black Comedy: status games and menace
  • Q6 Multi-Discipline: transformation of objects and space; Q7 Significant Plays: community response to a real event; Q8 Japanese Theatre: the role of music and chant
  • Comparison sustained across the whole response
  • Model answers show a directorial or performance choice and its tested effect on an audience

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 9