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For first teaching from September 2009, for first award in Summer 2011
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The course is divided into two units:
- Unit 1: Understanding Drama; and
- Unit 2: Drama Performance.
In Unit 1, students study one of the eight set texts listed below:
- Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare);
- Pygmalion (Shaw);
- Juno and the Paycock (O’Casey);
- The Crucible (Miller);
- Philadelphia Here I Come (Friel);
- Tea in a China Cup (Reid);
- Blood Brothers (Russell); and/or
- Across the Barricades (Lingard/adapted by David Ian Neville).
Unit 1 is assessed through a compulsory written exam that takes place in the summer of the second year.
Unit 2 is a practical unit. Students must complete two controlled assessment tasks. One of these is a compulsory element: Scripted Performance.
Students also choose one element from the following five options:
- Devised Performance;
- Improvisation;
- Dance Drama;
- Mime; or
- Design Support.
For more information, see the specification.