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Advanced Higher Drama - assignment
Assignment 2023 (All links open to PDF files)
Please note: The materials published here were used at the Understanding Standards Drama Webinar in November 2023. A recording of this webinar and further examples of candidate commentary and evidence have been published on the Qualifications Scotland Secure Site. You can access these via your Qualifications Scotland Coordinator.
- Candidates 1, 2, 3 and 5 - Question 1 “A principal author is the person who has the most influence in shaping the dramatic meaning or impact in a performance.” Analyse the extent to which the principal author achieved their theatrical aims in one performance. The performance can be contemporary or historical.
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2023
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2023
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2023
- Candidate 5 Evidence 2023
- Candidates 4 and 6 - Question 2 “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Analyse the extent to which a practitioner successfully reimagined a play to make it relevant to their contemporary audience. The performance can be contemporary or historical
- Candidate 4 Evidence 2023
- Candidate 6 Evidence 2023
Assignment 2022 (All links open to PDF files)
Assignment 2020 (All links open to PDF files)
- Candidates 1 and 2 Evidence 2020
- Candidate 1 – Question 1. “Smoke and mirrors. Designers often use technology to paper over the cracks of weak theatre”. Analyse the extent to which the use of design enhanced dramatic meaning and dramatic impact in one performance.
- Candidate 2 – Question 2. Analyse the extent to which your selected practitioner communicated their aims for theatre in one performance.
- Candidates 1 and 2 Commentaries 2020
Assignment 2019 (All links open to PDF files)
- Analyse the extent to which a theatre practitioner successfully made the audience engage in relevant social and political messages.
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2019
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2019
- Candidates 1 and 2 Commentaries 2019
