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Approaches to A Level Component 3 Text in Performance Component 3 Text in Performance Requirements Section A: Set Text (from either pre-1956 list or post-1956 list) 40 marks • Staged questions with increasing number of marks • On one or two extracts from the text Section B: Set Text (from either pre-1956 list or post-1956 list) 40 marks • • • An essay response Focus on how the text could be adapted/interpreted for a contemporary audience Analysis and evaluation of live theatre seen in influencing creative decisions Component 3 Text in Performance Requirements For both Sections A and B: • Clean copies of the text are permitted • Structural support will be minimal • Learners will be expected to respond to all texts as designer, director and/or actor Section C: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 40 marks • The 10-15 minute extract from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be published in the first week of March of the exam series year • A question on the specified extract analysing and evaluating how the text can be performed in the theatre Component 3 Text in Performance: Set Texts A level 40% 120 marks One complete performance text from the pre 1956 list: The Trojan Women, Euripides As You Like It, William Shakespeare Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen Machinal, Sophie Treadwell Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams One complete performance text from the post 1956 list: Saved, Edward Bond Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Dario Fo Racing Demon, David Hare Love and Information, Caryl Churchill Chimerica, Lucy Kirkwood One extract from: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon adapted by Simon Stephens Approaches to the Set Texts • All texts for Component 3 should be taught as pieces to be performed. • Learners should understand how they have been constructed to be performed and not read in isolation. • They should also understand the craft of character development, interaction, plot development and construction. • Learners should experience practical work on the texts – working on staging scenes, character interaction, character development. • They should experience directorial methods used in rehearsal and consider why they are used Approaches to the Set Texts • They should also understand how the texts can be staged using all technical aspects of theatre i.e. lighting, sound, set and props, costume, makeup and hair, multimedia (where appropriate). • Learners should also be aware of how texts can be adapted for a contemporary audience. • During the assessment they will be assessed on AO3 and AO4. • Learners should have experienced live theatre which can influence their ideas for staging their chosen texts. • Learners should understand the cultural, social and theatrical context of the texts. See Component 3 Teaching Resource in your pack