Drama study guides

A complete guide to the HSC Drama Australian Drama and Theatre core topic. The history of modern Australian theatre, the prescribed playwrights and movements (Lawler, the New Wave, Indigenous theatre, contemporary voices), how Section I and Section III examine the topic, and the exam techniques that produce Band 5 and Band 6 responses.

A complete deep guide to Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for HSC Drama 2026. Plot, characters, conventions, themes, key scenes, design, production history, and the kinds of exam responses that win Band 5 and Band 6 marks.