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Section II (Elective): Studies in Drama and Theatre

9 dot points across 9 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How does Bertolt Brecht's epic theatre use verfremdung, gestus and political form to make audiences think rather than feel?

What is comedy of manners, and how does it use social codes and witty dialogue to satirise its societies?

What are the origins, conventions and dramatic functions of Greek theatre in fifth-century BCE Athens?

How do the three great Greek tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, differ in their dramaturgy and concerns?

What is physical theatre, and how does it use the body to communicate meaning beyond text?

What is political theatre, and how have practitioners used the stage to intervene in their societies?

How does Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot exemplify the conventions and philosophical concerns of Theatre of the Absurd?

What is the Theatre of the Absurd, and how does it use form to dramatise a post-war crisis of meaning?

What is verbatim theatre, and how do its practitioners turn real testimony into staged performance?