IGCSE Drama (0411) — October–November 2023, Paper 13

Suggest a costume for COUNT SKRICZEVINSKY at line 299 and say why it would be appropriate.

Read the passage from lines 303 to 328. Give three different pieces of performance advice to the actor playing DORIS.

Read the passage from lines 14 to 41. You have been cast in the role of MRS OAKES. How would you play the role to show how she relates to PETER KYLE in this passage?

Read the passage from lines 372 to 445. As actors playing PETER and PATRICIA, how would you emphasise the awkwardness of their encounter in this passage?

Write about the design decisions you would make to stage this extract.

How would you direct between line 217 ['Evening, Countess.'] and line 297 ['Good health!'] to convey the differences between DUSTY and PERCY in their attitudes to the war?

As an actor, what aspects of DOAKER CHARLES would you choose to emphasise if you were playing the role? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in your answer.

EITHER What design elements would you use in a production of this play and how would you use them? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in your answer.

Which sections of your devised piece needed the most practice when rehearsing and how did you improve them?

What mood did you want to establish in your devised piece and how successful were you?