Performing (acting) — IGCSE Drama (0994) questions by topic
Showing the imbalance between two characters through emphasis, conveying confusion as Alice in Wonderland, varying performance pace to build dramatic impact, and giving distinct pieces of performance advice anchor this performing page's 15 questions, drawn from 2023 to 2025 papers and worth between 2 and 10 marks. Explain, discuss, identify, suggest and describe test close reference to specific lines within a set extract.
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May–June 2025, Paper 14
Read from line 11 ['Into phone.'] to line 43 [There is a knock on the door ...]. Give three different pieces of performance advice to the actor playing the role of WILLIE CLARK.…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 324 [BEN looks at him] to line 349 ['I'm going.']. How would you play the role of BEN SILVERMAN to show his nervousness in the presence of AL LEWIS? [5]
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 189 [Falls into chair, exhausted.] to line 259 ['I hope this works out.']. How could the actors playing WILLIE CLARK and BEN SILVERMAN emphasise their…
Answer this question and get it marked →If you were playing the role of ALICE, how would you show her confusion in Wonderland? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in your answer. [10]
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 12
As an actor, identify three different physical actions BINNIE could use in this extract to show her energetic characteristics.
Answer this question and get it marked →Read from line 131 ['She hugs and kisses it.'] to line 174 ['BINNIE exits and yells into the hall.']. How would you play the role of ROCKY in this passage?
Answer this question and get it marked →As an actor playing JULIA, how would you show the difference between her love for WINSTON and her hatred of BIG BROTHER? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
Read LUCY's speech between line 61 ['He's Mina's …'] and line 67 ['… articled clerk extraordinaire']. Identify one appropriate acting technique and say how you would use it in…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read Scene Four [lines 248 to 279]. Give one piece of different performance advice to each of the actors playing GRICE, RENFIELD and DRINKWATER.
Answer this question and get it marked →You have been cast in the role of JONATHAN HARKER. How would you play the role in Scene Three [lines 166 to 247]?
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 72 [Bedlam. Suddenly it's all grim NURSES …] to line 124 [SEWARD shudders]. As an actor playing RENFIELD, how would you vary the pace of your…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Read from line 532 ['I can only teach you ...'] to line 564 ['... I was also feared.']. Give three different pieces of performance advice to the actor playing the role of ANDREW…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 62 ['I think I can manage September.'] to line 154 ['FRANK turns away.']. How would you play the role of FRANK HUNTER to show his relationship with…
Answer this question and get it marked →Read the passage from line 259 ['Line thirteen hundred and ninety-nine.'] to lines 315–316 ['Go back and get that last line right.']. How could the actors playing ANDREW…
Answer this question and get it marked →What aspects of the character of NABEEL would you emphasise if you were playing the role? Make close reference to specific lines from the extract in your answer.
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