A nominated topic studied through significant theatrical traditions, practitioners and movements.
These are the statements the Drama syllabus makes about Studies in Drama and Theatre. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Significant movements and practitioners, and the specific techniques each contributed to performance.
The conventions of a tradition, and how a production uses or breaks them to make meaning.
Recent performance practice, including work that challenges the boundary between performer and audience.
The conventions of Greek tragedy and comedy, the amphitheatre, and why the form still carries authority.
The stage conditions of the period, and how they shaped the plays written for them.
Performance made from the body and the ensemble rather than from a script.
The dramaturgy of the absurd, and how form carries a philosophical position.
Alienation, episodic structure and the political purpose behind them.
HSC Drama - Written Paper Shape is 40 marks in 90 minutes. Questions on Studies in Drama and Theatre are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Drama uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Studies in Drama and Theatre is module 2 of 3 in Drama. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Drama dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.