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A2005/020 - 11 November 2005

Level 3 Drama - 2006 Prescribed plays for achievement standard

90610 Demonstrate knowledge of theatre form or period by analysing and interpreting two texts

As a result of the standards review process and consultation with the Level 3 subject working group, the list of prescribed plays for assessment in 2006 has been revised. Students must be familiar with two texts. Note the title of the standard given above is that of the reviewed standard.

A list of prescribed plays for 2006 follows.

90610 Demonstrate knowledge of theatre form or period by analysing and interpreting two texts

Prescribed plays for 2006

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare
Away Michael Gow
Antigone Sophocles
Children of the Poor Mervyn Thompson
Hamlet Shakespeare
Macbeth Shakespeare
Medea Euripides
Mother Courage Bertolt Brecht
Niu Sila Oscar Keightley
Purapurawhetu Briar Grace-Smith
Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw
Revenge of the Amazons Jean Betts
Shuriken Vincent O’Sullivan
The Birthday Party Harold Pinter
The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov
The Crucible Arthur Miller
The Frogs Aristophanes
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Pohutukawa Tree Bruce Mason
Top Girls Caryl Churchill
Twelfth Night Shakespeare
Waiora Hone Kouka
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett
Wednesday to Come Renee

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Assessment
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