AQA GCSE Drama sample

SET PLAY 2: ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell 2 TASK 9 Experiment with different ways of using your vocal and physical skills for each of the following lines: MRS LYONS: Give one of them to me. MRS JOHNSTONE: Well, I … I just … It’s … couldn’t I keep them for a few more days, please, please, they’re a pair, they go together. EDWARD: Well, my mummy doesn’t allow me to play down here actually. MR LYONS: Mummy will read the story Edward. I’ve got to go to work for an hour. LINDA: Well, he is. An’ what do you care if I think another feller’s gorgeous, eh? NARRATOR: And who’d dare tell the lambs in spring / What fate the later seasons bring? MICKEY: You don’t understand anything, do ye? I don’t wear a hat that I could tilt at the world. TIP It is important that you write in the first person (‘I’) so you can fully imagine your own performance of the role. Don’t only describe the vocal and physical skills you will use, but also think about how your choices will add to the audience’s understanding of the play’s meaning, the character and the character’s relationship with others. When thinking about physical skills consider your use of gestures. TASK 10 a Make notes on the following: Vocal skills: Physical skills: Effects achieved: b Then, using the example answer on the previous page as a guide, write an answer to the same question referring to each of the characters and lines. c Check your work by writing ‘V’ next to each vocal skill, ‘P’ next to each physical skill and ‘E’ next to an effect. Make sure that you have answered this question fully. 61 SECTION B STUDY OF A SET PLAY