Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
* 1 3 2 8 9 5 7 3 3 9 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer two questions on the theme you have studied in Section A and the question in
Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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, Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
* 1 3 2 8 9 5 7 3 3 9 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer two questions on the theme you have studied in Section A and the question in
Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Answer both questions on one theme in this section.
Theme 1: Conflict
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
Black Watch – Gregory Burke
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Necessary Targets – Eve Ensler
Oh! What a Lovely War – Joan Littlewood
The Long and the Short and the Tall – Willis Hall
1 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you show the
character’s conflicting emotions?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
2 As a set designer, what elements would you use to emphasise the theme of conflict in the play
you have studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
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Theme 2: Family Dynamics
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – Peter Nichols
King Lear – William Shakespeare
Live Like Pigs – John Arden
The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Bertolt Brecht
The House of Bernarda Alba – Federico García Lorca
3 As a designer, how would you use lighting and/or sound to emphasise dramatic moments of a
family situation in the play you have studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
4 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you show that
character’s relationship with other family members?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
Theme 3: Heroes and Villains
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
Amadeus – Peter Shaffer
Caligula – Albert Camus
Frankenstein – Nick Dear
Othello – William Shakespeare
The Love of the Nightingale – Timberlake Wertenbaker
5 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you use physicality
to emphasise that character’s main qualities?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
6 As a director, how would you show the weaknesses of human nature in the play you have
studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
Please turn over for Section B
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Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
* 1 3 2 8 9 5 7 3 3 9 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer two questions on the theme you have studied in Section A and the question in
Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/8271/4] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (LK) 340780/9 Turn over
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, Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
* 1 3 2 8 9 5 7 3 3 9 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer two questions on the theme you have studied in Section A and the question in
Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Answer both questions on one theme in this section.
Theme 1: Conflict
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
Black Watch – Gregory Burke
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Necessary Targets – Eve Ensler
Oh! What a Lovely War – Joan Littlewood
The Long and the Short and the Tall – Willis Hall
1 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you show the
character’s conflicting emotions?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
2 As a set designer, what elements would you use to emphasise the theme of conflict in the play
you have studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
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Theme 2: Family Dynamics
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – Peter Nichols
King Lear – William Shakespeare
Live Like Pigs – John Arden
The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Bertolt Brecht
The House of Bernarda Alba – Federico García Lorca
3 As a designer, how would you use lighting and/or sound to emphasise dramatic moments of a
family situation in the play you have studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
4 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you show that
character’s relationship with other family members?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
Theme 3: Heroes and Villains
Use one performance text in your answer to each question.
Use a different performance text for each question.
Write the name of the performance text you have studied at the start of each answer.
Amadeus – Peter Shaffer
Caligula – Albert Camus
Frankenstein – Nick Dear
Othello – William Shakespeare
The Love of the Nightingale – Timberlake Wertenbaker
5 Select one character from the play you have studied. As an actor, how would you use physicality
to emphasise that character’s main qualities?
Refer to the opening scenes to support your answer. [20]
AND
6 As a director, how would you show the weaknesses of human nature in the play you have
studied?
Refer to at least three scenes to support your answer. [20]
Please turn over for Section B
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