Actual 2026 AQA A-LEVEL DRAMA & THEATRE 7262/W Component 1 Question Ppr + Mark Scheme + Insert

Actual 2026 AQA A-LEVEL DRAMA & THEATRE 7262/W Component 1 Question Ppr + Mark Scheme + Insert

Section A: Drama through the ages
Answer one question from this section.
For the purposes of this examination, a ‘section’ is defined as a continuous unit of action,
interaction, monologue or dialogue extending beyond a single page of text.
You are reminded that you must not answer on both Butterworth’s Jerusalem and
Teale’s Brontë.
Sophocles: Antigone
EITHER
0 1 As a designer, or as a performer playing Antigone, discuss how your contribution to
two sections of the play would help to achieve a cathartic experience for
your audience.
You should refer to two sections that occur after Haemon’s exit.
You must make specific reference to the social, cultural and/or historical context of
Antigone in your answer.
[25 marks]
OR
0 2 As a director, discuss how your direction of the Chorus would help the audience to
understand the play’s main issues in two or three sections of the play.
You must make specific reference to the social, cultural and/or historical context of
Antigone in your answer.
[25 marks]
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Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
OR
0 3 As a director or as a costume designer, discuss the methods you would use to
highlight the contrasting characters of the cousins, Hero and Beatrice, in two
separate sections of the play.
You must make specific reference to the social, cultural and/or historical context of
Much Ado About Nothing in your answer.
[25 marks]
OR
0 4 As a performer, discuss how you would create comedy for your audience from your
interpretation of Dogberry in two separate sections of the play.
You must make specific reference to the social, cultural and/or historical context of
Much Ado About Nothing in your answer.