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Lite 321: Theater, Playscripting And Performance Question Paper

Lite 321: Theater, Playscripting And Performance

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KABARAK UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR EDUCATION ARTS
LITE 321: THEATER, PLAYSCRIPTING AND PERFORMANCE
DAY: THURSDAY
DATE: 5/12/2013
TIME: 8.00 – 10.00 A.M. STREAM: Y3S2
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer question ONE and ANY other TWO questions.
2. Question ONE is COMPULSORY and carries 30mks. The rest of the questions carry
20mks each.
Each of your answers should be written in continuous prose and in idiomatic (standard) English.
Q1. COMPULSORY (30MKS)
a. Define:
i.
Drama (3mks)
ii.
Theatre (3mks)
iii.
Tragedy (3mks)
b. Discuss the structure of drama (5mks)
c. Discuss the peculiar richness of theatrical communication of drama as opposed to other genres of
literature. (6mks)
d. Discuss the function(s) of dialogue in play scripting. (6mks)
e. What is the difference between an aside and a soliloquy? (4mks)

Q2. Choose one play you have studied in this course and discuss how you would go about directing it
for a public performance. Illustrate your answer from the play text you have chosen. (20mks)

Q3. Write a one-act play based on the following theme: Road-Carnage On Our Roads. (20mks)

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Q4. (i) Choose one play you have covered in this course and discuss the societal issues raised in the
play (10mks)

(ii) Discuss the dramatic techniques the playwright uses to bring out the themes in the play
you have chosen (10mks)

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