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HISTORY OF THEATRE, COSTUME
AND LITERATURE SG
(First Paper) 612-2/1 Q
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
HISTORY OF THEATRE, COSTUME
AND LITERATURE SG
(First Paper)
TIME: 3 hours
MARKS: 180
INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Answer SEVEN questions: FOUR questions from Section A, and THREE questions from Section B.
  • Ensure that your answers are numbered correctly in accordance with the numbers on the question paper.
  • Enjoy the examination!

SECTION A
HISTORY OF THEATRE
Answer any FOUR questions from this section.
QUESTION 1
Write brief notes on any FIVE of the following:
1.1Multimedia productions
1.2Constructivism
1.3Wagner as an illusionist
1.4Richard Schechner’s “Performance Group”
1.5Barney Simon’s workshopped productions
1.6Marthinus Basson as director
1.7Grotowski’s stage designs 5 x 6 = / [30]
QUESTION 2
In much the same way that Christian Dior introduced a “New Look” in fashion, various theatre practitioners can be seen to have done something similar in theatre. Explain in detail how each of the following theatre practitioners explored something “new”in theatre:
2.1Jerzy Grotowski
2.2Richard Schechner
2.3Vsevolod Meyerhold 3 x 10 = / [30]
QUESTION 3
The directors you have studied over the past year in History of Theatre approached the actors working in their productions in different ways. Explain the approaches of THREE of the following directors:
3.1Barney Simon
3.2Jerzy Grotowski
3.3Edward Gordon Craig
3.4Max Reinhardt 3 x 10 = / [30]
QUESTION 4
Thestagingof productions is a crucial part of the theatrical experience today. Explain the role that each of the following people played in highlighting the importance of the staging and/or theatre design aspects of production:
4.1Edward Gordon Craig
4.2Adolphe Appia
4.3Richard Wagner / (10)
(10)
(10)
[30]
QUESTION 5
Marthinus Basson is renowned for his innovative use of theatrical space.
5.1Describe briefly the kind of set one would expect from a Marthinus Basson production.
5.2Select any TWO stage types that he, as a modern director, may wish to utilise. Describe each briefly and mention the type of production that would be ideally suited to each stage type.
5.3A theatre complex is a building which offers more than one performance space under a single roof. Name TWO examples of theatre complexes in Gauteng.
5.4Max Reinhardt is often regarded as being the first person to introduce the concept of a theatre complex. Describe Max Reinhardt’s version of a theatre complex.
TOTAL FOR SECTION A: / (10)
(6)
(4)
(10)
[30]
[120]
SECTION B
HISTORY OF COSTUME
Answerall THREEquestions from this section.
QUESTION 6
The termVictorian has come to imply a sense of conservatism. However, if one looks at Victorian fashion, there are several examples of trends found then which today would be considered far more outrageous than conservative.
Name and describe at least SIX aspects of Victorian fashions that you regard as being typically Victorian and which today would certainly not be considered conservative. Give reasons to support your choices. You may refer to men’s or women’s fashions. / [20]
QUESTION 7
Much of what we found in terms of twentieth century fashions was also far from conservative. Select the TWO decades from the twentieth century that you consider to be least conservative. Describe the clothing worn at the time, paying particular attention to those aspects that you find least conservative. Examineeither men’s or women’s clothing.
2 x 10 = / [20]

P.T.O.

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HISTORY OF THEATRE, COSTUME
AND LITERATURE SG
(First Paper) 612-2/1 Q
QUESTION 8
8.1One thing Elsa Schiaparelli could never be called is conservative. Explain why this is the case by describing her approach to fashion design.
8.2Mary Quant designed for a generation that was reacting against the conservatism of the 1950s. Describe the designs she created that demonstrated such reaction. / (10)
(10)
[20]
TOTAL FOR SECTION B:
TOTAL: / [60]
180

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