1.Examining two of the core syllabus plays, discuss how contemporary playwrights have conveyed the urgency of current or impending social crises through formal experimentation and argue as to the effectiveness of their representational methods.
2.A number of the plays we are examining highlight the concern of mental health crisis. Drawing on examples from up to three plays, of which at least one should form part of the core syllabus, discuss how different writers explore the issue in diverse ways and argue as to the effectiveness of these representational methods.
3. A number of the plays we are examining engage in the depiction of fractured families. Discuss how this technique has been used as a metaphor for capturing the failure of traditional institutions more broadly on a social and political level, referring to characteristic examples from up to three plays, at least one of which should form part of the core syllabus.
4. A number of the plays we are examining are dealing with concerns of social class and surrounding tensions. Drawing on examples from up to three plays, of which at least one should form part of the core syllabus, discuss how different writers explore the issue in diverse ways and argue as to the effectiveness of these representational methods.
Core syllabus:
Love and information – Caryl Churchill
Far Away – Caryl Churchill
Dealing with Clair – Martin Crimp
Fewer emergencies in Plays three – Martin Crimp
truth and reconciliation – Green Debbie Tucker
random – Green Debbie Tucker Dennis Kelly: Love and Money, Osama the Hero, Debris, After the End Orphans in Plays two: Taking care of baby ; Orphans ; DNA ; The Gods weep ; Our teacher’s a troll T5 – Simon Stephens Wastwater – Simon Stephens Game – Bartlett Mike Bull – Bartlett Mike Small hours – Lucy Kirkwood The Effect (Modern Plays) – Lucy Prebble
