2025 OCR AS Level Drama and Theatre H059/05 Exploring Performance
Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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
*1328957339*
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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]
© OCR 2025 H059/05 Jun25
Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level Drama and Theatre
H059/05 Exploring Performance
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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
*1328957339*
, 2
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]
© OCR 2025 H059/05 Jun25
