CREATIVE CRITICAL RESPONSE Assessment objectives: AO1 (6 marks): Articulate creative, informed and relevant responses to literary texts, using appropriate terminology and concepts, and coherent accurate written expression. AO4 (12 marks): Demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the context in which literary texts are written and received.

Choosing your topic Clear viewpoint Real purpose Defined audience Linked to one or both plays from the explorative study Meet AO1 and AO4 objectives Sensible balance between being ‘creative’ and being ‘critical’

Example 1 Script for a talk to class on two very different interpretations of your main play.

Example 2 An outline pitch for the BBCs ‘Shakespeare Re-told’ series, describing how you would re-tell it for a twenty-first century viewing audience.

Example 3 Script for a talk to give to the actors involved in a particular scene outlining the challenges and how you plan to explore them in rehearsal.

Example 4 Extract from an actor’s autobiography giving an account of how they interpreted a lead part in one of the plays and brought this out on stage.

Example 5 A section in a National Theatre programme for a production of one of your plays, persuading the audience that it has important things to say about the modern world.

Example 6 View a performance for which there are reviews. Write your own review of the performance in which you give your own views and provide a response to the views expressed by others.

Example 7 Write TWO letters to the editor of The Times Literary Supplement, one praising a recent performance of Othello the other criticising it.