VCE Drama 2007 Solo - "Detective Sergeant Mary Mary" The Fourth Bear

Solo performance examination 2007

STUDENT: Kelsey Gade
SCHOOL: Haileybury Girls College

CHARACTER: Detective Sergeant Mary Mary

STIMULUS: The novel "The Fourth Bear" by by Jasper Fford

PERFORMANCE FOCUS:
Create a solo performance based on the character of Detective Sergeant Mary Mary.

Keen to improve her public profile, and to have an unblemished entry in The Bumper Book of Berkshire Records 2007 Edition, DS Mary Mary enlists the support of journalist Josh Hatchett by:

• recreating her involvement in the successful apprehension of the infamous Great Long Red-Legg'd Scissorman

• exploring links between QuangTech, Jack and Jill, and the French Revolution

• creating a contemporary nursery rhyme which examines the political life of a current world leader.

PERFORMANCE STYLE: Non-naturalistic including aspects of comedy

THEATRICAL CONVENTIONS: Exaggerated movement, satire
DRAMATIC ELEMENTS: Rhythm, climax

VCAA (Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority)
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/drama/pastexams/dramasolo/2007drama-so... PAGE 11

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• VCE
• 2007
• drama
• solo
• performance
• examination
• stimulus
• the fourth bear
• Jasper Fford
• Detective Sergeant Mary Mary
• Kelsey Gade
• Haileybury
• College

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