Monologues and duologues Edexcel AS was adapted by Nicholas Wright

was adapted by Nicholas Wright and written to be played in the National Theatre’s Olivier Theatre

To understand how style

To learn how to respond to performance assessment criteria

a vastly resourced theatre

with the prescribed texts being Trojan Women by Euripides and The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay

Monologues and duologues Edexcel AS was adapted by Nicholas WrightThis AS unit offers students the chance to demonstrate skills in a performance environment. The knowledge and understanding gained during the study of two plays in Unit 1 can now be applied with a view to delivering a performance to an audience. This is an externally assessed unit. The first section requires students to offer either a monologue or duologue. The second section requires students to contribute to a performance of a professionally