Starter quiz
- 'Leave Taking' is a play. What are common features of plays?
- They are designed to be performed on stage. ✓
- They are divided into stanzas.
- The include an omniscient narrator.
- They are divided into acts and scenes. ✓
- They include dialogue. ✓
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- 'Leave Taking' includes stage directions. What is the purpose of stage directions in a play?
- They can establish how the audience should enter the theatre.
- They can establish the dialogue between characters.
- They can explain how the set should look. ✓
- They tell the director exactly what to do.
- They can explain how an actor should deliver their lines. ✓
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- 'Leave Taking' was first performed in 1987 and is set around this time. It is a modern play. Which century is it set in?
- 19th century
- 20th century ✓
- 21st century
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- 'Leave Taking' has a cast of five. What does the word 'cast' mean in this context?
- That there are five time periods.
- That there are five settings.
- That there are five props.
- That there are five characters. ✓
- That there are five people for each role.
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- Winsome Pinnock's first full length play is 'Leave Taking'. The title is significant. What might the title refer to?
- The act of taking a break
- The act of being forced to leave somewhere
- The act of stealing something when you leave somewhere
- The act of taking a holiday from a job
- The act of saying goodbye ✓
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- Winsome Pinnock, the playwright who wrote 'Leave Taking', is a prolific British playwright. What does 'prolific' mean?
- She has written a play
- She has been given awards for many of her plays
- She has written many plays ✓
- 'Leave Taking' is her most recent play
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