Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The authors -- How is the course structured? -- Theatre practitioners -- Antonin Artaud -- Bertolt Brecht -- Steven Berkoff -- Complicité -- Forced Entertainment -- Frantic Assembly -- Jerzy Grotowski -- Kneehigh -- Joan Littlewood -- Katie Mitchell -- Punchdrunk -- Konstantin Stanislavski -- Practical work -- An introduction -- AS Level Component 1: Exploration and Performance -- Case study 1: Section A - the group performance -- Case study 2: Section B - the duologue or monologue -- Working as a designer for AS Level Component 1 -- A Level Component 1: Devising -- Case Study: Our Country's Good -- Research and context -- Verbatim Theatre -- Marking the moment -- Actor-audience relationships -- Incorporating the work of a practitioner -- The devising process -- Working as a designer for A Level Component 1 -- The portfolio -- AS Component 1 portfolio -- A Level Component 1 portfolio -- A Level Component 2: Text in Performance -- Case study 1: Section A - the group performance -- Case study 2: Section B - the monologue or duologue -- Working as a designer for A Level Component 2 -- Assessed performances: On the day -- Thinking about working as a designer? -- Design roles overview -- Working as a costume designer -- Working as a lighting designer -- Working as a set designer -- Working as a sound designer -- The written exams -- An introduction -- Live theatre evaluation -- Accidental Death of an Anarchist -- An AS Level sample extract and questions -- An A Level sample extract and questions -- Colder Than Here -- An AS Level sample extract and questions -- An A Level sample extract and questions -- Equus -- An AS Level sample extract and questions -- An A Level sample extract and questions -- Machinal -- An AS Level sample extract and questions -- An A Level sample extract and questions