The Recruiting Officer by George Farquar (2) AQA AS Unit 2 Comedy of manners (and the

Comedy of manners (and the comedy of humours)

To consider the reasons why so many of the things we buy are made so far away

Often our actions and behaviour reveal to others our deepest thoughts and emotions

Running some drama clips together creates ‘prologue theatre’ which makes an interesting and stylised approach to narrative

The Recruiting Officer by George Farquar (2) AQA AS Unit 2 Comedy of manners (and theFor those new to the syllabus, the AQA A2 written exam approaches one pre 20th century text, and one contemporary text. Students typically find contemporary writing more engaging and accessible. Older texts face the barriers of different social conventions, and archaic language. Even if the play is the most thrilling thing you have read, students will have already decided its a bit of an effort, and therefore going to be rubbish. Or as we drama