Noughts & Crosses
Dominic Cooke Adaptation | AQA GCSE Drama
How to use these examples: distinguish evidence from the prescribed adaptation, documented production choices and your own defensible interpretation. Unless explicitly labelled otherwise, staging ideas are possibilities rather than board requirements.
Directorial concept builder
Choose a coherent staging language, then test it against the prescribed adaptation and the exact moment you are answering.
Minimalist / Brechtian: Strip the stage back to a visibly theatrical environment. Use exposed lighting, simple scaffolding and visible role changes so the audience evaluates the politics rather than accepting the world as natural.