diploma speech

examination diploma of associate

Academvof Musi c

& drama syllabus

diploma of licentiate [performar and teacher]

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Photostat Copies

Photostat copies of Poetry and Drama texts are strictly prohibited and candidates presenting such copies will be disqualified.

Candidates are advised to have at least twenty hours group teaching practice before taking A.R.I.A.M. or L.R.I.A.M. Diplomas.

GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. Examination Dates Examinations for the Diplomas of Associate (Teacher) and Licentiate (Teacher or Performer) are open to students of the Academy and to extern students. The examination for the Diploma of Associate is held twice yearly at the Academy, in June/July and in November/December. The examination for the Diploma of Licentiate is held in the Academy twice yearly, in June/July and in November/December each year.

2. Use of Letters Successful candidates will have the right to use the following letters after their names:

3. Age limits

Associate Licentiate

A.R.I.A.M L.R.I.A.M.

Por Teaching Diplomas, no candidate under 17 years of age on 1st July will be permitted to enter for the June/July examinations, and no candidate under 17 years on the 31st December will be permitted to enter for the November/December examinations.

4. Candidates must present themselves for both sections of the exarninations on frrst entering.

5. Entry Fees Details of current fees may be obtained from the Generai Office.

6. Entry Completed entry forms and fees must be received by the Generai Office not later than 5.00pm on 2nd May for the June/July examination, and not later than 5.00pm on 10th October for the November/December exarnination. Should these dates fall on either a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday, entries will close at 5.00pm on the preceding Friday. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Governors reserve the right to refuse entry for these examinations.

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7. Hour of Attendance

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Candidates residing at a distance may append any necessary remarks as to possible hours of attendance, etc. Every consideration will be given to requests regarding the date an d time of the examination, buti t must be clearly understood that once a date and time have been fixed they cannot be altered.

Absence from Exami.nation Any candidate failing to attend for Examination on the day and time appointed will forfeit the entry fee. However, in the case of serious illness preventing a candidate from attending, such candidate will be allowed to re-enter within twelve months on payment of a Registration Fee of ~€50.00 · provided that notification of illness, accompanied by a medicai certificate, is received by the Generai Office within 7 days of the date of the Examination . In all other cases of re-entry the full entry fee must be paid.

9. Exemptions and Re-Examinations Candidates failing to secure Pass marks in both Sections of their Examination will be granted exemption in the Section in which they were successful for a period of two years, after which time, if they have not completed the Exarnination requirements, they will have to take the whole Examination again. The fee for re-examination in a Section shall be half the entry fee.

10. Results The results of the examinations, with particulars of the marks gained, will be forwarded to candidates as soon as possible. Correspondence will not be entered into in any circumstance concerning the decision of the Examiners, which must in every case be considered final.

11. Diplomas Diploma Certificates will be forwarded to successful candidates at the earliest '' possible date after Examination.

12. Past Papers Past papers can be obtained on application to the generai office.

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ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA

NOTE:- CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR CHOSEN TEXTS FOR THE USE OF THE EXAMINERS.

The examination is divided into two sections, as follows:-

l. Written 2. Practical

Allocation of marks:

Section I PaperA Paper B

Marks Time Allowed 100 3 hours 100 3 hours

75% is the aggregate pass mark required. 85% is the aggregate honours mark required.

Section II Marks Practical 200

75% is the aggregate pass mark required. 85% is the aggregate honours mark required.

ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA IN SPEECH AND DRAMA

Section 1 Written

PaperA (Three Hours)

Speech Technique Vocal production and physiology of the vocal organs. Ali properties of speech and correction of speech faults.

Teaching Methods Generai principles and methods of teaching.

100 Marks

Selection and grading of pieces for teaching purposes. Relaxation, posture and carriage. Delivery, interpretation and treatment of ali kinds of poetry, prose and drama. The value of mime and improvisation. The practical application of psychology relating to student/teacher rapport.

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Paper B (Three Hours) 100 Marks

LITERATIJRE AND THEATRE HISTORY

POETRY: Generai knowledge of the historical background of the following poets; Keats, Shelly, Byron, Wordsworth, and modem poetry from Yeats lo the present day.

THEATRE HISTORY: Elizabethan, Restoration and the Modem Period from Ibsen to the present day.

Acting and production: stage movement, technical tenns, costume and make-up.

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ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA IN SPEECH AND DRAMAo

Section II Practical

Candidates must provide copies of their chosen texts for the use of the examiners.

Candidates will be expected:

To prepare and present, from memory, a programme of FOUR pieces - one from each of the lists, A, B and C, and one piece of their own choice.

A MAXIMUM T/ME OF FIVE MINUTES fS ALLOWED FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE ELEMENTS.

T o perform a mime or improvisation on a theme chosen from a list of THREE given by the examiners 15 minutes before the examination.

T o read at sight a passage of prose an d verse supplied by the examiners.

To discuss the selections performed (including the complete texts) and their preparation, the psychological and educational value of Speech and Drama and effective vocal communication.

To answer questions relating to theory, voice production, enunciation, movement and gesture.

Candidates will be expected to have a clear idea of why they wish to teach Speech and Drama, and 'Yhat they consider to be the value of learning Speech and Drama. They should be able to express clearly their ideas on how they would like to use the subject.

ALLOCATION OF MARKS: ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA

PRACTICAL:

PREPARED POETY (FROM LISTA) PREPARED PROSE (FROM LIST B) PREPARED DRAMA (FROM LIST C) OWNCHOICE

MIME OR IMPROVISATION SIGHT READING

GENERAL DISCUSSION Questions on:

The prepared pieces and sight reading Teaching Methods Generai knowledge of ali allied artistic

and technical aspects of the subject Generai impressions as to the overall

standard of the candidate

25 MARKS 25 MARKS 25MARKS 25MARKS

25MARKS 25MARKS

lOMARKS 20MARKS

lOMARKS

lOMARKS

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lOOMARKS

50MARKS

50MARKS

ListA VERSE: To speak from memocy one of the following poems:

Exposure Marina Punishrnent The Meadow Mouse Elegy for a Youth Changed to a Swan TheOwl The Second Corning The Explosion Miracles Loud is the Vale Stanzas W ritten in Dejection near Naples Reading Primo Levi by the Farnily Fireside at Evening Laburnurn

Wilfred Owen T.S. Eliot Searnus Heaney Theodore Roethke Eavan Boland Ted Hughes W.B. Yeats Philip Larkin Walt Whitrnan Williarn Wordsworth Percy Bysshe Shelley Pau! Durcan Paula Meehan

List B PROSE: To recite from one prepared prose passage from any book by one of the following authors.

Charles Dickens JaneAusten

Charlotte Bronte John Banville

Thomas Hardy Ivan Thrgenev

Frank O'Connor Julia O'Faolain

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Liste DRAMA: To perforrn from memory one of the speeches from the following:

Female:

Play Author Character

AGAMEMNON AESCHYLUS Clytemnestra From "Men of the city, you the aged of Argos" ... to ... "Will arrange rightly with God's help, as destined" Translated by Louis MacNiece (Faber)

E LE C TRA SOPHOCLES Electra From "I am sorry to seem so impatient, to be always complaining" ... to ... "With evi! ali around me there is nothing I cando that is not evi!!" Penguin Classics. Translated by E.F. Watling

PHAEDRA JEANRACINE Phaedra

Scene 5. From "You have heard too much cruel Hippolytus!" ... to ... "Give it over" French Classica! Drama. Translated by Wallace Fowlie

WM. SHAKESPEARE Juliet ~OMEO ANO JULIET Act 4 Se. 3. From "Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again" ... to ... "I drink to thee."

THE WAY OF THE WORLD WM. CONGREVE Mrs. Millament

Act 4 Se. l. From "Ah! l'Il never marry'' ... to ... "dwindle into a wife"

IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN J.M. SYNGE Nora Burke

From "lt was no lie you heard, Michael Dara" ... to "but it's a queer thing surely".

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Maggie Act l. From "Big Daddy dotes on you, honey" ... to ... "I nearly choked on my chicken".

ABSENT FRIENDS ALAN AYCKBOURN Diana

Act l. From "Hlm and his squash" ... to ... "Well. Excuse me ... "

"l'HE PLOUGH ANO THE STARS SEAN O'CASEY Nora Act 3. From "I couldn't find him nowhere, Mrs. Gogan" ... to ... "He has gone from me forever, for ever ... Oh Jack, Jack, Jack!" (Omit other characters)

)'KITH HEALER BRIAN FRIEL Ora ce From "Kinloughbervie's where the baby's buried" ... to ... "vanish as ifhe had never existed".

THESEA EDWARDBOND Mrs. Rafi

Se. 7. From "l'm afraid of getting old" ... to ... "Come along. They've gone".

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT EUGENE O'NEILL Mary Tyrone Act 3. From "ButI forgive, I always forgive you" ... to ... "Some day l'Il have to look"

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Male:

OEDIPUS THE KING SOPHOCLES Oedipus From "If things are as I see them" ... to ... "The scars of sue h vile circumstances" Penguin C!assics. Translated by EF Watling

CORIOLANUS WM. SHAKESPEARE Coriolanus Act 4 Se. 5. From "My name is Caius Mareius" ... to ... "It be to do thee service"

THE WHITE DEVIL WEBSTER Flamineo Aet 5 Se. 4 From "This night l'Il know the utmost of my fate" ... to ... "Or I will drown this weapon in her blood".

THE WAY OF THE WORLD WM. CONGREVE Mirabell Aet 4 Se. l. From "Your bill of fare is something advanced" ... to ... "a traetable and eomplying husband".

A DOLL'S HOUSE HENRIK IBSEN Helmer A et 3. From "Enough of your play-acting" ... to ... "Hide yourself, Nora".

THESEAGULL ANTON CHEKHOV Konstantin A et l. From "She loves me - she loves me not" ... to ... "I t was humiliating".

A STREETCAR NAMED D ES IRE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Stanley Scene 7. From "Honey, I told you I thoroughly checked on these stories!" ... to ... "a town qrdinance passed against her".

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI BERTHOLD BRECHT Ui Scene 7. From "In short, chaos is rampant" ... to ... "to come here and address you".

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT EUGENE O'NEILL Edmund Act 4. From "For Christ's sake, Papa, forge t i t" ... to ... "a little in love with death".

THE HOMECOMING HAROLD PINTER Lenny From "Barefaced audacity" ... to ... "Is that what you've given us?"

KRAPP'S LAST TAPE SAMUEL BECKETT Krapp From "Just been listening to that stupid bastard" ... to ... "Lie down across her".

PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME BRIAN FRIEL Gar Private Episode 3. From "Cannon battling tooth and nail" ... to ... "giving usa bar or two".

Where translation specified is unavailable, alternative translations can be used.

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LICENTIATE DIPLOMA - TEACHER

Technique: To answer questions on:-

Any aspect of Speech Technique. Vocal Physiology. Acting and Production Technique. Verse and Choral Speaking Public Speaking

SECTION I: Written A. Paper I (Three Hours)

Selection, preparation and grading of material for teaching purposes. Stage Design and Lighting. Costume and Make-up. Speech and Drama adjudication.

B. Paper II: Literature (Three Hours)

History of English Literature and Irish Literature in English. Criticai appreciation of Poetry. Knowledge of Contemporary trends in Poetry and Drama.

LICENTIATE DIPLOMA - TEACHER

Section H: Practical

Candidates will be required:-

To present from memory a programme of three pieces of an appropriate standard, two of the pieces must be contrasting dramatic excerpts, and one a poem. Bach piece to be no longer than 5 minutes.

To enact and Mime or Improvisation of not more !han three minutes duration on a theme from a list of THREE supplied by the examiners 15 minutes before the examination.

To read at sight a passage of Poetry and Prose.

Knowledge and application o( the various aspects of techniques relative to speech and drama. Candidates will be expected to answer questions on: The prepared pieces and sight-reading. The psychological aspects of teaching, and teaching methods. Generai knowleège of al! artistic aspects of the subject, including acting and production for teaching purposes. Choral Verse Speaking, Public Speaking and adjudication.

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ALLOCATION OF MARKS

Prepared Drama A. Prepared Drama B. Prepared Poem Sight-reading Mime/improvisation

Questions:

(25 marks) (25 marks) (25 marks)

On prepared work and sight-reading Teaching Methods Generai Knowledge of ali artistic aspects of the subject Generai impression

T O TAL

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75MARKS 20MARKS 20MARKS

20MARKS 25MARKS 20MARKS 20MARKS

200MARKS

LICENTIATE DIPLOMA - PERFORMER

Section 1 Written A. Paper I (Three Hours)

Technique: Voice Production, Delivery and interpretation of Poetry, Prose or Drama. Aspects of Stage Technique. Improvisation, Stage Movement, Mime and Dance. Make-up (including character make-up) Awareness of Period Costume and its interaction with performance and style. Programme arrangement

B. Paper II: History (Three Hours) History of Theatre Knowledge of the evolution and development of world theatre and plays. History of Costume (including the mask).

Section H Practical

1. Performance Recital 100MARKS

Candidates would be expected to present a progranune of Poetry, Mime, Prose and Drama, of not more than 30 minutes duration, on a theme chosen by the candidate. Presentation, including dress, use of space, composition of progranune, gesture and movement, must be of the highest standard and presented by the candidate with suitable linking materia! if appropriate.

2.

3.

4.

Mime/Improvisation. (On theme chosen from a list of three supplied by the examiners 15 minutes before the examination)

Sight-Reading To read a t sight a piece(s) of Poetry, Prose an d Drama supplied by the examiners.

Questions: to answer questions on the following: Selection and performance of prepared work Stage technique, movement, gesture

costume, make up, technical terms, and contemporary trends in theatre

TOTAL

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25MARKS

25MARKS

SOMARKS

200MARKS

UCENTIATE DIPLOMA - BIUNGUAL- TEACHER

Section l W ritten

Questions will be set in Irish and English. Candidates must answer the questions in the language in which

they are set.

Paipéar A (3 naig a chloig)

Ceisteanna le freagair are ghnéithe éagsula de:-

Teicnfocht Urlabhra Ar an fhografocht - gutai agus consain Gutacunta Oibriu an ch6rais urlabhra Rithim na cainte An ba sa chaint Cearru lochtanna urlabhra M6dh Muinte: Prionsabail agus M6dhanna Muinte go ginearalta Roghnu piosai i gc6mhair muinte6ireachta Carachtracht Filiocht ch6iriul Filiocht, Pr6s agus Dramafocht - an chaoi is ceart gach gné diobh a laimhsheail Tobhchumadh agus Mim an chaoi le siceoileacht a chur i bhfeidhm go praiticiuil sa mhuinteoireacht.

Paipéar B (3 uair a chloig)

Litriocht na Gaeilge - an tsean litriocht (An ruraiocht, an fhiannafocht, an dan direach, na cuirteann

filiochta) Ceisteanna ar litriocht agus dramafocht 6n 16u aois i leith ach beidh béim ar an 20u aois. (lrish and

English) Stair na Litriochta agus an Téatair.

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LICENTIATE DIPLOMA • BILINGUAL - TEACHER

NOTE:- CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR CHOSEN TEXTS FOR THE USE OF THE EXAMINERS

Section II: Practical

Candidates will be required:-(a) To present from memory a programme of four pieces of an appropriate standard. Two of the pieces must be contrasting dramatic excerpts which may be edited. A prose extract and a poem must also be included. Two of the four pieces must be in the Irish language. (Time limit 30 minutes)

(b) T o enact a Mime or Improvisation of no t more than three minutes duration on a theme selected by the Examiners.

(c) To read at sight a passage of Poetry, Prose or Drama. (d) The technique of Drama and Speech adjudication (e) Questions on:

The prepared pieces and sight-reading Teaching methods The psychological aspects of teaching Generai knowledge of ali allied artistic aspects of the subject; including acting and production for teaching purposes: Choric Verse Speaking, Public Speaking and adjudication

(f) Generai impression in relation to student-teacher rapport.

Seo mar an roinnfear na marcanna

An Dnimai6cht Tofa (A) An Dnimai6cht Tofa (B) AnPr6s Tofa An Fhilfocht Tofa Mfm no Tobchumadh Léamh gan Ullrnhu Eolas ar Theicnfocht Urlabhra Ceisteanna ar na Piosaf Ar an léarnh gan ullmM Ar rnh6dhanna Muinte Ar ghnéithe sice6ileachta na Muinte6ireachta Ar ch6r reachaireacht Ar 6raidfocht Ar rnholt6ireacht Tuairim Gineara!ta

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25 25 25 25 15 25 25

lO 200

LICENTIATE DIPLOMA - BILINGUAL PERFORMER

Section 1 W ritten

Questions will be set in Irish and English. Candidates must answer the questions in the language in

which they are set.

Questions on:­Technique

PaperA (3 hours)

Voice production Delivery and interpretation of Poetry, Prose and Drama. Ali aspects of speech technique. Improvisation, stage movement, rnime and dance. Make-up - including character make-up Awareness of period costume and its interaction with performance and style.

Programme arrangement.

Paper B (3 hours)

Questions on:-The History of Theatre. Knowledge of the evolution and development of world theatre and plays. History of costume including the mask.

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LICENTIATE DIPLOMA • BILINGUAL • PERFORMER

NOTE:- CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR CHOSEN TEXT FOR THE USE OF THE EXAMINERS.

Section II: Practical

Candidates will be required:-(a) To present from memory a programme of four pieces of an appropriate standard. Two of the

pieces must be contrasting dramatic excerpts whic may be edited. A dramatic prose extract and a poem must also be included. Two of the four pieces must be in Irish language. (Time limit 30 minutes)

(b) To enact a Mime or Improvisation of not more than three minutes duration on a theme selected by the Examiners.

(c) T o read at sight a passage of Poetry, Prose or Drama. (d) The technique of Drama and Speech adjudication. (e) Knowledge on make-up and lighting. (f) Genera! impression in relation to student-teacher rapport.

Seo mar an roinnfear na marcann

An Dnimafocht Tofa (A) An Dnimafocht Tofa (B) An Pr6s Tofa An Fhilfocht Tofa Mfm no Tobchumadh Léamh gan UllmhU Eolas ar Theicnfocht an staitse Eolas ar smidiu agus soilsiu Tuairim Ginearalta - teacht i lathair

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200

DIOPLOMA FO-BHALL (A.R.I.A.M)

NOTA: NI MOR DO'S NO HIARRIATHOIRI COIPEANNA DE'SNA PIOSA A SHOLATHAR DON SCRUDAITHEIOR

Roinnfear an scrudu ina dha chuid:

(i) Obair Scnofa- Dha phaipear) (ii) Praiticiuil.

Roinnfear na marcanna mar leanas:-

Cuidl: P:iipéar A l 00 mare P:iipéar B l 00 mare

3 uair a ehluig 3 uair a chluig

75% an pa mare i ngaeh rann6ig- an da paipéar eurtha san aireamh. 85% pas le h0n6raeha- an da paipéar eurtha san aireamh.

Cuid 2: 200Marc

75% an pas mare i ngaeh rann6ig. Ma fhaighéann an tiarrth6ir 85% n6 os a ehoinn i ngaeh rann6ig tabharfar pas le h0n6raeha d6.

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Cuid 1: Obair Scriofa

Paipéar A (Tri huaire a chloig).

Ceisteanna le freagairt ar ghnéithe éagsula de:-Teicniocht Urlabhra- ar n' airftear (a) Déanarnh fuaim an ghutha agus an fhiseolafocht (physiology) a bhaineann le gleasanna an ghutha, (b) tréithe uile na h' urlabhra, (c) ceartU loctanna urlabhra. Modh Miiinte:- prionsabail agus modhanna miiinte, go gineara!ta. Roghnii agus gradii a dhéanarnh ar phfosai i gcornhair miiinteoireachta. Labhairt agus ciall na cainte, carachtracth, agus an chaoi is ceart gach gné den fhilfocht, den phr6s agus den dramafocht a laimhsheail. An chaoi le n1 filfocht ch6iriiil. An ga at:i le Mfm agus tobchumadh (improvisation) An chaoi le sfceolaiocht a chur i bhfeidhm go practfciiiil sa mhuinteoireacht:

(l) i gc:is an rnhiiinteora (2) i gc:is an dalta

(Glactar leis go bhfuil eolas agna h'iarrthoirf ar na téamaf teicniiila­Moltar Focl6ir Béarla - Gaeilge de Bha!draithe)

Paipéar B (Tri huaire a chloig).

Ceisteanna le freagairt ar Léirmheas agus ar stair na Litrfochta agus an Téatair. Eolas faoi'n gciilra stairiiil. Teicnfocht ginéaralta na h'aisteoireachta agus an léirithe. Cultacha st:iitse agus Dreachadh. (Feistiii) décor agus Soilsiii Téarmaf teicniiila st:iitse.

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Cuid II: Praitiduil

(a) Tri phiosa a rogn6id tU, ceann arnhain as liosta A agus B, agus a piosa da'd rogha féin. (b) Mirn n6 tobchurnadh, a léiriu ar abhar tofa ag an Scrudaitheoir. (c) Sliochta filiochta, pr6is, agus drarnaiochta a léarnh gan ullrnhu. (d) Eolas ar theicniocht urlabhra agus a chur i bhfeidhrn. (e) Ceisteanna ar:-

Na piosai a roghnaigh tu, ar an Jéarnh gan ullrnhu agus ar ghné ar bith de'n léiriu. An chaoi le siceolaiocht a chur i bhfeidirn go praiticiuil sa rnhuinteoireacht. Modh rnuinte a léiriu i urlabhraiocht, Drarnaiocht sa scoil n6 san studio agus rnirn agus

tobchurnadh. Ceisteanna gineara!ta ar abhar ar bith a bhaineann leis an urlabhraiocht.

(g) Tuairirn gineara!ta ar an rapport idir an rnuintéoir agus an dalta.

Seo ar a roinnfear na rnarcanna An Drarnaiocht tofa An Fhiliocht tofa Do Rhoga Féin Mirn n6 Tobchurnadh Léarnh gan ullrnhu Eolas ar theicniocht urlabhra agus a chur in bhfeidhrn

Ceisteanna ar N a Pfosa ata tofa Ar an léarnh gan ullrnhu Gnéithe sfceoiléachta na rnuinteoireachta N a rnodhanna rnuinte féin Eolas ginearalta ar ghnéithe ealfonta a bhaineann leis an abhar

Tuairirn ginearalta ar an rapport idir an rnuintéoir agus an dalta

IOMLAN

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Sniideanna Naofa Ath Cliath An MMithair Mac an Cheannaf

Labhrann Deirde

An Mhuir Caoineadh Airt 6 Laoghaire

Saoirse Ar an mB6thar go Fionnghlas

Nollaig Bheag in nDun Chaoin 1944

N a Cait

Aisling Glantachan Earraigh

An Laoch

ROINNA Fili' o eh t

ROINNB

Shakespeare Coriolanus

Gniornh V (iii) Coriolanus: "An sean fhear tid Meninitis" ... ... "gan gaol na cine aige."

An Dr. P. de Brun Caitlfn Maude Aodhagan O Rathaille

(Filfocht an nGeal) Maire Mac a tSaoi

(Margadh na Saoire) Caoimhf O Conghaile Eibhlfn Dubh Nf Chonaill

(Filfocht na nGhael) Sean O Riordain Eoin O Tuairisc

(Nua FhilO le Mon. Padraig de Brun

(Nua Fhi!O Micheal Mac Lfarrun6ir

(Nua Fhi!O Art O Maofabhail Martin O Cadhain

( Cois Caolaire) Micheal Mac Lfarrun6ir

Volumnia: "N a dean na h-imthigh ch6 h-oban sin uaim. Cloisff tti mo gh16r ar fead do shaoil."

An Ceannai Veinéiseach Aistrithe ag Gear6id O Lochlainn (The Merchant ofVenice) Shylock: "Fear Maith Antonio" ...

... "Malacht ar mo threibg ma rnhaithim d6 é."

Mar fs A.dh Dibh Aistrithe ag Gear6id O Lochlainn (As You Like It) Orlando: "Taim nach m6r le bas cheal bidh" ...

... "Ni bhlaisfead féin aon ghreim."

Oliver Goldsmith fs liri Chun Bua:

Aistrithe ag Piaras Béaslaf. (She Stoops to Conquer) Mfr I, T6inf: "Nf rnian liom danafocht a dhéanarnh orabh" ... ... "N a sroisfidh sibh tigh Mhaistir Hasting's anocht."

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lsliu Chun Bua:

Aistrithe ag Piaras BéaslaL (She Stoops to Conquer) Cait: "Nach eachtach an t-ailteoir é" ...

. .. "A eh seo chugainn é féin."

M oliere An Geocach Duine Uasail:

Aistrithe ag Maire Ni Shfthe. (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme) Gniomh II, Ollamh F: Minionn sé dhuinn prionnsabal na naduire" ...

... "A, E, I, O, U."

An Geocach Duine Uasail:

Aistrithe ag Maire Ni Shithe. (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme) Gniomh III, Dorimene: 'N i Feader, A Dhorante" ...

.. . "Ta an fainne a chuiris chugain r6-chostasuil ar fad."

Henri Gheon Geamaireacht Dhroichid an Diabhail

Aistrithe ag Liam O Briain. (La Parade du Pontau Diable) Kado: "Nuair a bhios im ghasur" ...

... "Nf th6igfe mé aris."

Seamus 6 Neill ln{on Rf dhUin Sobhairce:

Gniornh III, Banrion : "B' éigean dorn teacht chugat, a Mhaol Fhothartaigh, ... . .. m o rnhile rna!lacht oraibh go léir." (Eagartha)

Crisot6ir 6 Floinn C6ta btin chr{ost:

Gluaiseacht II, An Cailin: "A shagairtin ta tusa saonta" ... . .. "i m' aisteoir cruthanta."

MirI, Mathair "Seo, 61 é se6" ...

Mairead Ni Ghrada An Triall:

... "Caithfidh rné m'aghaidh a thabairt air irn'aonair".

Eoghan 6 Thairisc N a Maiméalaigh:

Sean-Fhear "Nach tiocfaidh sé, tiocfaidh sé chornh siuralta le sioc" ... ... "Le binb 6 na sléibhte' i bhfad i gcéin" (fag focla an tsean-bhean ar lar rnas mian).

Sean OThama Maloney:

Priosunach: "Lion, lion aon nf is maith leat" ... . .. "taim tri chéile."

Corp Eoghan O Suilleabhain: Gniomh II, Bleachtaire: "N i thuigim fai c, fai c, fai c" ...

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Gunna Cam agus Slabhra Oir: Gnfornh III, Radharc (2) An t-Ath Eoghain ag guf.

Judas Iscairiot agus a bhean: Radharc leasmuigh de thigh Colette: "Sin é an chuis nar theastuigh uaim" ...

... "Caithfidh mé rith liom. Beannacht."

Liam Mac Uistin Liombo:

Radharc I Bnithar: "Ciunas Trum chum Laibhairt" ... .. . "Le beatha, ar dTiarna ar an dtalamh so."

Rfocht na Gréine Tfr na mBua: C6irithe ag Sean 6 Briain. (C6iriu Dnimaiochta ar "The Crack of Gold") "Trumse annso de bhri gur bhuail an tsean-aois Jiom go luath" ..

deire an dnirna

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SPEECH & DRAMA ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA - BILINGUAL

NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR CHOSEN TEXTS FOR THE USE OF THE EXAMINERS

The examination is divided into two sections:-1. Written 2. Practical

Allocation of marks:-Section I Paipéar A Paipéar B

Marks 100 100

75% is the aggregate pass mark required. 85% is the aggregate honours mark required.

Section H Praiticiuil

Marks 200

75% is the aggregate pass mark required. 85% is the aggregate honours mark required.

Section I: Written

Time Allowed 3 uair a chloig 3 uair a chloig

Questions will be set in Irish and in English. Candidates must answer the questions in the Janguage in which they are set.

Paper A (3 uair a chloig)

Ceisteanna le freagairt ar ghnéithe éagsula de:-

Teicniocht Urlabhra - Gl6r-Fhorbairt- Oibriu an ch6rais Urlabhra. (Codanna dochorracithe an bheil agus codanna incorraithe an bhéil). Na gutai agus na consain- mara cumtar iad. Ceartu lochtanna urlabhra. Modh Muinte: Prionsabail agus m6dhanna muinte go ginearalta. An chaoi is ceart gacdh gné den fhi!focht, den phr6s agus den dnimaiocht a laimhséal agus a roghnu i gc6ir na muinteoireachta.

Filfocht ch6iriuil An tairbhe ata ag baint le Mfm An chaoi le sicolaiocht a chur i bhfeidim go praiticiuil sa mhuinteoireacht.

Paper B (3 uair a chloig)

Ceisteanna ginearalta ar Jitriocht agus dramaiocht 6n 16U aois i leith, ach béim ar an 206 aois. (lrish and English) History of Mime

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SPEECH & DRAMA ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA • BILINGUAL

NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF TIIEm CHOSEN TEXTS FOR THE USE OF THE EXAMINERS

Candidates will be required:-(a) To present from memory a programme of four pieces of an appropriate standard. Two pieces

must be in the Irish language and two pieces in the English language, o ne piece from the listA, B and C; and one piece of candidates own choice. (Time lirnit 30 mimutes)

(b) To enact a Mime or Improvisation of not more than three minutes duration on a theme selected by the Exarniners.

(c) To read at sight a passage of Poetry, Prose or Drama. (d) Knowledge and application of the various aspects of technique relative to Speech and Drama. (e) Questions o n:

The prepared pieces and sight-reading The psychological aspects of teaching Teaching methods Generai knowledge of all allied aspects of the subject.

(f) Generai impression in relation to student-teacher rapport.

Seo mar a roinnfear na marcanna

An Dramaiocht tofa 30 An Fhilfocht tofa 25 An Pr6s tofa 25 Do Rogha Féin 25 Mfm n6 Tobchumadh 15 Léamh gan ullmM 20 Eolas ar theicnfocht urlabhra 25 Ceisteanna ar -

N a Pfosai tofa Ar an léamh gan ullmM Gnéithe sfceoiléachta na muinteoireactha 25 N a m6dhanna muinte féin Eolas ginearalta ar ghnéithe ealfonta a bhaineann leis an abhar

Tuairim ginearruta l O

IOMLAN 200

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ListA: FILIOCT/POETRY

To speak one of the following poems:-

l. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Canuinti Teaichfn i Ros Moc Ofche Nollaig na mB an If Ever You Go To Dublin Town The Meadown Mouse

Caoimhin 6 Conghaile Séamus 6 hAodha Séan 6 Rfordain Patrick Kavanagh Theodore Roethke

List B: PR6SIPROSE

Sliocht amhain as an rann6ig seo:-

l. An Gra agus an Ghruaim Seosamh Mac Grianna Caibidil IV: Thmnig feothan beag fionnuar

... D'irnigh sf rnar a d'imrodh toit san aer."

2. Déirc an Dfomhaointls Padraig 6g 6 Conaire Caibidil III: "Chuir Peadar a dhroim leis an drisiur ...

ach is m6r idir Gleann Easa anois agus an uair tid."

3. Cith is Dealan Seamus 6 Grianna Grasta O Dhia ar Mhici (III) "Maidin dheas shamhraidh agus cuid bad cheann Dubhrainn ag gabhml a dh'iascaireacht... ... ag brath fanacht le sruth lfonta."

4. The Canterville Ghost OscarWilde "Stop, cried Virginia, stamping her foot

... and much more than that to have a family ghost."

5. Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald (Chapter xiii) "See that little stream- we could walk to i t...

... this was the last love battle."

6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy "Presently the night wind died out ... 'I am ready' she said quietly."

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List C: DRAMAiOCHT/DRAMA

Sliocht amhilln as an rannoig seo:-

1. Fornocht do chonac thli Eoghan O Thairisc (cuid a do)

2.

3.

4.

Breitheamh: "Tillmid tar éir cuid mhaith ama agus cuid rnhaith curairn a thabhairt don chas seo .. na pfonois go léir le rith san am céanna." (eagartha)

Uaigneas an Ghleanna (6 Flairthearta)

J.M. Synge

Bacach: "Go mbeannaf Dia dhuit a bhean an tL. ... beimid ag imeacht anois, a bhean an tf agus b'feidir go ndéanfaidh sf maidin bhrea le cunarnh Dé na nGrasta." (eagartha)

Cluichi Clearnhnais Mfr II Radharc 8. Tomas: Éad an ea? ...

Chun na Farraige Sios (Aistrithe ag Tornas O Flairheartha) Maire: "Ta siad imithe ar fad anois ...

Criostoir O Floinn ...Beìdh la eile ag an bpaorach."

J.M. Syngen

. .. agus rf mor duinn bheith sasta" ( eagartha)

5. Uaigneas an Ghleanna J.M. Synge Nora: "Tar isteach on rnbaisteach ... go mbeidh tu sfnte faoin rnbraillfn sin arfs agus tu basaithe dairire." ( eagartha)

6. Inion Ri Dhuin Sobhairce (iii) Seamus O'Neill Banrion: "B'éign dorn teacht chugat, a Mhad Fhothartaigh ...

mo mhfle rnallacht oraibh go léir." ( eagartha)

7. The Life of Galileo (viii) Bertholt Brecht (Translated by Desmond Vesey)

8.

9.

10.

Little Monk: "Let me speak for a rnornent of rnyself... ... a cornparatively unimportant one."

Hamlet (iii: iv) Harnlet: Look h ere upon this picture ...

The Reluctant Debutante (I:i) Sheila: "H ello? Mabel? Darling, yes i t is ...

Time Remembered (i) Duchess: "Very well, I will proceed ...

W. Shakespeare .. .and reason panders will."

William D. Home (Evan Bros.) . .. I haven't got the nurnber now." (suitably adapted)

Jean Anouilh ...or am I going too fast for you."

11. A Midsummer Nights Dream (II: ii) W. Shakespeare Oberon: "l'Il meet rny moonlight Proud Titania... ...Titania: Fauries away." (suitably adapted)

12. Antigone Jean Anouilh Isrnene: "Listen to me, Antigone, I thought about it all night...

Oh, I can't, I can't, Antigone." (suitably adapted)

13. The Rivals (II: i) R.B. Sheridan Sir Anthony: "Zounds! Sirrah! The lady shall be as ugly asI choose ...

... if every I cali you Jack again." (suitably adapted.

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GUIDELINES FOR ENTRY TO THE RIAM DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS

Candidates for the Royal Irish Academy of Music Diploma examinations should read the following guidelines carefully.

In order to assist candidates the Board of Studies of the RIAM have drawn up the following guidelines indicating the standard expected of candidates and what previous examinations undertaken might prove useful. It is not necessary that you ha ve taken these recommended examinations but the experience of the Board of Studies shows that for most candidates it is advisable that the pathway indicated should be followed.

Associate Diploma

Candidates taking the Associate Diploma are recommended to have taken the following: the RIAM Local Centre Senior Certificate obtaining a rninimum mark of 85%

ii the RIAM Local Centre Theory Grade Eight iii or the equivalent at another examination system of the same standard.

Licentiate Diploma:

Candidates takingthe Licentiate Diploma are recommended to have taken the Associate Diploma or the equivalent.

RECOMMENDED READING LIST 2000

A GUIDE TO PRACTICAL SPEECH TRAINING

CLEAR SPEECH

VOICE AND THE ACTOR

YOUR VOI CE AND HOW TO USE IT SUCCESSFULLY

THE ACTOR SPEAKS

VOICE AND SPEECH IN THE THEATRE

THE THEATRE, A CONCISE HISTORY

A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

A DICTIONARY OF LITERARY TERMS

A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL TERMS .

A DICTIONARY OF THE THEATRE

THE EMPTY SPACE

BUILDING A CHARACTER

STANISLAVSKI AND THE ACTOR ·

IMPRO - IMPROVISATION AND THE THEATRE

THE RATTLE BAG.

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MALCOLM MORRISON

CICELY BERRY

CICELY BERRY

PATSY RODENBURG

CLIFFORD TURNER

PHYLLIS HARTNOLL

IFOREVANS

PETER BROOKE

STANISLAVSKI

JEAN BENEDITTI

KEITH JOHNSTONE

EDITED BY SEAMUS HEANEY

AND TED HUGHES