DRAMA 718

Playwriting


Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for DRAMA 718.

Description

A series of exercises in the basic building blocks of dramatic writing, incorporating guest visits from practising and established dramatists.

Availability 2016

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Emma Willis

Reading/Texts

Course Reader

Maria Irene Fornes, "The Successful Life of 3" in Promenade and Other Plays

Jean Genet, "The Maids", in Jean Genet and Jean-Paul Sartre The Maids and Deathwatch: 2 Plays

Timberlake Wertenbaker, "For the Love of the Nightingale" in Timberlake Wertenbaker: Plays 1

Suzan Lori-Parks, "In the Blood"

Edward Albee, "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf"

David Greig, "The Events"

Erik Ehn, "Thistle" in Soulographie

Recommended Reading

Playwriting: A Practical Guide by Noel Greig, Routledge, 2005.

Points

DRAMA 718: 30 points

Restrictions

DRAMA 705, DRAMA 714