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