Convenors: Gordon Ramsay & Sarah Grandage
Autumn Semester
Brand new module!
(He is alone on stage. SHE enters.)
SHE Do you love me?
action
HE
Hm? Pardon?
SHE Do you love me?
HE
Why do you ask?
SHE Well… because I want to know. conflict
HE
Right now?
SHE Well… yes. Or no…, no, not really. (PAUSE) Yes.
HE
Of course.
event
SHE Well… good. (SHE exits)
Counting the Ways, Edward Albee (1973)
Q33115
Writing for Performance
Choose a pathway:
WRITE IT … ANALYSE IT
felicity conditions
Who's there?
Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.
Long live the king!
Bernardo?
speech acts
He.
You come most carefully upon your hour.
'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed,
Francisco.
FRANCISCO For this relief much thanks: 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
illocution
Shakespeare Hamlet (1.1. 1-8)
BERNARDO
FRANCISCO
BERNARDO
FRANCISCO
BERNARDO
FRANCISCO
BERNARDO
Aims: To develop students' understanding of writing for performance and their analysis of theatre and
performance texts. Students choose either the LANGUAGE pathway or the CREATIVE WRITING pathway
Assessment Creative Writing pathway
• Coursework 1 20% Script (5 mins duration)
• Coursework 2 30% Script (8 mins duration)
• Project 1 50% Script (20 mins duration)
setting
story and plot
beats/units of action
objectives
character and dialogue
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Assessment Language pathway
• Formative 1 0% Scene analysis (500 wds)
• Formative 2 0% Annotated bibliography (500 wds)
Coursework 100% Essay (combining linguistic & performance analysis