Events in Drama and Theatre Arts In 'Events' EventsPast events Back to 'Drama and Theatre Arts' Events Russell Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Drama will talk about: Noël Coward writes and rewrites two well-made plays Date05/12/2018DescriptionCoward was remarkably fluent, and often rapid, as a writer of dialogue, throughout his career his working habits included a great deal of revision and a constant search for the virtues of the well-made play. The paper outlines aspects of his craft with specific reference to two plays from the 1950s. A Dream Play Date06 - 08/12/2018DescriptionIn Caryl Churchill's adaptation of Strindberg's play, Agnes visits from another world to see what life is like as lived by ordinary people. She watches the dream-like kaleidoscope of their interactions, difficulties and little triumphs. Eurydice Date14 - 16/02/2019DescriptionHades echoes with the drip drip drip of the River Styx. Helps you forget who you were, who you knew, who you loved. Eurydice is in Hades now. Sylvia Plath: A Dramatic Portrait Date21 - 23/03/2019DescriptionPlath: The Woman, the Poet, the Myth...The complex mosaic of Sylvia Plath's life is dramatised through a selection of her poems and prose at the University of Birmingham Between Technology and Technique: Diderot's Paradox and the Mechanisation of Actor Training Date29/05/2019DescriptionDr Maria Kapsali (University of Leeds) delivers this Critical and Creative Encounters seminar. Queen Anne Date06 - 08/06/2019DescriptionQueen Anne ascends the thrown with her best friend, Sarah Churchill, by her side. Helen Edmundson's gripping play charts the personal and political relationships between Anne and those closest to her. A story of friendship and power, love and jealousy, loyalty and ambition. Displaying 1 to 6 of 6