Unit information: Playwriting in 2009/10

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Unit name Playwriting
Unit code ENGL29018
Credit points 15
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Professor. Tom Sperlinger
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of English
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit introduces students to the skills they need to address the creative challenges and opportunities of script writing for stage and radio drama. The unit focuses on process and technique. Students are given writing theory input and practical advice for all the key stages in constructing a drama $� from stating the core idea in one line to writing the detailed stage directions that bring a scene to life on stage.