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Festival Insights: Drama
Course Times & Enrolment
This course is currently unavailable.
Course Summary
Over three days, this course will guide students through the plays and performances on offer at Edinburgh’s Fringe and International festivals. This course will focus on three major productions, consider their wider historical and cultural contexts, and construct analytical responses to the texts and performances. Tickets for these three productions will be arranged for you but are not included in the course fee and so will come at an additional cost. Details of the performances and ticket arrangements will be provided in advance.
Please note, this course includes field trips (theatre visits).
Course Details
Pre-requisites for enrolment
No prerequisites.
Content of Course
Day 1
1. Morning: Session on the history of the Festival, notable past performances, introduction to modern Scottish drama.
2. Afternoon: Pre-show discussion, preparation for first theatre visit and discussion / recommendation of other upcoming Festival and Fringe highlights.
3. Evening: Theatre visit.
Day 2
1. Morning: Post-show discussion, preparation for second theatre visit and discussion/recommendation of other upcoming Festival and Fringe highlights
2. Afternoon / evening: Theatre visit.
Day 3
1. Morning: Post-show discussion, preparation for third theatre visit.
2. Afternoon / evening: Theatre visit.
Teaching method(s)
Combination of mini-lecture, guided discussion and theatre visits.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
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Understand the historical and cultural context of the Edinburgh Festival;
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Apply techniques of literary analysis to the works chosen;
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Evaluate the success of each production as theatrical performance using recognised literary terminology.
Sources
Core Readings
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Findlay, B., 1998. A History of Scottish Theatre. Edinburgh: Polygon
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Wickham, G., 1992. A History of the Theatre. London: Phaidon
Web Sources
Class Handouts
Class handouts will be provided.
Queries
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
Student support
If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.