EN3207 Contemporary British and Irish Theatre

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

Thursday 11-1pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr E R Mitchell

Dr E R Mitchell
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Module Staff

Dr E Mitchell

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Module description

This module introduces students to dramatic texts representing key movements, styles and approaches in post-war British and Irish theatre. We will study the plays in their original contexts, with particular focus on the contributions they made to the cultural and political debates of their times. We will also consider these texts? legacies within contemporary discourses of theatrical performance. (Group E)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS EN2003 AND PASS EN2004

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture and 1 seminar, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate familiarity with British theatrical history of the twentieth century.
  • Demonstrate a sense of the complexity that surrounds the concepts of British and Irish theatres.
  • Demonstrate a knowledge of matters of dramatic principle and theatrical practice.
  • Demonstrate an ability to correlate visual and verbal aspects of the theatrical experience.
  • Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of performance and an ability to describe and analyse both performances and texts.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of at least some of the following topics: the relationship between performance and printed text; the format and functions of stage directions; Brechtian epic theatre; theatrical conventions (such as the use and significance of stage lighting); and recent developments in theatrical, dramatic, dramaturgical, and directorial practice, criticism and theory.