Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies

Centre for Theatre Studies: Summer School 2009

The 2009 summer school was held in conjunction with Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds. In June the Centre's students performed alongside professional actors at the Theatre Royal in a world premiere of The Massacre by Elizabeth Inchbald.  It was followed by a new short play by Jonathan Lichtenstein, the Centre's director.  His play is a contemporary response to The Massacre and was performed by the Centre's students and directed by Robert Price, actor and teacher at RADA.

The collaboration with the Regency theatre in Bury was initiated by Dr Elizabeth Kuti, a playwright and lecturer in the Department.  She has created a new third-year course, Restoring the Repertoire, which will be run with the participation of the Theatre Royal.

Production photographs Theatre Royal, Bury. Centre for Theatre Studies' students taking part in The Massacre with professional actors from the Theatre Royal company and the Centre's own production of Requiem by Jonathan Lichtenstein and directed by Robert Price.