Component

MA Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
MA Acting (International) options

Year 1, Component 05

EA606-7-SU or EA605-7-SU
EA605-7-SU
Dissertation (MA)
(60 CREDITS)

MA Acting (International) students may opt to write a 12,000 word dissertation exploring through research and critical enquiry a topic related to acting technique or process, or to methods and theories of actor training.

EA606-7-SU
Practical Project (MA)
(60 CREDITS)

MA Acting (International) students may opt to engage in an intensive study of one character from a play in English (or in English translation), researching a range of approaches to and interpretations of the character in performance. This forms the basis for the creation of an original monologue based on and inspired by the character in the source text. Assessment is through a research portfolio with a contextualising document and the creation and performance of an original monologue (5-7 minutes long) created by the student for that character.

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