Professor Jonathan Lichtenstein
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872221
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Location
5NW.6.8, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Jonathan Lichtenstein first stage play 'Station' opened the Soho Theatre in London in 2000. Other plays include 'The Pull of Negative Gravity' at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh during the Festival , where it won a Fringe First for 'outstanding new writing'. The play transferred to New York (59E59 Theatre) and has had productions in Germany, Australia and Florida. His play 'Memory' was produced in 2006 by Clwyd Theatr Cymru where it played in Mold and Cardiff before transferring to New York in 2007 with further productions in London and Chicago. His play 'Darkness' performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2011. He has had commissions from Sherman Theatre Cymru, The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and has had two attachments at the National Theatre where he developed the play ' Rig 83'. He is currently writing a book, 'The Berlin Shadow' due to be published in 2019 by Scribner. He has had two radio plays produced by BBC Radio 4, 'Moving the Scrolls' and 'Human Rights' Jonathan would particularly welcome applications from PhD students who wish to develop their own stage writing as well as research proposals that are concerned with aspects of contemporary theatre.
Qualifications
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BA Leeds
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Origins and Transformations in Literature and Drama (LT111)
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Criticism: Practice and Theory (LT204)
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The Humanities Graduate: Future Pathways (LT705)
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Independent Creative Writing Project (LT832)
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Research for Creative Practice (LT905)
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Dramatic Structure (LT913)
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Introduction to Theatre Studies (TH141)
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Theatre Making (TH142)
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Technical Theatre and Stage Management (TH145)
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Tragedy (TH243)
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Writing for the Theatre (TH344)
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Independent Practical Theatre Project (TH831)
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Independent Theatre Studies Project (TH836)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Theatre Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 20/12/2018
Publications
Books (1)
Lichtenstein, J., (2019). The Berlin Shadow: A Journey In Search Of My Father’s Childhood. Scribner
Other (4)
Shambhu, S. and Lichtenstein, J., (2017).My Inside Playground,Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex
Lichtenstein, J., (2011).Darkness,Edinburgh Festival
Lichtenstein, J., (2011).Yarico and Inkle,New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Lichtenstein, J., (2009).Requiem,Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Grants and funding
2016
The Journey in Reverse: A work of prose-fiction with photographs
Leverhulme Trust