Playing Catch Up - Research Methodology - Session 1 - 6 October

Rubrics
1 Introduction
2 Assesemtns
- Peformance Analysis
- Annotated Bibiliography
3 Research Interests

The Resarch Methodology course, which is required for all first year post graduate drama students, is taught by Jerri Daboo. She began by introducing the class and going over what our first few sessions would be and what we would be assessed on.

We have two assessments for the course:
• Performance Analysis – basically a critical look at a performance we see or have seen. We’ll start looking at this in week 3. It’s supposed to be around 2000 words.
• Annotated Bibliography – a detailed bibliography. Not due to February… Brit schools are weird.

Daboo then went around the room and had us all introduce ourselves and what our research interests were. Thankfully I was near the end of the circle so I had some time to think… some of my MFA StageShax class mates clearly had to quickly bullshit somethings up. Thankfully we’re all pretty intelligent PostGrads so our bullshit sounds pretty legit. I managed to write some of them down.
• Daboo – Michael Checkov
• Richard K – ‘Punch-Drunk’ performance style, creating the theater around the play, audience immersion
• Kathrin R – Women in Shakespeare
• Adam C – Language (?)
• Ian C – Shakespearean Villiany
• Steven – Meisner background, performance
• Marcus – Philosphy, Music in Shakespeare, Authority in Shakespeare
• Sharanya – Shakespaer Adaptations, Intercultural
• Bec – Contemporary Peformances of Shakespeare
• Kel – Contemporary Adaptations (?)
• Kim – First Folio & Early Performance Practice
• Nic – RSC Initiative (?)
• Ellie – Original Staging Practices
• Evelyn – Outdoor & Touring Shakespeare

For my own part, I said I was interested in Contemporary Shakespeare Adaptations, Devised Shakespeare Production, Violence in Theater/Shakespeare, Multimedia and Shakespeare. Or at least that is what I’m more and more convinced I am interested.