Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media)
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UK
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University of Essex
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On Campus (Full Time)
1 year
Jul 2026
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (Master's)
The Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media) program at the University of Essex focuses on the range of possibilities that exist for contemporary drama, with an emphasis on British and Irish drama, and you also explore topics including:
The principles of dramatic structure and scene construction (dialogue, the construction of plot, the development of character, development of themes, and the structure of scenes)
- The origins and possibilities of poetic theatre and verse drama
- Writing and developing screenplays
- Options for poetic practice or novel-writing
Your future
This course will be of interest to those who wish to pursue a career in many areas of the arts, creative writing and media.
A number of our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies graduates have gone on to undertake successful careers as scholars, university lecturers, teachers, publishers, publishers' editors, journalists, arts administrators, theatre artistic directors, drama advisers, and translators.
Courses included:
- Dramatic Structure
- Screenwriting Workshop
- The New Nature Writing
- Writing the Novel
- Memory Maps: Practices in Psychogeography