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Jul 15, 2013 News
On Thursday last, the University of Guyana held a playwriting/screenwriting workshop for students of the Guyana National School of Theatre Arts and Drama at the National Cultural Centre.
The featured guest tutor of that event was none other than the acclaimed writer, novelist, critic, academic and General Editor of the Caribbean Press, Dr. David Dabydeen.
The students who were a part of the writing experience included, Keron Bruce, Mark Luke-Edwards, Nickose Layne, Marise Morgan-Bonie, Melanie Sampson, Ray Wiltshire and Malinda Primo Solomon.
The enthused students described the workshop as extremely insightful and beneficial, one which has inspired them to be bold and adventurous when writing.
The two hour session saw Dr. Dabydeen engaging the students in discussions about the background of some celebrated plays, accompanied by brief commentary and some tips on what is expected of a great playwright among other topics.
However, what was most fulfilling to the students was when they were each given the opportunity to relate to the distinguished professor their ideas for the plays they have written or intend to write. At the end of this exercise, the professor was certainly pleased and all too excited just hearing the ideas of the young writers.
“It was really refreshing to meet the young and upcoming writers of drama who were very imaginative and I learnt a lot from them,” Dabydeen stated.
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