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REF! (2019)
Book
Dickenson, S. J. (2019). REF!. London: Barbican Press

This play is based on a true story, ranging from the 1980s to the present century and across two continents. REF! is a universal tale of how one woman - against the odds - proves she can not only survive but triumph.

The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre (2017)
Journal Article
Conroy, C., Dickenson, S. J., & Mazzoni, G. (2018). The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 23(1), 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2017.1398641

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an attempt to articulate and explore the relationship between the science of memory and the applied theatre project, The Not Knowns. The project was a collaboration between theatr... Read More about The ‘Not Knowns’: memory, narrative and applied theatre.

That Berlin Moment (2014)
Book
Dickenson, S. J. (2014). That Berlin Moment. London: Barbican Press

A compelling contemporary play. That Berlin moment explores the struggle between memory and passion in an unexamined life.

CBA (2014)
Book
Dickenson, S. J. (2014). CBA. London: Barbican Press

Trialled in schools with young people, CBA is a play that asks the really urgent questions of today. It seems so private, just you and the screen. You click ‘send’. Then the whole world crashes through. Keisha has a secret, Georgia has a security pro... Read More about CBA.

Anthony Minghella: Autobiographical memory and the creation of an adapted screenplay (2013)
Journal Article
Dickenson, S. J. (2013). Anthony Minghella: Autobiographical memory and the creation of an adapted screenplay. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, 6(2), 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp.6.2.317_1

The following article uses as its source material interviews with the director and screenwriter Anthony Minghella which I carried out between 2003 and 2006. Minghella approached the adaptation of a novel in a particular way and I would contend he ada... Read More about Anthony Minghella: Autobiographical memory and the creation of an adapted screenplay.

After Cyclops: appropriating the chorus of Euripides when scriptwriting for applied drama (2011)
Journal Article
Dickenson, S. J. (2011). After Cyclops: appropriating the chorus of Euripides when scriptwriting for applied drama. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, 3(3), 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp.3.3.291_7

The contention of this article is that effective appropriation of the device of chorus of ancient Athenian drama can be a powerful dramatic device for applied drama purposes. I will primarily deal with effective appropriation of the device of chorus... Read More about After Cyclops: appropriating the chorus of Euripides when scriptwriting for applied drama.

Practice as Research project: Not Yet: Memory, the Loss of Biography and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2009 - )
Exhibition / Performance
Dickenson, S. (2009). Practice as Research project: Not Yet: Memory, the Loss of Biography and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2009 - ). (Unpublished)

Play Script. DVD Film of the Production. The play Not Yet and the translation of the play were published online by The Goethe-Institut (2009) After The Fall Goethe Institut project and play text www.goetheide>Home>Authors www.shared_voices.net/... Read More about Practice as Research project: Not Yet: Memory, the Loss of Biography and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (2009 - ).

Practice as Research project: That Berlin Moment: Memory, Imagination and the Playwright
Exhibition / Performance
Dickenson, S. (2011). Practice as Research project: That Berlin Moment: Memory, Imagination and the Playwright. (Unpublished)

Play script. Paper; Memory, Intent and the Scriptwriter. Delivered at the conference, Authoring Theatre: New Performance, Text and the Return of the Auteur. Central School of Speech and Drama. London. 14th-15th July 2011. It is the interface between... Read More about Practice as Research project: That Berlin Moment: Memory, Imagination and the Playwright.

Practice as Research: Can't Be Arsed: Autobiographical Memory and the Creation of an Adapted Script for Stage and Screen.
Exhibition / Performance
Dickenson, S. (2011). Practice as Research: Can't Be Arsed: Autobiographical Memory and the Creation of an Adapted Script for Stage and Screen. (Unpublished)

Play Script. Adapted Script for Screen. DVD of Filmed Adapted Script. Forthcoming article on the adaptations of Anthony Minghella, Anthony Minghella: Autobiographical Memory and the Creation of an Adapted Screenplay Journal of Adaptation in Film & Pe... Read More about Practice as Research: Can't Be Arsed: Autobiographical Memory and the Creation of an Adapted Script for Stage and Screen..

Practice as Research: The Tipping Point: Appropriating the Chorus of Euripides when Scriptwriting for Applied Drama.
Exhibition / Performance
Dickenson, S. (2010). Practice as Research: The Tipping Point: Appropriating the Chorus of Euripides when Scriptwriting for Applied Drama. (Unpublished)

Play Script. Published article, Dickenson, S. J. (2010), ‘After Cyclops: Appropriating the chorus of Euripides when scriptwriting for applied drama’, Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance 3: 3, pp. 291–304. Intellect. Electronic links to BBC in... Read More about Practice as Research: The Tipping Point: Appropriating the Chorus of Euripides when Scriptwriting for Applied Drama..