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Elaine Claxton

Associate Lecturer

A degree in French followed by a post-graduate year at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Since then a working actor for over forty years. Seasons at the National Theatre , Theatr Clwyd, and various regional and touring theatres. Four times a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, recording hundreds of radio plays, poetry and comedy programmes. Most recent work (2016 and 2017) has been in TV and film:  25 episodes of  a CBeebies children's show, 10 episodes of Emmerdale, Television Dramas for BBC, ITV and Sky TV including Delicious,The Coroner and The Death of Stalin.

Teaching experience includes RADA between 1999 and 2003 (sight-reading and radio technique). Workshops on voice and dialect for Hall for Cornwall and dialect coach for several productions both in Cornwall (O Region, Cube) and in London (Fame,West End production).
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Emailelaine.claxton@falmouth.ac.uk
Telephone07802 815412
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    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    YearQualificationAwarding body
    1977
    BA(Hons) French
    University of Warwick
    1979
    Cert. Drama
    Webber Douglas Academy

    Research Outputs

    Events

    YearDescription
    2018

    Broadcast of "Home Front" series 13 and 15 later this year.

    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • Acting Skills and Techniques

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons) Acting

    Professional engagement

    Engagement with professional associations and societies

    Equity member

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