CAROLIN ESSER

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Medieval Drama :
2001 -  2006 Member (and president from 2004-6) of the Lords of Misrule, a drama group specialising on medieval drama in the original, both as actor and director. Productions have included York Mystery Plays, Morality Plays and adaptations of Beowulf, Gawain and the Green Knight, Njal's Saga and the Canterbury Tales. The group has been an annual guest at King's College, London, for their Medieval Cultural Summer from 2003-2005 and was featured on television 4 times in this time. My last direction was my own adaptation of the 'Wife of Bath' which was presented in a double bill with the 'Pardoner's Tale'.
2005 - 2006 Founding member of the Ars Ludendi, a drama group specialised in educational entertainment. Dramatised readings are usually combined with musical interludes, sometimes accompanied by introductory lectures. Projects included 'An Evening with the Paston's', introductions to the Mystery Plays and an adaptation of a selections of Boccaccio's 'Decamerone'.
Other Relevant Work Experience:  
1998-2000 Project management for ProDyne Software- und Netconsulting, Düsseldorf as freelancer parallel to my studies. My responsibilities included among other things the conception and coordination of internet projects as well as development and realisation of design and content of websites.
1993-1994 Marketing assistant for SPACELINE Communication Services, Düsseldorf. I was responsible for the organisation of company presences on exhibitions and congresses and press contacts.