Dear Graduates,

In the first issue of 2021 of “JANE AUSTEN'S RENGECY WORLD” magazine published in London, the interview of “Reading Jane Austen's Emma” play, which was performed by Istanbul Kültür University students in 2018, was given. The conversation was conducted by the writer Sarah Tor with Esin Akalın, our teacher of Literature on Stage, who wrote, directed and adapted the play to the stage. We share with you the news of Jane Austen's Regency World and the feelings of İKÜMED Member Ala Nur Erdoğan, numbered 2312.

We were proud of the release of our play in a cultural magazine in London in the early days of 2021

Our best regards,
IKUMED

Ala Nur Erdoğan (İKÜ-2018)

First of all, this play will always remain a memory that I remember well. I took the "Literature on Stage" course as an option, not knowing what to play yet. At that time, I had no idea what we were going to play. I just wanted to experience taking part in this play after a theater play I went to and it remained a very good memory for me in my last year of school. I am still meeting with a friend I met in this play. Because, to speak for myself, I chose to devote three days of my week, and sometimes more, to this play, although there were many projects (thesis, internship) that I had to manage at the same time in the last year. We improved ourselves day by day, starting from our first rehearsal. I also devoted time to this play, which I enjoyed in every rehearsal, other than rehearsals. I studied my role and attended rehearsals with great pleasure from beginning to end. It is a great source of honour for our dear teacher Esin Akalın, as well as for us who performed this play, that she was noticed by the British press and appeared in Jane Austen's Regency World magazine, although almost two and a half years have passed. Finally, I would like to thank my teacher Esin Akalın, who made me love the theatre, who took care of every detail, from our costumes to the stage layout, and who did not hesitate to make any sacrifices during the production process, and my friends who contributed to the play…