History and Theory of the Theatre
Departments
Art, history, sociology and theory of the theatre/performance, playwriting and dramaturgy constitutes the Department’s third main research group. This incorporates drama, productions and performance in national/regional focus; sociology of theatre/performance including cultural theory and ethnography; national and international playwriting and dramaturgy; the study of acting, directors and companies.
Maria Shevtsova, 'The Theatre of Genet in Sociological Perspective' in Sociology of Theatre and Performance, Verona: QuiEdit, 2009, pp. 167-75.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Robert Wilson directs Ibsen' in Sociology of Theatre and Performance, Verona: QuiEdit, 2009, pp. 251-70.
Maria Shevtsova, 'From Ibsen to the "Visual Book": Robert Wilson's Peer Gynt', Ibsen Studies, 6:2, 2006, pp. 110-23.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Peter Brook' in The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare, ed John Russell Brown, London and New York, Routledge, pp. 16-36.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Brecht and The Caucasian Chalk Circle: the View from Europe' in Sociology of Theatre and Performance, Verona: QuiEdit, 2009, pp. 157-66.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Valery Fokin's Russian Dialogue', Sociology of Theatre and Performance, Verona: QuiEdit, 2009, pp. 263-70.
Maria Shevtsova in Conversation with Anatoli Vassiliev, 'Studio Theatre, Laboratory Theatre', New Theatre Quarterly, 25:4, November 2009, pp. 324-32.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Lev Dodin's "Musical Dramatic Art" and the World of Opera', New Theatre Quarterly, 20:4, November 2004, pp. 341-53.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Lev Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Uncle Vanya to King Lear', New Theatre Quarterly, 22:3, August 2006, pp. 249-56.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Lev Dodin Directs Grossman, O'Neill and Shakespeare', New Theatre Quarterly, 25:2, May 2009, pp. 137-47.
'Maria Shevtsova in Conversation with Lev Dodin at Goldsmiths', in Pyteshestviye bes konsta: Dialogi s Mirom (Journey without End: Dialogues with the World), St Petersburg: Baltic Seasons, 2009. pp. 270-82
Maria Shevtsova in Conversation with Thomas Richards and Mario Biagini, 'With and After Grotowski', New Theatre Quarterly, 25:4, November 2009, pp. 336-59.
Maria Shevtsova, 'The Problematics of Pierre Bourdieu's Concept of Art in Respect of the Theatre' in Running Wild: Essays, Fictions and Memoirs Presented to Michael Wilding, ed. David Brooks and Brian Kiernan, New Delhi: Manohar, 2004, pp.209-22.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Bakhtin/Medvedev: "Sociological Poetics"' in Mikhail Bakhtin, Volume 1, ed. Michael E. Gardiner, London: Sage Publications, 2003, pp. 81-8.
Maria Shevtsova, 'Sociocultural Performance Analysis' in New Approaches to Theatre Studies and Performance Analysis, ed. Günter Berghaus, Tübingen: Max Neimeyer Verlag, 2001, pp. 45-60.
Osita Okagbue: Culture and Identity in African and Caribbean Theatre
Deirdre Osborne: Conceiving the Nation: Visions and Versions of Colonial Pre-natality
John London: 'Contemporary Catalan Drama in English: Some Aspirations and Limitations'
John London: Spanish Film, Theatre and Literature in the Twentieth-Century
Maria Shevtsova: Fifty Key Theatre Directors
John London: 'Le Théâtre pendant l'holocauste: théâtre interdit, théâtre clandestin ou théâtre de propagande nazie? Questions et directions de recherche'
Maria Shevtsova: Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance
John Ginman: Opera as 'Information': The Dramaturgy of The Death of Klinghoffer
John Ginman: Cruel and Tender: Metaphysics and performance in a time of terror
Deirdre Osborne: Writing Black Back: An Overview of Black Theatre and Performance in Britain
Ben Levitas: The Theatre of Nation: Irish Drama and Cultural Nationalism 1890-1916
John Ginman: Out of Joint: Max Stafford-Clark and 'the Temper of Our Time'
Osita Okagbue: African Theatres and Performances