Personal Information

Education:
B.A. (1967), M.Phil. (1970), and Ph.D. (1977), University of London

Teaching and Research Interests:
Modern Drama, Contemporary Women Dramatists, Comparative Drama, Dramatic Theory, Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, American Drama, Irish Drama

Recent Publications:
"Reinventing Isabelle Eberhardt:  Rereading Timberlake Wertenbaker's New Anatomies."  Connotations 17:1 (2007/2008):  109-128.

"The Symbiosis of Desire and Death: Beth Henley Rewrites Tennessee Williams."  The Influence of Tennessee Williams on the American Stage: Essays on 15 Playwrights.  Ed. Philip C. Kolin.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008.

"Nurturing and Murderous Mothers in Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood and Fucking A." American Drama. 16:1 (Winter 2007): 75-89.

"Suzan-Lori Parks's Staging of the Lincoln Myth in The America Play and Topdog/Underdog." JADT (Journal of American Drama and Theatre). 17:3 (Fall 2005): 24-35.

"Anxieties and Influences: The Presence of Shaw in Kushner's Angels in America." SHAW 22 (2002).

"Waiting for Buddy, Or Just Going On in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur." The Undiscovered Country: The Later Plays of Tennessee Williams. Ed. Philip C. Kolin. New York: Lang, 2002.

Books:
The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.

Works-in-Progress:
Editor, Contemporary Dramatic Revisions of Myth, Fairy Tale, and Legend (under contract to McFarland)
            Essay: "Beth Henley's Abundance: The Cinematic Myth of the Wild West Revised" (to appear in my edited collection)
            Essay: "Liz Lochhead's Dracula: Revision and Reception"
            Essay: "After Chekhov: The Three Sisters of Beth Henley, Wendy Wasserstein, and Timberlake Wertenbaker"   
                                                                                                                      

Offices Held:
Board Member, Comparative Drama Conference; Book Review Editor, Text & Presentation, The Comparative Drama Conference Series