
Overview
Background
Professor Veronica Kelly’s research interests include pantomime, burlesque and melodrama, contemporary Australian theatre, and colonial star actors and their repertoires.
Her current research includes star actors of the early Australian stage, early twentieth-century commercial managements, gender, nationalism and performance.
She is the author of:
- Articles on Australian colonial and contemporary drama and theatre history. Specific authors: Charles Harpur, Marcus Clarke, Garnet Walch, Louis Nowra, Janis Balodis, Michael Gow, Nick Enright. Specific topics: recent Australian drama, colonial theatrical culture and performance conditions, Orientalism in Australian performance, theatre reviews in the Sydney Bulletin, glamour postcards sent in Australia, Julius Knight and costume drama.
- The Theatre of Louis Nowra (1998).
- Read research articles on Julius Knight the Australian matinee idol (2004; theatre criticism in the Bulletin (2000), J.C. Williamson's production of Parsifal (1995), Orientalism in early Australian theatre (1993); the banning of Marcus Clarke's The Happy Land (1983).
Editor of:
- Garnet Walch's colonial pantomime Australia Felix.
- Collection of critiques of Louis Nowra.
- Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s (1998).
Co-editor of: Australasian Drama Studies (1982-present).
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Veronica Kelly is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Works
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2019
Journal Article
A West End celebrity proselytises the bonds of empire: Seymour Hicks and Bruce Bairns father's Old Bill in 1920s Australia
Kelly, Veronica (2019). A West End celebrity proselytises the bonds of empire: Seymour Hicks and Bruce Bairns father's Old Bill in 1920s Australia. Australasian Drama Studies (74), 64-97.
2018
Book Chapter
'Brayton, Elizabeth [Lily} (married names: Asche, Watson)', in Mark Curthoys, ed., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 41st update (June 2018)
Kelly, Veronica (2018). 'Brayton, Elizabeth [Lily} (married names: Asche, Watson)', in Mark Curthoys, ed., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 41st update (June 2018). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (pp. 1-6) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2017
Book Chapter
'Make do and mend': civilian and military audiences in Australian popular entertainment during the Pacific War of 1942-1945
Kelly, Veronica (2017). 'Make do and mend': civilian and military audiences in Australian popular entertainment during the Pacific War of 1942-1945. War and theatrical innovation. (pp. 179-198) edited by Victor Emeljanow. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-60225-1_10
2016
Journal Article
Australasia: mapping a theatrical 'region' in peace and war
Kelly, Veronica (2016). Australasia: mapping a theatrical 'region' in peace and war. Journal of Global Theatre History, 1 (1), 62-77. doi: 10.5282/gthj/2016-1p62-77
2015
Journal Article
David N. Martin and the Post-war 'Acts and Actors' of Australian Variety
Kelly, Veronica (2015). David N. Martin and the Post-war 'Acts and Actors' of Australian Variety. Australasian Drama Studies, 67 (67), 131-154.
2015
Book Chapter
"A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory": war-time Edith Cavell plays and films
Kelly, Veronica (2015). "A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory": war-time Edith Cavell plays and films. British theatre and the Great War, 1914-1919: new perspectives. (pp. 140-160) edited by Andrew Maunder. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
2014
Journal Article
Mimi Colligan, Circus and Stage: The Theatrical Adventures of Rose Edouin and G. B. W. Lewis
Kelly, Veronica (2014). Mimi Colligan, Circus and Stage: The Theatrical Adventures of Rose Edouin and G. B. W. Lewis. Australasian Drama Studies, 1 (62), 304-310.
2013
Journal Article
Review of The Two Frank Thrings
Kelly, Veronica (2013). Review of The Two Frank Thrings. Theatre Research International, 38 (1), 76-78. doi: 10.1017/S0307883312001113
2013
Journal Article
Come over here! The local hybridisation of international ‘Ragtime Revues’ in Australia
Kelly, Veronica (2013). Come over here! The local hybridisation of international ‘Ragtime Revues’ in Australia. Popular Entertainment Studies, 4 (1), 24-49.
2013
Book Chapter
Introduction
Kelly, Veronica (2013). Introduction. Catching Australian Theatre in the 2000s. (pp. 15-19) edited by Richard Fotheringham and James Smith. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Editions Rodopi.
2013
Journal Article
The Green Goddess: William Archer's Great War play
Kelly, Veronica (2013). The Green Goddess: William Archer's Great War play. Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 40 (2), 2-30. doi: 10.7227/NCTF.40.2.2
2012
Book Chapter
Australia's first Belgian Day (1915): history on stage and street
Kelly, Veronica (2012). Australia's first Belgian Day (1915): history on stage and street. A world of popular entertainments: an edited volume of critical essays. (pp. 137-149) edited by Gillian Arrighi and Victor Emeljanow. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2012
Journal Article
The family way
Kelly, Veronica (2012). The family way. Popular Entertainment Studies, 3 (1), 71-76.
2011
Journal Article
Australia's Svengali: Gaston Mervale in theatre and film
Kelly, Veronica (2011). Australia's Svengali: Gaston Mervale in theatre and film. Australasian Drama Studies, 58, 107-125.
2011
Journal Article
Look out behind you
Kelly, Veronica (2011). Look out behind you. Popular Entertainment Studies, 2 (1), 112-116.
2010
Book Chapter
Theatre Royal Poster, For the Term of His Natural Life
Kelly, Veronica (2010). Theatre Royal Poster, For the Term of His Natural Life. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 70-71) edited by Follett, Roslyn. St Lucia: University of Queensland Library.
2010
Book
The empire actors: Stars of Australasian costume drama 1890s-1920s
Kelly, Veronica (2010). The empire actors: Stars of Australasian costume drama 1890s-1920s. Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., Australia: Currency House.
2010
Book Chapter
Max and Thelma Afford Collection
Kelly, Veronica (2010). Max and Thelma Afford Collection. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 104-105) edited by Follett, Roslyn. St Lucia: University of Queensland Library.
2009
Journal Article
Review: Stage Presence by Jane Goodall
Kelly, Veronica (2009). Review: Stage Presence by Jane Goodall. Performance Paradigm, 5 (1), 1-5.
2009
Journal Article
Shakespeare in settler-built spaces: Oscar Asche's 'Recitals' of Julius Caesar in the Melbourne and Sydney Town Halls
Kelly, Veronica (2009). Shakespeare in settler-built spaces: Oscar Asche's 'Recitals' of Julius Caesar in the Melbourne and Sydney Town Halls. Contemporary Theatre Review, 19 (3), 353-366. doi: 10.1080/10486800902986350
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Veronica Kelly is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Imbricated Identity and the Theatre Star in Early-Twentieth-Century Australasia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Richard Fotheringham
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Happy Together: The Family in Australian Drama since 1975
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Joanne Tompkins
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
'A servant of art': Robert Helpmann in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
From the liminal to the visceral Professional Learning for Acting (PLA) in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Adrian Ashman
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Theatre audience contribution through the post-performance discussion
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Joanne Tompkins, Emeritus Professor Richard Fotheringham
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Staging the North: Finding, Imagining and Performing an Australian Deep North
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Joanne Tompkins
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
WHAT OH TONIGHT: THE METHODOLOGY FACTOR AND PRE-1930's AUSTRALIAN VARIETY THEATRE (with Special Focus on the One Act Musical Comedy, 1914-1920)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Richard Fotheringham
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