![Emeritus Professor Veronica Kelly](/sites/default/files/profiles/3286.jpg)
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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2004
Edited Outputs
Australasian Drama Studies
Australasian Drama Studies. (2004). (44)
2004
Journal Article
Stare wzory, nowe energie
Kelly, V. E. (2004). Stare wzory, nowe energie. Dialogue, 49 (10), 142-148.
2004
Journal Article
Review: Transgressive itineraries: Postcolonial hybridizations of dramatic realism by Marc Maufort
Kelly, V. E. (2004). Review: Transgressive itineraries: Postcolonial hybridizations of dramatic realism by Marc Maufort. Australian Literary Studies, 21 (3), 399-401.
2003
Edited Outputs
Australasian Drama Studies
Australasian Drama Studies. (2003). (43)
2003
Journal Article
Julius Knight, Australian Matinee Idol: Costume Drama as Historical Re-presentation
Kelly, Veronica (2003). Julius Knight, Australian Matinee Idol: Costume Drama as Historical Re-presentation. Australasian Victorian Studies Journal, 9, 128-144.
2001
Journal Article
The Globalized and the Local: Theatre in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand Enters the New Millennium
Kelly, Veronica (2001). The Globalized and the Local: Theatre in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand Enters the New Millennium. Theatre Research International, 26 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1017/S0307883301000013
2001
Journal Article
Mandy Sayer & Louis Nowra (eds), In the Gutter Looking at the Stars: A Literary Adventure Through King's Cross
Kelly, V. (2001). Mandy Sayer & Louis Nowra (eds), In the Gutter Looking at the Stars: A Literary Adventure Through King's Cross. JAS Review of Books (4).
2001
Other Outputs
Marcus Clarke: Australian novelist, journalist and dramatist
Kelly, V. (2001). Marcus Clarke: Australian novelist, journalist and dramatist.
2001
Edited Outputs
Theatre Research International
Theatre Research International. (2001). 26 (1)
2001
Edited Outputs
Australasian Drama Studies
Australasian Drama Studies. (2001). (38)
2000
Journal Article
'Un Sans Culotte': The Bulletin's Early Theatre Criticism and the Masculine Bohemian Masquerade
Kelly, Veronica (2000). 'Un Sans Culotte': The Bulletin's Early Theatre Criticism and the Masculine Bohemian Masquerade. Australian Literary Studies, 19 (3), 254-268.
2000
Journal Article
Alfred Dampier as Performer of Late Colonial Australian Masculinities
Kelly, V (2000). Alfred Dampier as Performer of Late Colonial Australian Masculinities. Modern Drama, 43 (3), 469-495.
2000
Journal Article
Theatre Worlds in Motion. Structures, Politics and Developments in the Countries of Western Europe, ed H Van Maahen & S Wilmer
Kelly, V. E. (2000). Theatre Worlds in Motion. Structures, Politics and Developments in the Countries of Western Europe, ed H Van Maahen & S Wilmer. Australasian Drama Studies (36), 172-176.
2000
Journal Article
Bertolt Brecht and critical theory: Marxism, modernity and the 'Threepenny' lawsuit
Kelly, Veronica (2000). Bertolt Brecht and critical theory: Marxism, modernity and the 'Threepenny' lawsuit. Aumla-journal of The Australasian Universities Language And Literature Association, 93 (93), 116-120.
2000
Journal Article
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Kelly, V. E. (2000). Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Australasian Victorian Studies Journal, 6, 165-168.
2000
Journal Article
English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 by A Leggatt
Kelly, V. E. (2000). English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 by A Leggatt. Australasian Drama Studies (37), 101-104.
1999
Journal Article
Honour and Redemption by Joanna Murray-Smith
Kelly, V. E. (1999). Honour and Redemption by Joanna Murray-Smith. Australasian Drama Studies (34), 147-152.
1999
Other Outputs
Nowra, Louis
Kelly, Veronica (1999). Nowra, Louis.
1999
Journal Article
Popular culture and performance in the Victorian city
Kelly, V. E. (1999). Popular culture and performance in the Victorian city. Australasian Victorian Studies, 5, 170-173.
1999
Other Outputs
Bell, Hilary
Kelly, Veronica (1999). Bell, Hilary.
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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