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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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.
1998
Journal Article
Review. Misto, J., The Shoe-Horn Sonata; Forde, M., Snapshots from Home and Dean, P., Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls
Kelly, Veronica (1998). Review. Misto, J., The Shoe-Horn Sonata; Forde, M., Snapshots from Home and Dean, P., Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls. Australasian Drama Studies, 32, 151-155.
1998
Journal Article
Stephen Knight, Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction, Melbourne University Press, 1997 pp 236, $24.95 pb.
Kelly, Veronica (1998). Stephen Knight, Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction, Melbourne University Press, 1997 pp 236, $24.95 pb.. Journal of Australian Studies, 22 (56), 193-194. doi: 10.1080/14443059809387372
1998
Book Chapter
Old patterns, new energies
Kelly, Veronica (1998). Old patterns, new energies. Our Australian theatre in the 1990s. (pp. 1-19) edited by Veronica Kelly. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rodopi.
1998
Book Chapter
Who's the bigger dill? The madhouse in recent Australian drama
Kelly, Veronica E. (1998). Who's the bigger dill? The madhouse in recent Australian drama. The body in the library. (pp. 167-184) edited by Leigh Dale and Simon Ryan. Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA: Rodopi.
1997
Book Chapter
'Lest we forget': Louis Nowra's Inside the island
Kelly, Veronica (1997). 'Lest we forget': Louis Nowra's Inside the island. War: Australia's creative response. (pp. 273-282) edited by Anna Rutherford and James Wieland. St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin.
1997
Journal Article
Colonial Australian theater writers: Cultural authorship and the case of Marcus Clarke's first play
Kelly, V (1997). Colonial Australian theater writers: Cultural authorship and the case of Marcus Clarke's first play. Australian Literary Studies, 18 (1), 31-44.
1997
Journal Article
Booth, M.R. & Kaplan, J.H., ed., The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage
Kelly, Veronica E. (1997). Booth, M.R. & Kaplan, J.H., ed., The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage. Victorian Review, 23 (1), 130-132.
1996
Book Chapter
And what books do you read?' : new studies in Australian literature : essays presented to Laurie Hergenhan celebrating his contribution to the study of Australian literature and marking the occasion of his retirement
Kelly, Veronica E. (1996). And what books do you read?' : new studies in Australian literature : essays presented to Laurie Hergenhan celebrating his contribution to the study of Australian literature and marking the occasion of his retirement. (pp. 112-125) edited by Irmtraud Petersson and Martin Duwell. St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
1996
Journal Article
Review. Shearer, Jill, The Family (Sydney:Currency Press, 1995) and Acworth, Elaine, Composing Venus (Sydney:Currency Press, 1995)
Kelly, Veronica (1996). Review. Shearer, Jill, The Family (Sydney:Currency Press, 1995) and Acworth, Elaine, Composing Venus (Sydney:Currency Press, 1995). Australasian Drama Studies (29), 223-227.
1996
Journal Article
(Reviews) `Sumner Locke Elliott: Writing Life. A Biography,' by Sharon Clarke, `Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson,' by Peter Fitzpatrick and `Stephen Sewell: The Playwright as Revolutionary,' by Peter Fitzpatrick.
Kelly, Veronica (1996). (Reviews) `Sumner Locke Elliott: Writing Life. A Biography,' by Sharon Clarke, `Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson,' by Peter Fitzpatrick and `Stephen Sewell: The Playwright as Revolutionary,' by Peter Fitzpatrick.. Australian Literary Studies, 17 (4), 411-415.
1996
Book Chapter
Female and juvenile meanings in late nineteenth-century Australian popular theatre
Kelly, Veronica (1996). Female and juvenile meanings in late nineteenth-century Australian popular theatre. The 1890s : Australian literature and literary culture. (pp. 109-127) edited by Ken Stewart. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.
1995
Journal Article
J.C. Williamson Produces Parsifal, or the Redemption of Kundry: Wagnerism, Religion and Sexuality
Kelly, Veronica (1995). J.C. Williamson Produces Parsifal, or the Redemption of Kundry: Wagnerism, Religion and Sexuality. Theatre History Studies, 15, 161-181.
1995
Other Outputs
Michael Gow
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Michael Gow.
1995
Other Outputs
The Happy Land
Kelly, Veronica (1995). The Happy Land.
1995
Other Outputs
Too Young For Ghosts
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Too Young For Ghosts.
1995
Other Outputs
Marcus Clarke
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Marcus Clarke.
1995
Other Outputs
Ostracised
Fotheringham, Richard and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Ostracised.
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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