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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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1995
Other Outputs
Louis Nowra
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Louis Nowra.
1995
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Pantomime
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Pantomime.
1995
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Burlesque
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Burlesque.
1995
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F. M. Soutten
Kelly, Veronica (1995). F. M. Soutten.
1995
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The Golden Age
Kelly, Veronica (1995). The Golden Age.
1995
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Garnet Walch
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Garnet Walch.
1995
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Salathiel, or the Jewish Chieftain
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Salathiel, or the Jewish Chieftain.
1995
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Janis Balodis
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Janis Balodis.
1995
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Rosa Cooper
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Rosa Cooper.
1995
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Extravaganza
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Extravaganza.
1995
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Archibald Murray
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Archibald Murray.
1995
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Parsifal: or, The Redemption of Kundry
Fotheringham, Richard and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Parsifal: or, The Redemption of Kundry.
1995
Journal Article
More character-driven: an interview with Louis Nowra
Kelly, Veronica Elaine (1995). More character-driven: an interview with Louis Nowra. Coppertales: A Journal of Rural Arts, 2, 79-92.
1995
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Michael Gow
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Michael Gow.
1995
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The Happy Land
Kelly, Veronica (1995). The Happy Land.
1995
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Too Young For Ghosts
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Too Young For Ghosts.
1995
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Marcus Clarke
Kelly, Veronica (1995). Marcus Clarke.
1995
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Ostracised
Fotheringham, Richard and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Ostracised.
1995
Other Outputs
Asia and the Australian Theatre
Broinowski, Alison and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Asia and the Australian Theatre.
1994
Journal Article
Enright's Mongrels as intervention in the canon of contemporary Australian drama
Kelly, Veronica E. (1994). Enright's Mongrels as intervention in the canon of contemporary Australian drama. Southerly, 54 (2), 5-22.
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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