Emeritus Professor Richard Fotheringham
Emeritus Professor

Richard Fotheringham

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Background

Professor Richard Fotheringham’s research interests include Australian drama, Australian performing arts policy, English Renaissance staging, textual criticism, and Australian stage comedy.

His current research includes editing early Australian plays, Australian stage comedy 1915-1930, and staging Shakespeare in Australia.

Professor Fotheringham is the author of:

  • Sport in Australian Drama, Cambridge University Press.
  • In Search of Steele Rudd, Uni. of Queensland Press.
  • Articles on Australian drama, performing arts policy, Renaissance staging, and theory of editing.

Editor of:

  • Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899 (Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2006).
  • Community Theatre in Australia, Methuen, 1987, Currency 1992.
  • Dampier and Walch's stage version of Robbery Under Arms.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Richard Fotheringham is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Academy of Humanities, Academy of Humanities

Search Professor Richard Fotheringham’s works on UQ eSpace

62 works between 1985 and 2021
All (62) Journal Article (29) Book Chapter (21) Conference Publication (1) Book (6) Other Outputs (4) Edited Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 62 works

2010

Journal Article

Review of: Gae Anderson, Tivoli King: Life of Harry Rickards, Vaudeville Showman (Sydney: Allambie, 2009)

Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Review of: Gae Anderson, Tivoli King: Life of Harry Rickards, Vaudeville Showman (Sydney: Allambie, 2009). Australasian Drama Studies, 57, 231-233.

Review of: Gae Anderson, Tivoli King: Life of Harry Rickards, Vaudeville Showman (Sydney: Allambie, 2009)

2010

Journal Article

Laughing it off: Australian stage comedy after World War 1

Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Laughing it off: Australian stage comedy after World War 1. History Australia, 7 (1), 03.1-03.20. doi: 10.2104/ha100003

Laughing it off: Australian stage comedy after World War 1

2010

Book Chapter

Bert Bailey's Copy of On Our Selection

Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Bert Bailey's Copy of On Our Selection. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 68-69) edited by Follett, Roslyn. St Lucia: University of Queensland Library.

Bert Bailey's Copy of On Our Selection

2009

Journal Article

Speaking a new world: Language in early Australian plays

Fotheringham, Richard (2009). Speaking a new world: Language in early Australian plays. AUMLA - Journal of the Australasian Universities Language & Literature Association, 111 (May), 1-20. doi: 10.1179/000127909805259580

Speaking a new world: Language in early Australian plays

2007

Journal Article

Anti-colonial Voices? Non-British Accents and the National Authentication of Shakespeare in Australia in the 1970s

Fotheringham, Richard and Pensalfini, Rob (2007). Anti-colonial Voices? Non-British Accents and the National Authentication of Shakespeare in Australia in the 1970s. Australasian Drama Studies, 50 (50), 49-65.

Anti-colonial Voices? Non-British Accents and the National Authentication of Shakespeare in Australia in the 1970s

2007

Book

A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007

Pearn, Nigel and Fotheringham, Richard (2007). A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007. St Lucia: The University of Queensland.

A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. For the Term of His Natural Life

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. For the Term of His Natural Life. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 457-470) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. For the Term of His Natural Life

2006

Book Chapter

General Introduction

Fotheringham, R. A. (2006). General Introduction. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. XXI-LXXXVI) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

General Introduction

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 193-198) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 5-12) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. For 60,000 pounds

Fotheringham, R. A. (2006). Introduction. For 60,000 pounds. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 387-396) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. For 60,000 pounds

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 96-110) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. The Kelly Gang

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The Kelly Gang. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 551-570) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. The Kelly Gang

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. The House that Jack Built

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The House that Jack Built. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 218-232) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. The House that Jack Built

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. Hazard; or, Pearce Dyceton's Crime

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Hazard; or, Pearce Dyceton's Crime. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 316-324) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. Hazard; or, Pearce Dyceton's Crime

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction. Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club

Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 41-58) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.

Introduction. Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club

2005

Journal Article

Li, Ruru. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China

Fotheringham, Richard (2005). Li, Ruru. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China. Australasian Drama Studies (46), 139-143.

Li, Ruru. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China

2005

Journal Article

Theatrical Events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames (review)

Fotheringham, Richard (2005). Theatrical Events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames (review). Modern Drama, 48 (4), 852-854. doi: 10.1353/mdr.2006.0025

Theatrical Events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames (review)

2004

Journal Article

'It's worse further up'. review of Graham Seal, Inventing ANZAC: The digger and national mythology

Fotheringham, R. A. (2004). 'It's worse further up'. review of Graham Seal, Inventing ANZAC: The digger and national mythology. Australian Book Review, 265, 24-24.

'It's worse further up'. review of Graham Seal, Inventing ANZAC: The digger and national mythology

2003

Journal Article

Viola Tait, Principal boys ... and all that: A history of pantomime in Australia

Fotheringham, Richard A. (2003). Viola Tait, Principal boys ... and all that: A history of pantomime in Australia. Australasian Drama Studies (43), 189-192.

Viola Tait, Principal boys ... and all that: A history of pantomime in Australia

Past funding

  • 2010 - 2011
    eResearch Infrastructure for Humanities Scholars: facilitating literary and narratives studies; children's and popular fictions and film/TV studies
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    AustLit Phase Three: Transforming the study of Australian Literature through a collaborative e-Research environment
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    AustLit Phase Two: Research infrastructure for humanities and education researchers
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    AusLit: Phase Two- humanities research infrastructure development, augmentation and expansion
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2006
    AustLit- humanities research infrastructure development through knowledge based data set building, augmentation of key research elements and ICT developments
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Australian Stage Comedians 1915-1930: Configuring a Comic National Identity
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    From British Imperialist to Honorary Aussie to International Meeting-Place: How Shakespeare has been spoken and staged in Australia 1910-2003
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    An Investigation Using Primarily Visual and Aural Sources into the Ways in Which Shakespeare's Plays Have Been Performed in Australia.
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Electronic Editing and Internet Publication of Renaissance Play Texts: A Pilot Study Using Beaumont and Fletcher's The Woman's Prize (1611).
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 2000
    The Career and Plays of May Holt: An Important but Neglected Figure in Late Nineteenth-Century British and Australian Drama.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998
    A critical biography of Alfred Dampier 1843-1908 Australian playwright and theatre director
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 2000
    An investigation into the survival, conditions, and means of reclamation of major Australian plays from Federation to the Great Depression
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Research into the Letters of Xavier Herbert
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    Research into letters of Xavier Herbert
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1997
    An investigation into the survival and condition and means of reclamation of Australian plays 1834-1930
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

Availability

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