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Approaches to Acting

Summary

Glen McGillivray began his career as a professional theatre director and has worked for some of Australia's premiere theatre companies including the State Theatre Company of South Australia and Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP). From 2014-2017 he developed and convened the graduate program in Practice-Based Research at NIDA and was President of the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA)from 2015-2020. He is on editorial boards for the journals Australasian Drama Studies and About Performance.

Supervisor

Associate Professor Glen McGillivray.

Research location

Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)

Synopsis

Research interests

  • Eighteenth-century approaches to acting
  • Theatricality and theatrical metaphor

 

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3083