Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

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Academic Position:
Professor of English and Theatre Studies, Oxford University
Research Interests:
theatre and science, Ibsen, modernist theatre
Kirsten's main interests interests are in modernism and theatre, in the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and in the relationship between theatre and science. She has published several books on these subjects including Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett, Science on Stage, Henrik Ibsen: A Very Short Introduction, and guides to A Doll’s House by Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. She is also the Founder of LitHits
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1 Late Victorian into Modern In this TORCH Book at Lunchtime event, co-editors Laura Marcus (Oxford) and Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (… Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Laura Marcus
2 Character in Modern Drama In this Open Day taster lecture, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr investigates how the notion of ‘character’… Kirsten Shepherd-Barr