Angel

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First and foremost I would like to thank Joss Whedon, David Boreanaz, and the team of creators who brought their vision for Angel to the screen between 1999 and 2004. Thank you for the entertainment and the inspiration over the years. I would like to thank Wayne State University Press for supporting this project and recognizing that Angel is a true milestone in television history. Thanks in particular to Annie Martin for all of her assistance throughout this process and to the readers of the manuscript for their insight and guidance . I am indebted to Roehampton University and the Arts and Humanities Research Council for funding my sabbatical to write this book as well as a research trip to the New York Library of the Performing Arts. The year 2006 was truly unforgettable. A special thanks goes to the film team at Roehampton who had to carry a heavy workload while I was on leave. I owe a further debt to my office and conference buddy, Deborah Jermyn, for her endless support, not to mention for telling me about the TV Milestones series in the first place. You are a true friend and scholar. Special thanks to the staff at the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Library of the Performing Arts for all their help—in particular for the endless photocopying. The staff of the British Film Institute’s National Library deserves particular acknowledgment for all of their hard work over the years in making all of my research easy and pleasurable. I would like to thank Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the Slayage Conference at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia, in 2006. This was a great opportunity to discuss some of the ideas explored in this book, and the feedback I received was very helpful. Thanks to everyone at the conference for sharing their ideas about Buffy and Angel, and especially for my Mr. Pointy. I owe a special thanks to Rhonda and David for their encouragement over the years. Thank you to all who attended the Buffy Hereafter conference in Istanbul and provided incredibly useful feedback to my work. I would also like to thank Denzell Richards for his help preparing clips for both of these conferences, as well as his shared enthusiasm for Angel. To Bronwen Calvert and Lorna Jowett, fellow Angel scholars and fans, I extend my thanks for sharing and exchanging so many exciting ideas about Angel. Our regular chats about the show are incredibly stimulating. As always, I owe a debt to my family for their love, especially to my husband, Simon, who has been an inspiration and a support throughout this project. You are my partner in everything and so it is to you that I dedicate this book. x Acknowledgments ...