Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2003

This is the fifty-first annual report of dissertations in progress in the theatre arts in the United States. The success of this report continues to depend upon prompt and accurate replies from the graduate departments of theatre, speech, English, and others, and the compiler gratefully acknowledges their cooperation in this regard. Any graduate department that is not annually receiving requests for information for this report is encouraged to contact the compiler in order to be added to the mailing list.

This listing is limited to dissertations in progress in the United States. The format employed here is adapted from that used by Frederick M. Litto in his American Dissertations of the Drama and the Theatre (1969). The graduate departments were asked to classify each dissertation by its subject matter according to the geographical divisions proposed by Litto. In the cases of England and the United States, they were further asked to assign each to an arbitrary time period as indicated below. In Part II, different categories are listed which allow listing dissertations that are not specifically geographical in content. We have added categories in Part II to reflect the growing development of dissertation research in the past several years.

Each entry includes the following information: the researcher's name, the title of the project, the institution, the academic department within that institution, the faculty supervisor, and the expected year of completion.

Volume 1, Number 1 (1949) of the Educational Theatre Journal contained the first bibliography of research projects in progress, compiled by James M. Klain. Albert E. Johnson took over responsibility for the series in 1955 and Philip G. Hill continued the project from 1976 until 1997. Irregularities in the early years resulted in this being the fifty-first such report. The present compiler may be reached at The Department of Theatre Arts, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613 or by email at doug.cummins@furman.edu.

Part I

Africa

Bartlett, Juluette. Promoting Empowerment for Women: Women Between Modernity and Tradition in the Works of Tess Onwueme. Houston, University Park. English. Elizabeth Brown-Guillory. 2002.

Carter, Rebecca. The Theater and Drama of the Republic of Zambia. Southern Illinois, Carbondale. Interdisciplinary Speech Comm/Theatre. Ronald Naversen. 2003.

Europe

Cronin, Brian. Dramatic Representation of the Seven Deadly Sins in the Medieval Theatre. Tufts. Drama. Madeline Caveness. 2003.

Argentina

Glushakoff, Miriam. Essentially Argentine: The Plays of Griselda Gambaro, 1966 to 1986. CUNY. Theatre. Pamela Sheingorn. 2006.

Austria

Antrim, Dorothy. Translation and Explication of Three Plays by Thomas Bernhard (The World Performer, The Impresario, The Famous Ones). Utah. Theatre. Richard Scharine. 2003.

China

Kim, Suk-Young. Revolutionizing the Family: A Comparative Study on the Filmed Propaganda Performances of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Northwestern. Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theatre & Drama. Chuck Kleinhana. 2005.

Richardson, Melissa. Shamanic and Daoist Imagery in the Core Dramatic Literature on Yang Guifei. Hawai'i, Manoa. Theatre and Dance. Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak. 2004.

England

Renaissance

Byrd, Lisa. Queens at Play: Power, Gender, and Spectacle in the Dramas of Early Modern Queenship. Tennessee. English. Robert E. Stillman. 2003.

Degenhardt, Jane. "Turning Turk"/ Returning "English": Islamic Conversion and the Production of English Identity in the Renaissance Stage. English. Pennsylvania. Jean Moward. 2005.

Hopkins, D.J. City/Stage/Globe: The Reinvention of Space in Shakespeare's London. California, San Diego. Theatre and Dance. Robert Weimann. 2003.

Im, Chung-in. Representations of Female Sexuality in Early Modern Drama. Illinois. English. Carol Neely. 2004.

Klett, Elizabeth Theo. The (Dis)Appearance of Gender: Contemporary Woman's Performance of Male Shakespearean Roles. Illinois. English. Carol Neely. 2003.

Lajous, Lisa Martinez. Wagering on Chance: Gambling On and Off the Stage in Early Modern England. English. Pennsylvania. Phyllis Rackin. 2005.

Lin, Erika. Performance Matters: Culture and Theatrical Signification in the Early English Public Playhouses. Pennsylvania. English. Phyllis Rackin. 2003.

Lublin, Robert. Costuming the Shakespearean Stage. Ohio State. Theatre. Tom Postlewait. 2003.

Williamson, Elizabeth. Performing Sacred Things: The Circulation of...