Mary Luckhurst

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Mary Luckhurst is a British academic, author, and practitioner of theatre arts. [1] [2] She is the first female Head of the School of Arts at the University of Bristol. [2] Lockhurst is the author of Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre (2006) and editor of A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama 1880–2005, as well as many other works. [3] [4]

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Academic career

Luckhurst has degrees in both arts and sciences and was educated at New Hall, Cambridge (BA (Modern Languages) and PhD (English)), Middlesex University (MA), and the London School of Economics (Msc). She spent a number of years in her twenties running a theatre company and working as a dramaturg, writer and director before deciding that she wanted to teach in the fields of theatre and arts education. She has worked in both universities and conservatoires.[ citation needed ]

A dual citizen of Britain and Australia, Luckhurst was appointed Professor and Director of Artistic Research and Creative Practice at the University of Melbourne from 2014 to 2018 on a scheme that hired in 40 world-leading academics and educators at the top of their fields. From 1998 to 2014, she was based at the University of York as their first Lecturer in Modern Drama and became the co-initiator and co-founder of the innovative Department of Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media. She was named as one of the 50 best teachers in the UK by the Higher Education Academy and has held distinguished visiting professorships at City University of New York, La Trobe, Melbourne, Sydney and Oxford universities.[ citation needed ]

Selected works

Recent edited journals

References

  1. "Professor Mary Luckhurst". Pascal Theatre Company. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Baker & Taylor Author Biographies". Baker & Taylor Biographies. Retrieved 17 July 2025 via EBSCOhost.
  3. Brask, P. K. (Winter 2006). "[REVIEW] Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre". Modern Drama. 49 (4): 533–535. doi:10.1353/mdr.2007.0003 via EBSCOhost.
  4. Worthen, W. B. (Summer 2008). "[REVIEW] A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama 1880-2005". Modern Drama. 51 (2): 303–305. doi:10.1353/mdr.0.0046 via EBSCOhost.