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Janette Dillon
Emeritus Professor (Drama),
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Expertise Summary
MA DPhil (Oxford) Areas of expertise - Medieval and Renaissance theatre.
Research Summary
My research interests concentrate mainly on early modern drama. I have particular interests in the spaces and places of theatre, including especially early modern London and the different venues of… read more
Current Research
My research interests concentrate mainly on early modern drama. I have particular interests in the spaces and places of theatre, including especially early modern London and the different venues of court performance. I am also interested in ceremonial performance of all kinds. Recent publications include The Language of Space in Court Performance 1400-1625 (CUP 2010), Shakespeare and the Staging of English History (OUP 2012) and a co-edited special issue on space (with Lloyd Kermode) of Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
Past Research
My previous research has resulted in articles and books on medieval literature and theatre; early Tudor theatre; Hall's Chronicle; and Shakespeare and early modern drama. I have also always been interested in breaking down the imaginary boundary between 'medieval' and 'early modern'. Two of my earlier books consciously set out to do this (Language and Stage in Medieval and Renaissance England (CUP, 1998) and The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre (CUP, 2006)), and one of my most recent publications argues that early modern staging, including the use of the discovery space, has its roots in the medieval tradition of 'locus and platea' and the use of the traverse ('From scaffold to discovery-space: change and continuity', in Medieval Shakespeare: Pasts and Presents, ed. Ruth Morse, Helen Cooper and Peter Holland (CUP, 2013), 204-222.