Professor Richard Fotheringham’s research interests include Australian drama, Australian performing arts policy, English Renaissance staging, textual criticism, and Australian stage comedy.
His current research includes editing early Australian plays, Australian stage comedy 1915-1930, and staging Shakespeare in Australia.
Professor Fotheringham is the author of:
Editor of:
Journal Article: May Holt’s Waiting Consent
Fotheringham, Richard (2020). May Holt’s Waiting Consent. Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 47 (2), 174837272092577-155. doi: 10.1177/1748372720925771
Journal Article: Alfred Dampier's 'Shakespearean Fridays'
Fotheringham, Richard (2019). Alfred Dampier's 'Shakespearean Fridays'. Theatre Research International, 44 (2), 135-152. doi: 10.1017/S0307883319000026
Journal Article: The Great War and popular modernism: Pat Hanna's Louis XI
Fotheringham, Richard (2016). The Great War and popular modernism: Pat Hanna's Louis XI. Queensland Review, 23 (2), 133-142. doi: 10.1017/qre.2016.25
(2010–2011) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
(2009–2010) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
AustLit Phase Two: Research infrastructure for humanities and education researchers
(2008–2009) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
DISCOURSE AND POWER: DANGEROUS DIALOGUES IN THE WORKS OF JOHN MARSTON
(2005) Master Philosophy
WHAT OH TONIGHT: THE METHODOLOGY FACTOR AND PRE-1930's AUSTRALIAN VARIETY THEATRE (with Special Focus on the One Act Musical Comedy, 1914-1920)
(2005) Doctor Philosophy
NED KELLY AND THE AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY
(2002) Master Philosophy
Richard Fotheringham ed. (2016). The diary of Philip Thomas Smith on board the Royal Admiral en route for Van Diemen’s Land: 27 November 1831 to 8 April 1832. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Catching Australian Theatre in the 2000s
Richard Fotheringham and James Smith eds. (2013). Catching Australian Theatre in the 2000s. Australian Playwrights, Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi.
Richard Fotheringham ed. (2013). The Bushrangers. New Vintage, Brisbane, Australia: Playlab Press.
Richard Fotheringham ed. (2013). White Australia. New Vintage, Brisbane, Australia: Playlab Press.
Massacres of Australian Aborigines in Queensland’s Maranoa region in the 1850s
Fotheringham, Richard (2011). Massacres of Australian Aborigines in Queensland’s Maranoa region in the 1850s. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007
Pearn, Nigel and Fotheringham, Richard (2007). A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007. St Lucia: The University of Queensland.
In search of Steele Rudd : author of the classic Dad & Dave stories
Fotheringham, Richard, 1947- (1995). In search of Steele Rudd : author of the classic Dad & Dave stories. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.
Introduction: a lawyer’s voyage to Van Diemen’s Land
Fotheringham, Richard (2016). Introduction: a lawyer’s voyage to Van Diemen’s Land. The diary of Philip Thomas Smith on board the Royal Admiral en route for Van Diemen’s Land: 27 November 1831 to 8 April 1832. (pp. ix-xviii) edited by Richard Fotheringham. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Editing popular nineteenth-century melodramas
Fotheringham, Richard (2014). Editing popular nineteenth-century melodramas. The editorial gaze: mediating texts in literature and the arts. (pp. 119-128) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis .
“Gallipoli Bill”: a comedy of the Great War
Fotheringham, Richard (2014). “Gallipoli Bill”: a comedy of the Great War. Gallipoli Bill. (pp. 5-10) edited by Arthur Adams. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Playlab.
"Australia's One Successful Folk Drama": an introduction to 'On Our Selection'
Fotheringham, Richard (2013). "Australia's One Successful Folk Drama": an introduction to 'On Our Selection'. On Our Selection. (pp. 5-12) Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Playlab Press.
"White Australia" in 1909: the background to the play and the two surviving scripts
Fotheringham, Richard and Carleton, Stephen (2013). "White Australia" in 1909: the background to the play and the two surviving scripts. White Australia or, the empty North. (pp. 6-16) edited by Richard Fotheringham. Brisbane, Australia: Playlab Press.
Preface: Australian theatre in the noughties
Fotheringham, Richard (2013). Preface: Australian theatre in the noughties. Catching Australian theatre in the 2000s. (pp. 9-13) edited by Richard Fotheringham and James Smith. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi.
Bert Bailey's Copy of On Our Selection
Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Bert Bailey's Copy of On Our Selection. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 68-69) edited by Follett, Roslyn. St Lucia: University of Queensland Library.
Fotheringham, R. A. (2006). General Introduction. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. XXI-LXXXVI) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Arabin; or, The Adventures of a Settler. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 96-110) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. For 60,000 pounds
Fotheringham, R. A. (2006). Introduction. For 60,000 pounds. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 387-396) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. For the Term of His Natural Life
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. For the Term of His Natural Life. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 457-470) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. Hazard; or, Pearce Dyceton's Crime
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Hazard; or, Pearce Dyceton's Crime. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 316-324) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. Life in Sydney; or, The Ran Dan Club. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 41-58) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The Bushrangers; or, Norwood Vale. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 5-12) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. The House that Jack Built
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The House that Jack Built. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 218-232) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The Kelly Gang. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 551-570) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction. The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque
Fotheringham, R A (2006). Introduction. The South-Sea Sisters: A Lyric Masque. Australian Plays for the Colonial Stage 1834-1899. (pp. 193-198) edited by R. Fotheringham. St Lucia, Queensland: The University of Queensland Press.
Introduction: Tent Shows and Abominable Showmen
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Introduction: Tent Shows and Abominable Showmen. Way Out West: Legends and Larrikins - A Travelling Federation Show. (pp. 7-13) edited by Margery Forde and Michael Forde. Brisbane: Playlab Press.
Shakespeare in Queensland: A Cultural-Economic Approach
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Shakespeare in Queensland: A Cultural-Economic Approach. O Brave New World: Two Centuries of Shakespeare on the Australian Stage. (pp. 218-235) edited by John Golder and Richard Madelaine. Sydney: Currency Press.
Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis). Dictionary of Literary Biography. (pp. 327-336) edited by Selina Samuels. Detroit: Gale Research Co..
Theatre from 1788 to the 1960s
Fotheringham, R. A. (2000). Theatre from 1788 to the 1960s. Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature. (pp. 134-157) edited by Elizabeth Webby. Melbourne: Cambridge U P.
Fotheringham, Richard (2020). May Holt’s Waiting Consent. Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 47 (2), 174837272092577-155. doi: 10.1177/1748372720925771
Alfred Dampier's 'Shakespearean Fridays'
Fotheringham, Richard (2019). Alfred Dampier's 'Shakespearean Fridays'. Theatre Research International, 44 (2), 135-152. doi: 10.1017/S0307883319000026
The Great War and popular modernism: Pat Hanna's Louis XI
Fotheringham, Richard (2016). The Great War and popular modernism: Pat Hanna's Louis XI. Queensland Review, 23 (2), 133-142. doi: 10.1017/qre.2016.25
Screening live performance: Australia's major theatre companies in the age of digital transmission
Fotheringham, Richard (2016). Screening live performance: Australia's major theatre companies in the age of digital transmission. Australasian Drama Studies (68), 3-33.
Fotheringham, Richard (2015). Index. Contemporary Theatre Review, 25 (1), 115-118. doi: 10.1080/10486801.2015.992606
ADS at thirty: three decades of Australasian drama, theatre, performance and scholarly research
Fotheringham, Richard, Forgasz, Rachel, Ginters, Laura, Hunter, Mary Ann, Warrington, Lisa and Milne, Geoffrey (2012). ADS at thirty: three decades of Australasian drama, theatre, performance and scholarly research. Australasian Drama Studies, 60 (60), 6-19.
Inside the killing fields of Queensland
Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Inside the killing fields of Queensland. The Australian Literary Review, 12-13.
Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Review of: Gae Anderson, Tivoli King: Life of Harry Rickards, Vaudeville Showman (Sydney: Allambie, 2009). Australasian Drama Studies, 57, 231-233.
Laughing it off: Australian stage comedy after World War 1
Fotheringham, Richard (2010). Laughing it off: Australian stage comedy after World War 1. History Australia, 7 (1), 03.1-03.20. doi: 10.2104/ha100003
Speaking a new world: Language in early Australian plays
Fotheringham, Richard (2009). Speaking a new world: Language in early Australian plays. AUMLA - Journal of the Australasian Universities Language & Literature Association, 111 (May), 1-20. doi: 10.1179/000127909805259580
Fotheringham, Richard and Pensalfini, Rob (2007). Anti-colonial Voices? Non-British Accents and the National Authentication of Shakespeare in Australia in the 1970s. Australasian Drama Studies, 50 (50), 49-65.
Li, Ruru. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China
Fotheringham, Richard (2005). Li, Ruru. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China. Australasian Drama Studies (46), 139-143.
Theatrical Events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames (review)
Fotheringham, Richard (2005). Theatrical Events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames (review). Modern Drama, 48 (4), 852-854. doi: 10.1353/mdr.2006.0025
'It's worse further up'. review of Graham Seal, Inventing ANZAC: The digger and national mythology
Fotheringham, R. A. (2004). 'It's worse further up'. review of Graham Seal, Inventing ANZAC: The digger and national mythology. Australian Book Review, 265, 24-24.
Viola Tait, Principal boys ... and all that: A history of pantomime in Australia
Fotheringham, Richard A. (2003). Viola Tait, Principal boys ... and all that: A history of pantomime in Australia. Australasian Drama Studies (43), 189-192.
Fotheringham, R. A. (2003). 'Spouting in the Colonies'. Review of Robert Jordan, The Convict Theatres of Early Australia 1788-1840.. Australian Book Review, 248, 31-31.
Exiled to the colonies: 'Oscar Wilde' in Australia 1895-1897
Fotheringham, R. A. (2003). Exiled to the colonies: 'Oscar Wilde' in Australia 1895-1897. Nineteenth Century Theatre & Film, 30 (2), 55-68.
Fotheringham, R. (2003). Review of Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New Zealand. By Mimi Colligan. Theatre Research International, 28 (2), 216-217. doi: 10.1017/S0307883303271091
Review of See How It Runs: Nimrod and the New Wave. By Julian Meyrick
Fotheringham, R. A. (2003). Review of See How It Runs: Nimrod and the New Wave. By Julian Meyrick. Theatre Research International, 28 (2), 218-219. doi: 10.1017/S0307883303291094
Fotheringham, R. A. (2002). An Ocker in Centre Stage. Sydney Morning Herald, 29-30 June, 10-10.
Amphitheater staging: In-the-round or to the front (and what about asides)?
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Amphitheater staging: In-the-round or to the front (and what about asides)?. Comparative Drama, 35 (2), 163-176. doi: 10.1353/cdr.2001.0018
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Audiences as performers: Laughter and interpretative repertoires in a performance season for Young People. NJ (Drama australia Journal), 25 (2), 65-78.
Theorising the Individual Body on Stage and Screen; or, The Jizz of Martin Guerre'
Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Theorising the Individual Body on Stage and Screen; or, The Jizz of Martin Guerre'. Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, 15 (2), 17-32.
The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Vol 1, ed Don B Wilmeth & Christopher Bigsby
Fotheringham, R. A. (2000). The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Vol 1, ed Don B Wilmeth & Christopher Bigsby. Australasian Drama Studies, 37, 106-110.
Defiance: Political Theatre in Brisbane, 1930-1962
Fotheringham, R. A. (2000). Defiance: Political Theatre in Brisbane, 1930-1962. NJ (Drama Australia Journal), 24 (1), 125-127.
Fotheringham, R. A. (2000). Writing in dark times. Ignite, 4, 10-12.
Dramatic Copyright in Australia to 1912
Atkinson, Roslyn and Fotheringham, Richard (1987). Dramatic Copyright in Australia to 1912. Australasian Drama Studies, 11, 47-63.
The Doubling of Roles on the Jacobean Stage
Fotheringham, Richard (1985). The Doubling of Roles on the Jacobean Stage. Theatre Research International, 10 (1), 18-32. doi: 10.1017/S0307883300010464
Using on-screen modeling to examine Shakespearean stage performance
Fotheringham, Richard (2014). Using on-screen modeling to examine Shakespearean stage performance. 9th World Shakespeare Congress 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-22 July 2011. Lanham, MD, United States: University of Delaware Press.
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Fotheringham, R. A. (2001). Colonial Australia, 1798-1901.
Fotheringham, Richard and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Ostracised.
Parsifal: or, The Redemption of Kundry
Fotheringham, Richard and Kelly, Veronica (1995). Parsifal: or, The Redemption of Kundry.
(2010–2011) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
(2009–2010) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
AustLit Phase Two: Research infrastructure for humanities and education researchers
(2008–2009) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
AusLit: Phase Two- humanities research infrastructure development, augmentation and expansion
(2007–2008) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
(2006) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Australian Stage Comedians 1915-1930: Configuring a Comic National Identity
(2005–2007) ARC Discovery Projects
(2004–2007) ARC Linkage Projects
(2002–2003) UQ FirstLink Scheme
(2000) ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
(2000) ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
(1998–2000) ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
A critical biography of Alfred Dampier 1843-1908 Australian playwright and theatre director
(1998) ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
Research into the Letters of Xavier Herbert
(1998) ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
Research into letters of Xavier Herbert
(1996–1997) ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
(1995–1997) ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
DISCOURSE AND POWER: DANGEROUS DIALOGUES IN THE WORKS OF JOHN MARSTON
(2005) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
WHAT OH TONIGHT: THE METHODOLOGY FACTOR AND PRE-1930's AUSTRALIAN VARIETY THEATRE (with Special Focus on the One Act Musical Comedy, 1914-1920)
(2005) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
NED KELLY AND THE AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY
(2002) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Shakespeare's Voice: A Theory of the Voice in Performance
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Imbricated Identity and the Theatre Star in Early-Twentieth-Century Australasia
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Theatre audience contribution through the post-performance discussion
(2009) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Women at Work on Page and Stage: The Work of Eliza Winstanley
(2008) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
RECONCILIATION ON STAGE: THE POLITICS OF INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION IN BRISBANE THEATRE'S 1999 'RECONCILIATION PLAYS'
(2006) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
SUZUKI AND BEYOND: ADAPTING THE SUZUKI ACTOR TRAINING METHOD
(2006) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Shakespeare and indigeneity: performative encounters in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand
(2005) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor