Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Conference 6 June 2009

Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Conference

at the University of Hull on Saturday 6 June 2009

PROGRAMME

9.00-9.20 Welcome Dr Katharine Cockin, University of Hull and Professor Bill Bruce, Deputy Vice Chancellor

9.20-10.20 Dr Katharine Cockin, University of Hull

AHRC Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Database Project 2006-08

Julian Halliwell, Simplicityweb

AHRC Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Database: Design, Construction, Functionality

10.30-11.30 Professor Nina Auerbach, University of Pennsylvania

Ellen Terry's Lost Lives

11.30-11.45 break

11.45-1.00 Professor Denis Salter, McGill University (in absentia)

Being Watched, Gazing Back: Ellen Terry Sits to Messrs Window and Grove

Jenny Bloodworth, University of Leicester

Too old to be a Mistress? Ellen Terry, Clo Graves and The Mistress of the Robes

Professor Kate Kelly, Texas A & M University

Suffrage and Shakespeare: Speaking like a Citizen: Ellen Terry’s Shakespeare Lectures

1.00-1.45 lunch

1.45-2.45 Sir Michael Holroyd

Edward Gordon Craig: Prophet or Charlatan?

2.45-3.00 break

3.00-4.15 Professor Richard Foulkes, University of Leicester

In the Looking-Glass: Lewis Carroll's Reflections on Victorian Actresses

Dr Catherine Wynne, University of Hull

From a Gothic Ireland to a Gothic Stage: Bram Stoker and the Influence of the Lyceum

Professor Mike Walton, University of Hull

E. W. G. and E. G. C.: Father and Son

4.20-5.20 Dr Roberta Gandolfi, University of Parma

Edith Craig as Director: Staging Claudel in the Age of Art Theatres

Dr Charlotte Purkis, University of Winchester

Velona Pilcher

5.20-5.30 Farewell