Research output per year
Research output per year
BS8 1UP
Elaine McGirr is a literary and theatre historian specialising in the long eighteenth century. Research interests include politics and/of performance, eighteenth-century Shakespeare, celebrity studies, and the intersections of gender and genre. Recent publications include A Performance History of The Fair Penitent (CUP, forthcoming) Partial Histories: a Reappraisal of Colley Cibber (Palgrave, 2016), and articles on celebrity origin stories, fictional biographies, eigheenth-century Shakespeare, and the authority of actresses. She is currently working on the memoirs of Mary Ann Yates, the greatest actress you've never heard of.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
18/05/20 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
McGirr, Elaine M (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
McGirr, Elaine M (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
McGirr, E. M. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
McGirr, E. M. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
McGirr, E. M. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference