Core expertise
Theatre historiography
Representations of mental illness
Biography
Fiona’s interest in theatre history and literature was developed during undergraduate studies in drama and English. She received her PhD from the Australian National University, working on theatre historiography within the English program.
Her current research project is a wide-ranging study of actresses and mental illness, drawing on historical examples and literary and cultural representations to consider the intersections of “hysteria” and the “histrionic”.
