Glynne Wickham

Glynne Wickham

Glynne Wickham (1922-2004) was a British Shakespearean and theatre scholar.

Life

Appointed in 1948 to the department of drama at Bristol University (the UK's first such department), he convened a 1951 symposium on "the responsibility of universities to the theatre" to endorse the policy of studying drama in the context of theatre and a 1954 symposium on "the relationship between universities and radio, film, and television". He also did the groundwork for the university's theatre collection in 1951 (which now has museum status and an major archive). In 1955, he was made the department's head and in 1960 took up its chair of drama. He also helped to set up a playwriting fellowship in the department, attracting young playwrights like John Arden, and premiered Harold Pinter's first play, "The Room" in 1957. At his death he was the department's professor emeritus.

Glynne served as president of the 'Society for Theatre Research' from 1976 to 1999, and in 1970 his advice had been sought by Sam Wanamaker in 1970 on the setting up of Shakespeare's Globe. In 1999 he was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Prize. The Standing Conference of University Drama Departments's postgraduate scholarship and Bristol University's studio theatre are both named after him.

Works

*Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage (1969)
*The Medieval Theatre (1974)
*English Moral Interludes (1975)
*A History of the Theatre (1985)
*English Professional Theatre, 1530-1660 (2001) (editor and co-author)

External links

* [http://www.scudd.org.uk/info/docs/gw/gw.htm?file=gwo SCUDD - biography of Wickham]
* [http://www.itchybristol.co.uk/review.cfm/4/183702/Bristol-City-Guide/review/Glynne-Wickham-Studio-Theatre Glynne Wickham Studio Theatre, named after him]


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