Robert Ormsby
Position
Associate Professor
Education
- PhD (University of Toronto)
- MA (University of Birmingham, UK)
- BA (University of Toronto)
Contact Information
- Office: AA 3011
- Telephone: (709) 864-8275
- Email: rormsby@mun.ca
Research Interests
Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Performance, Theatre History
Selected Publications
Books and Edited Collections
- The Shakespearean World. Co-edited with Jill Levenson, Routledge, 2017.
- Coriolanus. Manchester UP, 2014.
- Performance-oriented edition of William Shakespeare檚 Julius Caesar. Sourcebooks, 2006.
Articles and Book Chapters
- 淔lorence Glossop-Harris (1883-1931) at the Casino Theatre: Touring the London Stage to St. John檚 (co-authored with Michelle King). Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 1, 2017, pp. 36-43.
- 淕lobal Cultural Tourism at Canada檚 Stratford Festival: The Adventures of Pericles. Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Performance, edited by James C. Bulman, Oxford UP, 2017, pp. 568-583.
- 淚ntercultural Performance and The Stratford Festival as Global Tourist Place: Leon Rubin檚 A Midsummer Night檚 Dream and Twelfth Night. Shakespeare and Canada: 淩emembrance of Ourselves, edited by Irena R. Makaryk and Kathryn Prince, U of Ottawa P, 2017, pp. 27-48.
- 淚ntroduction (with Jill Levenson). The Shakespearean World, Routledge, 2017, pp. 1-18.
- 淪hakespearean Tourism: From National Heritage to Global Culture. The Shakespearean World, Routledge, 2017, pp. 431-442.
- 淟辞肠补迟颈苍驳 Makbet / Locating the Spectator. Shakespeare Beyond English: A Global Experiment, edited by Susan Bennett and Christie Carson, Cambridge UP, 2013, pp. 150-153.
- 淰aluing Shakespearean Theatre Reviews. Cahiers 脡lisab茅thains, vol. 82, 2012, pp. 31-36.
- 湗Bold, but Seemingly Marketable: The 2007 Stratford Ontario Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill L. Levenson, edited by Randall Martin and Katherine Schneil, U of Toronto P, 2011, pp. 125-142.
- 淨u茅b茅cois Shakespeare Goes Global: Robert Lepage檚 Coriolan. Shakespeare Survey, vol. 64, 2011, pp. 317-327.
- richardthesecond: Adapting Shakespeare to the Local in a Culture of Global Celebrity. Modern Drama, vol. 52, 2009, pp. 19-37.
- Coriolanus, Antitheatricalism and Audience Response. Shakespeare Bulletin, vol. 26, 2008, pp. 43-62 (reprinted in Shakespearean Criticism, vol. 132, 2010, pp. 60-70).
Recent Conference Presentations and Lectures
- 淪hakespeare in Newfoundland and Labrador: Surveying the Field. September-October 2017, 91亚色 of Newfoundland, Canada.
- 淪hakespeare and the Newfoundland Archive. September 2017. With Michelle King, 91亚色 of Newfoundland, Canada.
- "Touring Shakespeare: Global Performance on Canadian Stages." Shakespeare Association of America, April, 2017, Atlanta, USA.
- 淚ntercultural Performance and The Stratford Festival as Global Tourist Place: Leon Rubin檚 A Midsummer Night檚 Dream and Twelfth Night. Shakespeare + Canada Conference, April 2016, Ottawa, Canada.
- 淟eon Rubin and Pericles at the Stratford Festival. International Shakespeare Conference, August 2014, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
- 湗Global Shakespeare and Canada: Some Possible Directions. Shakespeare Association of America, March 2013, Toronto, Canada.
- 淐oriolanus as Failed Action Hero. American Society for Theatre Research American Society for Theatre Research, November 2012, Nashville, USA.
Current Research Projects
- Global Shakespeare, Intercultural Performance and Festival Tourism (multi-year project funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant)
- 淏rave New Worlds: Shakespeare in Newfoundland and Labrador (community outreach project funded by 91亚色檚 Office of Public Engagement)
Other Professional Activities
- Co-organizer of co-organized the Shakespeare in Performance Research group at the American Society for Theatre Research, 2008-2016.
- Conference organizer and exhibition curator for a public engagement project titled Brave New Worlds: Shakespeare in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017.
Regularly Taught Courses
Undergraduate
- Shakespeare檚 Tragedies (ENGL 3200)
- Shakespeare檚 Comedies (ENGL 3201)
- Shakespeare檚 English History Plays (ENGL 4210)
- Shakespeare檚 Greek and Roman Plays (ENGL 4211)
Graduate
- Literature of the Global Renaissance (ENGL 7044)
- Pale Fire: Renaissance England Reflects the Classical Past (ENGL 7043)
- Early Modern Terror and Horror: Revenge Tragedies (ENGL 7043)
Honours And Graduate Supervision
Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama, Shakespeare in Performance and on Film