Biography

In 1992 I completed a B.A. in English and three years of acting training at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique of Orléans. While on an Erasmus exchange in Oxford, I wrote an M.A. thesis on Women's Roles in British Comedies 1880-1930. I spent a year in Oxford as a French assistant, engaging in theatre performances at the Maison Française d'Oxford. I then completed a M.Phil in Drama, 'Silencing & Licensing: the censorship of Shaw's The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet' (1995) at the University of Orléans, before embarking on a Ph.D devoted to theatre censorship: 'In the Wings of the Lord Chamberlain's Office: Theatre Censorship 1900-1968'.

Since then, the primary focus of my research has been on twentieth-century British drama, and in particular the issue of censorship. As a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Theatre department of the University of Warwick, I interviewed a number of dramatists and theatre practitioners to write the final chapter of Theatre Censorship: From Walpole to Wilson (Oxford University Press, 2007). In doing so, I met Arnold Wesker in 2003, who invited me to consult the private archive he had compiled over his play The Journalists, rejected by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1972. This meeting opened up my second field of research, and I have since further interviewed him, translated his Shylock, and published on his work, more recently in Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions (Intellect, 2021), co-edited with Graham Saunders.

I have recently completed three edited volumes on censorship - Adult Themes. British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s (Bloomsbury, 2023), with Benjamin Halligan and Christopher Weedman; and Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe (University of Exeter Press, 2024) with Chris Megson; and the Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship (2024), with Graham Saunders. I am also editor of the new book series Palgrave Studies in Cultural Censorship, the first volume of which will be published in 2025.

My next research project on Wesker's work began in June 2024 with a visit to his archives at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas in Austin, which has awarded me a Fellowship. I am currently working through the data to elaborate new publication projects. 


Research Interests

My research focuses on 20th-century British drama. My interests include theatre censorship and dramatic literature from the 1950s onwards, in particular the theatre of Arnold Wesker.
The issues call for an inter-disciplinary approach (literary and historical) and my work therefore involves a reflection on the political as well as cultural context. 

My first research field was devoted to the issue of theatre censorship.
I have published extensively on the topic in England and abroad (see publications). When I finished my doctoral research, accounts of theatre censorship in England had so far focused on the activities of the Lord Chamberlain and his Readers, and the impact of censorship on the work of individual playwrights. In contrast, the history of censorship legislation has been neglected. My postdoctoral Fellowship enabled me to explore 
newly accessible archives and to interview political and artistic figures of the 1960s.  Through its extensive investigation of political and personal archives, supplemented by a questionnaire survey and telephone and face-to-face interviews which I led, Theatre Censorship: from Walpole to Wilson (OUP, 2007) offers a completely new perspective on English cultural history.
The volume traces the hidden alliances and compacts that helped to prevent the abolition of theatre censorship so that successive Governments during the twentieth century might be assured of a politically docile stage.  In addition, are documented the regular private consultations between successive Lords Chamberlain and different Government ministers, which ensured that political censorship could be exercised without any public awareness of the fact. Despite objections from the Queen, and opposition from Harold Wilson (which had resulted in Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, making resignation threats), theatre censorship was finally abolished in 1968 when a new statute was enacted giving the stage the same freedom under the law as any other form of artistic expression. 

Since then, I have expanded my research in censorship to observe its shifting forms beyond Britain, and beyond theatre - such as in Adult Themes. British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s (Bloomsbury, 2023), which I co-edited with Benjamin Halligan and Christopher Weedman, a volume which tapped into my dual interest in censorship and the Sixties.
The contemporary era, dominated by culture wars, shows that if censorship is not a new concept it remains a subject for radical investigation as it continues to expand its oppressive and restrictive presence globally. My latest edited collections respond to global and  contemporary questionings about the definitions, forms, sources, scopes, and consequences of censorship. In Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe. Silence and Protest (UEP, 2024), co-edited with Chris Megson, the objective was to take the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and its associated radical ideologies as a starting point to re-assess how the unifying movement of Europe and particular national politics have affected artistic creation and free expression. In the Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship (2024), co-edited with Graham Saunders, the impetus was to gather international scholars to query how theatre censorship has evolved across centuries and continents, serving as disciplinarian in democracies and dictatorships alike, re-inventing itself even when officially abolished to the point that its presence and terminology itself is questioned. To pursue this crucial investigation into the limits of artistic freedom and expand it to a wider cultural field, Graham Saunders and I are co-editing a new series, the Palgrave Studies in Cultural Censorship.   

In my postdoctoral interviews with surviving politicians and playwrights in 2002-2003, there were compelling moments of insight and explanation, and my published work on censorship is making use of this interdisciplinary methodology which very much defines my work. My research on censorship led me to meet Arnold Wesker, which initiated my second field of research. 

Having initially discussed censorship with him, I became curious about the eclectic nature of his dramaturgy as well as the striking arc of his career, from lauded champion of kitchen sink drama to sidelined or forgotten figure of the 60s. Thus began my journey into trying to understand what happened to Wesker and his plays. After writing a first article for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, British and Irish Playwrights Since World War II, in 2004 I was awarded a Fellowship by the Harry Ransom Center, University of Austin, Texas, to research the Wesker archives. The visit into the first two accessions, and a further interview with Wesker in 2013 sustained my publications - redefining his impact on stage and in cultural terms in "Visions Don't Work" (published in Studies in Theatre and performance), questioning and translating his Shylock, considering his lesser-known plays - up to the edited volume Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions (Intellect, 2021).

Since coming to Cork, however, my research interest was drawn to the work of contemporary local theatre activities and in particular by the cultural impact of Corcadorca
, a theatre company which emerged in the early 1990s through the collaboration of director Pat Kiernan and dramatist Enda Walsh. Beyond their international acclaim with Disco Pigs, I was drawn by the eclectic artistic duality of the company and its focus on its local audiences. I explored their various employment of site-responsive and site-specific work not only in publications (such as the Journal of Contemporary Drama in English) but also through a funded-DUETS project which revisited the sites of their production of The Merchant of Venice in 2005 and the memories it created in its audience members through oral testimonies. My latest book chapter, in Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe. Silence and Protest, reflects on the company closure as a result of a dripfeeding phenomenon of subsidies. 

In 2024 I was awarded a Harry Ransom Center Fellowship to research the now completed - but  not yet fully catalogued - 
collection of Arnold Wesker, my research projects are geared towards more elaborating book projects on his work.

 
 

Research Grants

  Project Funding
Body
Start Date End Date Award
Digging Arnold Wesker Harry Ransom Research fellowships 01-JUN-24 01-JUL-24 €4,000.00
Teaching theatre censorship ERASMUS 24-FEB-25 28-FEB-25 €1,738.00
Enterprise Ireland; H2020 - Proposal Preparation Support; CS20171794; Anne Etienne; "The Censorship of Performing Arts in Contemporary Europe: a Comparative Analysis" Enterprise Irl 13-APR-17 12-JAN-18 €1,519.00
Theatre Censorship Enterprise Irl 04-DEC-15 03-SEP-16 €2,950.00
Creation and Reception: Corcadorca's Live Archive College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences 17-MAY-15 27-JUN-15 €5,000.00
Theatre programme Other: Not Listed 26-JUN-14 28-JUN-14 €500.00
Contemporary Variations around Shylock Other: Not Listed 16-JUN-13 16-JUN-13 €500.00
Arnold Wesker Harry Ransom Research fellowships 19-MAR-05 17-APR-05 €4,000.00
From Walpole to Wilson British Academy/Leverhulme 01-APR-01 31-JAN-03 €25,000.00

Books

  Year Publication
(2007) Theatre Censorship: From Walpole to Wilson.
Etienne, Anne; Thomas, David; Carlton, David; (2007) Theatre Censorship: From Walpole to Wilson. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [DOI] [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2024) Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship
Anne Etienne and Graham Saunders (Ed.). (2024) Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship London: Palgrave. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2024) Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest
Anne Etienne and Chris Megson (Ed.). (2024) Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest Exeter: University of Exeter Press. [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2023) Adult Themes: British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s
Anne Etienne, Benjamin Halligan, Christopher Weedman (Ed.). (2023) Adult Themes: British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s London: Bloomsbury. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2021) Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions
Anne Etienne and Graham Saunders (Ed.). (2021) Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions Bristol: Intellect. [Details]
(2017) Perspectives on the Contemporary Irish Stage: Populating the Stage
Anne Etienne and Thierry Dubost (Ed.). (2017) Perspectives on the Contemporary Irish Stage: Populating the Stage London: Palgrave. [DOI] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) '‘(G)hosting Abortion: the Creation of Between Trees and Water.’'
Anne Etienne (2017) '‘(G)hosting Abortion: the Creation of Between Trees and Water.’'. Performance Ireland, Gender, Sexuality, City (Special):89-106 [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2014) 'Interview with Arnold Wesker and Julia Pascal'
Anne Etienne (2014) 'Interview with Arnold Wesker and Julia Pascal'. Coup De Théâtre, (Special) [Details]
(2014) 'Translation of Arnold Wesker's play Shylock'
Anne Etienne and Raymond Gardette (2014) 'Translation of Arnold Wesker's play Shylock'. Coup De Théâtre, (Special) [Details]
(2016) 'Challenging the Auditorium: Spectatorship(s) in ‘Off-site’ Performances'
Anne Etienne (2016) 'Challenging the Auditorium: Spectatorship(s) in ‘Off-site’ Performances'. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 4 (1):74-89 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) '“Visions don’t work”? The role of Wesker’s theatre and Centre 42 in 1960s’ British culture'
Anne Etienne (2016) '“Visions don’t work”? The role of Wesker’s theatre and Centre 42 in 1960s’ British culture'. Studies In Theatre and Performance, :1-15 [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2015) 'Reforming Theatre Censorship: the Lord Chamberlain Caught between the Repressive and the Libertarian Camps'
Anne Etienne (2015) 'Reforming Theatre Censorship: the Lord Chamberlain Caught between the Repressive and the Libertarian Camps'. Revue Francaise de Civilisation Britannique, 19 (3):75-93 [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2013) 'Naked Censorship: Stripping the Censors’ Discourse'
Anne Etienne (2013) 'Naked Censorship: Stripping the Censors’ Discourse'. Revue LISA / LISA e-journal, 11 (3) [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2008) 'England's trouble is Ireland's opportunity: les représentations de Blanco Posnet à l'Abbey Theatre'
Etienne, Anne; (2008) 'England's trouble is Ireland's opportunity: les représentations de Blanco Posnet à l'Abbey Theatre'. Etudes Irlandaises (France), 33 (1):83-98 [Details]
(2007) 'Censure politique ou politique de censure ? Les cas de Geneva de Bernard Shaw et de Follow my Leader de Terence Rattigan en 1938'
Etienne, Anne; (2007) 'Censure politique ou politique de censure ? Les cas de Geneva de Bernard Shaw et de Follow my Leader de Terence Rattigan en 1938'. Revue d'Histoire du Théâtre, 236 (4):337-358 [Details]
(2006) 'Top Girls de Caryl Churchill: la marginalité des personnages féminins'
Etienne, Anne; (2006) 'Top Girls de Caryl Churchill: la marginalité des personnages féminins'. Textes Et Genres Ii, :111-125 [Details]
(2006) 'Les non-dits de la scène anglaise (XVIIIe-XXe siècle)'
Etienne, Anne; (2006) 'Les non-dits de la scène anglaise (XVIIIe-XXe siècle)'. Ethnologie Française, XXXVI (2006.1):19-26 [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2005) 'Qui a peur du Lord Chamberlain : influences réciproques entre théâtre et censure au XXe siècle'
Etienne, Anne; (2005) 'Qui a peur du Lord Chamberlain : influences réciproques entre théâtre et censure au XXe siècle'. Coup de Théâtre, (20):231-240 [Details]
(2000) 'Les 'theatre clubs' en Grande-Bretagne au XXe siecle'
Etienne, A; (2000) 'Les 'theatre clubs' en Grande-Bretagne au XXe siecle'. Etudes Anglaises, 1 (53-3):306-313 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2026) '‘The Lord Chamberlain vs. women’s rights.’'
Anne Etienne (2026) '‘The Lord Chamberlain vs. women’s rights.’' In: Nobuko Anan, Lisa Fitzpatrick, and Indu Jain (eds). Palgrave Handbook in Feminism, Theatre and Performance. London and NY: Palgrave. [Details]
(2024) 'Theatre censorship: an unceasing (un)official menace?'
Anne Etienne and Graham Saunders (2024) 'Theatre censorship: an unceasing (un)official menace?' In: Anne Etienne & Graham Saunders (eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship. London and NY: Palgrave. [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Passed as only suitable for Exhibition to Adult Audiences: X''
Anne Etienne, Ben Halligan, and Christopher Weedman (2023) 'Passed as only suitable for Exhibition to Adult Audiences: X'' In: Adult Themes. British Cinema and the X Certificate in the Long 1960s. London and New York: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2024) ''Censorship in times of convulsive change''
Anne Etienne and Chris Megson (2024) ''Censorship in times of convulsive change'' In: Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. [Details]
(2024) '‘Risings and Cancelling: Implicit Censorship on a Free Irish Stage’'
Anne Etienne and Lisa Fitzpatrick (2024) '‘Risings and Cancelling: Implicit Censorship on a Free Irish Stage’' In: Anne Etienne and Chris Megson (eds). Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'Introduction'
Anne Etienne and Graham Saunders (2021) 'Introduction' In: Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions. Bristol: Intellect. [Details]
(2021) 'Wesker's French Connections'
Anne Etienne (2021) 'Wesker's French Connections' In: Anne Etienne and Graham Saunders (eds). Arnold Wesker: Fragments and Visions. Bristol/Chicago: Intellect. [Details]
(2019) '‘“I remember”; “I forget”; “I can’t forget”: Oral History, the Archive and Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice.’'
Anne Etienne (2019) '‘“I remember”; “I forget”; “I can’t forget”: Oral History, the Archive and Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice.’' In: Barry Houlihan (eds). Navigating Ireland’s Theatre Archive: Theory, Practice, Performance. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Interview with Bríd Ó Gallchoir'
Anne Etienne (2017) 'Interview with Bríd Ó Gallchoir' In: Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating the Stage. London: Palgrave. [Details]
(2017) '‘Slump and Punk in Ray Scannell’s Losing Steam – Envisioning Corcadorca.’'
Anne Etienne (2017) '‘Slump and Punk in Ray Scannell’s Losing Steam – Envisioning Corcadorca.’' In: Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating the Stage. London: Palgrave. [Details]
(2017) 'Interview with Pat Kinevane'
Anne Etienne (2017) 'Interview with Pat Kinevane' In: Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating the Stage. London: Palgrave. [Details]
(2017) 'Topsy-Turvying The Merchant of Venice: Shylock as Wesker’s Response to the Renaissance Jew'
Anne Etienne and Estelle Rivier (2017) 'Topsy-Turvying The Merchant of Venice: Shylock as Wesker’s Response to the Renaissance Jew' In: Michael Dobson and Estelle Rivier-Arnaud (eds). Rewriting Shakespeare’s Plays For and By the Contemporary Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars. [Details]
(2012) 'Pond Life and Angels: Enda Walsh's Adaptations to Cork'
Anne Etienne; (2012) 'Pond Life and Angels: Enda Walsh's Adaptations to Cork' In: Drama Reinvented: Theatre Adaptations in Ireland 1970-2007. London: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2010) 'De Pond Life à Pondlife Angels: les jeux d'écriture d'Enda Walsh'
Etienne, Anne; (2010) 'De Pond Life à Pondlife Angels: les jeux d'écriture d'Enda Walsh' In: L'adaptation théâtrale en Irlande de 1970 à 2007. Caen, France: Presses Universitaires de Caen. [Details]
(2008) 'Quand le rideau tombe : les derniers jours du censeur'
Etienne, Anne; (2008) 'Quand le rideau tombe : les derniers jours du censeur' In: Théâtre anglophone : de Shakespeare à Sarah Kane. L'envers du décor. Vic-la-Gardiole, France: Editions de l'Entretemps. [Details]
(2005) 'Arnold Wesker'
Etienne, Anne; (2005) 'Arnold Wesker' In: Dictionary of Literary Biography, British and Irish Playwrights Since World War II, vol. 310. New York and London: Thomson Gale. [Details]

Book Reviews

  Year Publication
(2021) Review of Bernard Dukore. Bernard Shaw and the Censors: Fights and Failures, Stage and Screen.
Anne Etienne (2021) Review of Bernard Dukore. Bernard Shaw and the Censors: Fights and Failures, Stage and Screen. Book Reviews [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2016) British Theatre and Performance 1900-1950.
Anne Etienne (2016) British Theatre and Performance 1900-1950. Cambridge: Book Reviews [Details]
(2016) Bernard Shaw the Irish Writer.
Anne Etienne (2016) Bernard Shaw the Irish Writer. Book Reviews [Details]
(2015) The censorship of British drama, volume 4 – the sixties.
Anne Etienne (2015) The censorship of British drama, volume 4 – the sixties. London: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2015) Invited review of Athéna-Hélène Stourna's La Cuisine à la scène: Boire et manger au théâtre du XXe siècle.
Anne Etienne (2015) Invited review of Athéna-Hélène Stourna's La Cuisine à la scène: Boire et manger au théâtre du XXe siècle. Cambridge: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2014) Invited review of Sean Carney's The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy.
Anne Etienne (2014) Invited review of Sean Carney's The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy. Cambridge: Book Reviews [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2013) Invited review of Steve Nicholson's Censorship of British Drama, volume 3.
Anne Etienne (2013) Invited review of Steve Nicholson's Censorship of British Drama, volume 3. Intellect: Book Reviews [Details]
(2012) Invited review of Lauren Arrington's W. B. Yeats, The Abbey Theatre, Censorship, and the Irish State.
Anne Etienne (2012) Invited review of Lauren Arrington's W. B. Yeats, The Abbey Theatre, Censorship, and the Irish State. Oxford: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2005) Invited review of Alan Strachan's Secret Dreams: The Biography of Michael Redgrave.
Anne Etienne (2005) Invited review of Alan Strachan's Secret Dreams: The Biography of Michael Redgrave. London: Book Reviews [Details]

Encyclopedia Entries

  Year Publication
(2025) Theatre censorship in the UK’.
Anne Etienne (2025) Theatre censorship in the UK’. London:Bloomsbury Methuen. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2025) Theatre clubs.
Anne Etienne (2025) Theatre clubs. London:Bloomsbury Methuen. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2025) Theatre and Censorship in the world.
Anne Etienne (2025) Theatre and Censorship in the world. London:Bloomsbury Methuen. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2022) Arnold Wesker.
Anne Etienne (2022) Arnold Wesker. Literary Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Entries. [ Publisher's Version] [Full Text] [Details]
(2001) Theatre clubs.
Anne Etienne (2001) Theatre clubs. London and Chicago:Fitzroy Dearborn. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]

Journal Volume Edited

  Year Publication
(2014) Variations contemporaines autour de Shylock.
Anne Etienne and Agathe Torti (2014) Variations contemporaines autour de Shylock. Journal Volume Edited [ Publisher's Version] [Details]
(2013) Le transfert vers le texte théâtral.
Jean Berton et al. (2013) Le transfert vers le texte théâtral. Journal Volume Edited [Details]
(2012) Autour de Caryl Churchill.
Christine Kiehl et al. (2012) Autour de Caryl Churchill. Journal Volume Edited [Details]

Guest Speaker

  Year Publication
(2025) Conference title: ‘Feeling the Limits: Censorship and Creative Freedom in Theatre, Film, and Visual Arts in the Age of Populism’.
Anne Etienne (2025) Conference title: ‘Feeling the Limits: Censorship and Creative Freedom in Theatre, Film, and Visual Arts in the Age of Populism’. Guest Speaker [Details]
(2025) ‘“You’re not at home”: the Representation of Familial Spaces in Arnold Wesker’s Plays.’.
Anne Etienne (2025) ‘“You’re not at home”: the Representation of Familial Spaces in Arnold Wesker’s Plays.’. Lisbon: Guest Speaker [Details]
(2018) ‘1968 and All That: The End of Theatre Censorship?’.
Anne Etienne (2018) ‘1968 and All That: The End of Theatre Censorship?’. Guest Speaker [Details]
(2010) Arnold Wesker, an auteur engagé ?.
Anne Etienne (2010) Arnold Wesker, an auteur engagé ?. Guest Speaker [Details]
(2007) Pondlife and Angels: Enda Walsh’s Adaptations to Cork.
Etienne, Anne (2007) Pondlife and Angels: Enda Walsh’s Adaptations to Cork. Guest Speaker [Details]
(2002) La censure théâtrale en Grande-Bretagne : visées, formes et conséquences.
Etienne, Anne (2002) La censure théâtrale en Grande-Bretagne : visées, formes et conséquences. Guest Speaker [Details]
(2002) ‘Theatre Censorship: a Political Statement?’.
Anne Etienne (2002) ‘Theatre Censorship: a Political Statement?’. Guest Speaker [Details]

Invited Seminars

  Year Publication
(2013) ‘Theatre Censorship – a cat and mouse game?’.
Anne Etienne (2013) ‘Theatre Censorship – a cat and mouse game?’. Invited Seminars [Details]

Translations

  Year Publication
(2018) Seuls les pirates / Goldilocks Planets.
Anne Etienne (2018) Seuls les pirates / Goldilocks Planets. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2016) Mademoiselle Louise and the Flying Yankee.
Anne Etienne and Tadhg Hickey (2016) Mademoiselle Louise and the Flying Yankee. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2015) A Lovely Valley.
Anne Etienne and Tadhg Hickey (2015) A Lovely Valley. Translations [Details]
(2015) The Day we Didn't Go to the Opera.
Anne Etienne and Tadhg Hickey (2015) The Day we Didn't Go to the Opera. Orleans: Translations [Details]
(2014) Translation of Arnold Wesker's Shylock.
Anne Etienne and Raymond Gardette (2014) Translation of Arnold Wesker's Shylock. Translations [Details]
(2014) After Night Falls.
Anne Etienne (2014) After Night Falls. Translations [Details]
(2011) Translation of Samuel Poisson-Quinton’s film S‘épulcreuser.
Anne Etienne (2011) Translation of Samuel Poisson-Quinton’s film S‘épulcreuser. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2011) Translation of Michael Dacheux’s film Sur le départ.
Anne Etienne (2011) Translation of Michael Dacheux’s film Sur le départ. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2011) Translation of Nicolas Rosée’s film La Ligne de Touche.
Anne Etienne (2011) Translation of Nicolas Rosée’s film La Ligne de Touche. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2010) Translation of Gael Lépingle’s film Julien.
Anne Etienne (2010) Translation of Gael Lépingle’s film Julien. Paris: Translations [Details]
(2006) Translation of Gael Lépingle’s documentary La Prisonnière de Pont-aux-Dions.
Anne Etienne (2006) Translation of Gael Lépingle’s documentary La Prisonnière de Pont-aux-Dions. Translations [Details]
(2006) Translation of ‘Un Monde Moderne’, a documentary film by Arnaud Soulier and Sabrina Malek.
Anne Etienne et al (2006) Translation of ‘Un Monde Moderne’, a documentary film by Arnaud Soulier and Sabrina Malek. Paris: Translations [Details]

Performances

  Year Publication
(2014) The Vagina Monologues.
Anne Etienne (2014) The Vagina Monologues. Performances [Details]
(2008) Roles of ‘Sandrine’ and ‘3’ in Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money, directed by Ger Fitzgibbon.
Anne Etienne, Ger Fitzgibbon et al. (2008) Roles of ‘Sandrine’ and ‘3’ in Dennis Kelly’s Love and Money, directed by Ger Fitzgibbon. Granary Theatre, Cork: Performances [Details]
(2007) Role of ‘Jean’ in extracts of Enda Walsh’s Pondlife Angels, directed by Donal Gallagher.
Anne Etienne (2007) Role of ‘Jean’ in extracts of Enda Walsh’s Pondlife Angels, directed by Donal Gallagher. University of Caen: Performances [Details]
(2006) Roles of ‘Narrator’, ‘Nun’ and ‘Précieuse’ in Derek Mahon’s Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Cal Duggan.
Anne Etienne, Cal Duggan et al. (2006) Roles of ‘Narrator’, ‘Nun’ and ‘Précieuse’ in Derek Mahon’s Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Cal Duggan. Granary Theatre, Cork: Performances [Details]
(2004) Annie Wobbler produced during ‘Wesker Week’, Granary Theatre, Cork.
Anne Etienne (2004) Annie Wobbler produced during ‘Wesker Week’, Granary Theatre, Cork. Performances [Details]
(2004) Role of ‘the Dealer’ in Koltès’ Solitude dans les Champs de Coton, directed by Mary Noonan.
Anne Etienne (2004) Role of ‘the Dealer’ in Koltès’ Solitude dans les Champs de Coton, directed by Mary Noonan. Granary Theatre, Cork: Performances [Details]

Thesis/Dissertation

  Year Publication
(1999) Les Coulisses du Lord Chamberlain: la censure Theatrale de 1900 a 1968.
Anne Etienne (1999) Les Coulisses du Lord Chamberlain: la censure Theatrale de 1900 a 1968. Thesis/Dissertation [Details]

Edited Conference Proceedings

  Year Publication
(2007) Wesker and His Others: A Quest for Identity in Dramatic Form.
Anne Etienne (2007) Wesker and His Others: A Quest for Identity in Dramatic Form. Beni Mellal, Morocco: Edited Conference Proceedings [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2023 Double qualification CNU (Conseil National des Universités [French National University Council])

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2023) SAES ‘Transmission(s)’ conference,
Anne Etienne (2023) Arnold Wesker’s Tyranny and Joy: a Patchwork Play as Testament?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], SAES ‘Transmission(s)’ conference, University of Rennes , 01-JUN-23. [Details]
(2022) IFTR conference, ‘Shifting Centres’,
Anne Etienne (2022) At the Centre: Arnold Wesker shifting places as author-director?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], IFTR conference, ‘Shifting Centres’, University of Reykjavik , 20-JUN-22 - 25-JUN-22. [Details]
(2016) ‘Gossiping against Amnesia: Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice.’,
Anne Etienne (2016) Oral History Network Ireland conference, ‘People & Place’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘Gossiping against Amnesia: Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice.’, University College Cork , 07-OCT-16 - 10-OCT-16. [Details]
(2016) ‘From North to South: Perspectives on Innovative Theatre Companies’,
Anne Etienne (2016) joint paper with Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick. IASIL 2016 conference, ‘Change’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘From North to South: Perspectives on Innovative Theatre Companies’, University College Cork , 25-JUL-16 - 29-JUL-16. [Details]
(2016) ‘Creation and Reception: Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice (2005)’,
Anne Etienne (2016) IFTR 2016 conference, ‘Presenting the Theatrical Past’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘Creation and Reception: Remembering Corcadorca’s Merchant of Venice (2005)’, University of Stockholm , 13-JUN-16 - 17-JUN-16. [Details]
(2015) ‘Remembering The Merchant of Venice’,
Anne Etienne (2015) symposium organised and conducted for ‘Creation and Reception project’. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ‘Remembering The Merchant of Venice’, University College Cork , 18-JUL-15. [Details]
(2015) ‘Revisiting The Merchant of Venice’,
Anne Etienne (2015) multimedia exhibition/installation organised for ‘Creation and Reception project’. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ‘Revisiting The Merchant of Venice’, University College Cork , 15-JUL-15 - 29-JUL-15. [Details]
(2015) 24th annual CDE conference. 'Theatre and Spectatorship',
Anne Etienne (2015) Challenging the Auditorium': Spectatorship(s) in Site-specific Theatre. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 24th annual CDE conference. 'Theatre and Spectatorship', Barcelona , 04-JUN-15 - 07-JUN-15. [Details]
(2014) Populating the Irish Stage - Contemporary Irish Theatre,
Anne Etienne (2014) 'Sex and Punk and Death in Ray Scannel's Losing Steam - Corcadorca's Two Strands'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Populating the Irish Stage - Contemporary Irish Theatre, UCC , 28-JUN-14. [Details]
(2014) Populating the Irish Stage - Contemporary Irish Theatre,
Anne Etienne (2014) http://populatingtheirishstage.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/populating-the-irish-stage/. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Populating the Irish Stage - Contemporary Irish Theatre, UCC , 26-JUN-14 - 28-JUN-14. [Details]
(2013) New Elizabethans,
Anne Etienne (2013) ‘Arnold Wesker, the Auteur engagé and his C42 Vision: defining a New Elizabethan Cultural Identity?’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], New Elizabethans, Senate House, University of London , 13-JUN-13 - 15-JUN-13. [Details]
(2013) New Elizabethans,
Anne Etienne (2013) Chairing panel on ACGB. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], New Elizabethans, Senate House, University of London , 13-JUN-13 - 15-JUN-13. [Details]
(2013) Questioning Wesker’s work and interdisciplinary methodology,
Anne Etienne (2013) Inter-disciplinary presentation of Wesker's theatrical and political career. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Questioning Wesker’s work and interdisciplinary methodology, School of English, UCC . [Details]
(2010) Censure et Discours dans les Pays Anglophones (XVIe-XXIe siècles),
Anne Etienne; (2010) La censure mise à nu. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Censure et Discours dans les Pays Anglophones (XVIe-XXIe siècles), University of Rennes 2, France , 27-MAY-10 - 28-MAY-10. [Details]
(2008) The Mass and the Individual,
Etienne, Anne; (2008) From The Kitchen to Four Portraits: Wesker's humanist struggle. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Mass and the Individual, University of Thessaloniki, Greece , 30-MAY-08 - 01-JUN-08. [Details]
(2007) Annual Conference SAES, L'Envers du Decor,
Etienne, Anne; (2007) Waiting in the Wings : les derniers jours du censeur. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference SAES, L'Envers du Decor, University of Avignon, France , 11-MAY-07 - 13-MAY-07. [Details]
(2007) Otherness,
Etienne, Anne; (2007) Wesker and his Others: a Quest for Identity in Dramatic Form. [Invited Oral Presentation], Otherness, University of Marrakech, Beni Mellal, Morocco , 17-APR-07 - 19-APR-07. [Details]
(2004) Wesker Week,
Etienne, A; (2004) Everything You've Always Wanted to know about Wesker. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Wesker Week, Department of English, UCC , 02-MAR-04 - 04-MAR-04. [Details]
(2004) Theatre Censorship: a Political Statement?,
Etienne, Anne (2004) Invited address. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Theatre Censorship: a Political Statement?, University of Bristol . [Details]
(2003) FAAAM: Figures de la marge,
Etienne, A; (2003) Top Girls de Caryl Churchill: personnages feminins en marge. [Oral Presentation], FAAAM: Figures de la marge, University of Nanterre, France , 06-JUN-03 - 07-JUN-03. [Details]
(2003) 27th Comparative Drama Conference,
Etienne, A; (2003) Political and theatrical motives behind the abolition of censorship. [Oral Presentation], 27th Comparative Drama Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA , 24-APR-03 - 26-APR-03. [Details]
(2002) Annual conference of RADAC. Views on 20th century British Theatre,
Etienne, A; (2002) Who's Afraid of the Lord Chamberlain?: Influences entre theatre et censure, 1900-68. [Oral Presentation], Annual conference of RADAC. Views on 20th century British Theatre, University of Sorbonne, Paris , 09-NOV-02 - 10-NOV-02. [Details]
(2002) Annual conference of SAES. Correct/Incorrect,
Etienne, Anne; (2002) Re-definitions of correctness in 1960s' Britain. [Oral Presentation], Annual conference of SAES. Correct/Incorrect, University of Metz, france , 10-MAY-02 - 12-MAY-02. [Details]
(2001) England and the Permissive Society, ICBH,
Etienne, A, and Thomas, D; (2001) The Struggle of Freedom of Speech on Stage: Theatre Clubs and dramatists v. the Lord Chamberlain, the Queen and the Prime Minister. [Oral Presentation], England and the Permissive Society, ICBH, Senate House, University of London , 09-JUL-01 - 11-JUL-01. [Details]
(2000) Annual conference of SAES (Societe des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Superieur),
Etienne, A; (2000) Le role des 'theatre clubs' dans le contexte de l'abolition de la censure theatrale. [Oral Presentation], Annual conference of SAES (Societe des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Superieur), University of Angers , 19-MAY-00 - 21-MAY-00. [Details]
(1999) State of the Art,
Etienne, A; (1999) Housman and Rattigan: examples of political censorship. [Oral Presentation], State of the Art, University of Orleans, France , 29-JAN-99 - 30-JAN-99. [Details]
(1996) State of the Art,
Etienne, Anne; (1996) George Bernard Shaw, a Victim of Censorship?. [Oral Presentation], State of the Art, University of Orléans , 27-APR-96 - 27-APR-96. [Details]
(1996) CERCA Annual conference,
Etienne, Anne; (1996) Taboos and Morality in 1960s British Theatre. [Oral Presentation], CERCA Annual conference, Orléans and Tours , 01-SEP-96 - 01-SEP-96. [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
RADAC - Research group on contemporary theatre Treasurer 01-MAY-11 / 01-MAY-14
EBCRG Eastern Block Censorship Research Group 09-FEB-25 /
LIBEX Censorship research group 04-MAR-22 /
German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (CDE) Member 01-SEP-15 /
British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Member 01-NOV-23 /
International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) member 20-MAR-14 /
Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR) member 10-SEP-15 /
Society for Theatre Research (STR) member 10-MAY-19 /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Sabbatical committee elected member 2023 /
CUP Editorial subcommittee Member 2015 /
Teaching and Learning Committee member 2014 / 2014
CACSSS Athena SWAN steering group School representative 2018 / 2021
Graduate Committee Chair (interim) 2014 / 2015
Granary Theatre Advisory Committee Member 2013 /
Drama and Theatre Studies Advisory Board Member 2012 /
Student Affairs Committee School of English representative 2007 / 2013
Evening Arts Committee Member, interim head 2004-5 2006 / 2008
1st-year committee member 2011 /
3rd-year committee Student-staff liaison officer 2006 / 2009

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University College Cork Lecturer in Modern Drama (Department of English) 01-SEP-06 /
Sorbonne, Université Paris 4 Part-time lecturer - temporary 20-SEP-10 / 31-MAY-11
University College Cork Lecturer in Drama (Department of English) 01-SEP-03 / 31-AUG-05
Théâtre 95, Cergy-Pontoise Communication officer 15-MAR-06 / 21-MAY-06
University of Warwick Research Fellow 01-MAR-01 / 28-FEB-03
University of Orléans Junior Lecturer 01-JAN-95 / 31-DEC-00

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1999 University of Orléans PhD Drama
1995 University of Orléans M.Phil. Drama
1993 University of Orléans M.A. Drama
1992 University of Orleans BA English
1992 Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique 3-year Acting training

Consultancy

  Client Description
Irish Studies Review
Invited to peer-review articles for publication
Theatre Journal
Peer reviewing
Studies in theatre and performance
Book review
SHAW. The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies
Peer-review of books and articles
The Irish Jurist
Invitation to peer review volume on censorship
New Theatre Quarterly
Book review
Theatre Research International
Invitation as external peer reviewer
Theatre Notebook
Book reviews
Modern Drama
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Irish Journal of French Studies
Invited to peer-review articles for publication
Routledge USA
Invited to review book proposals
Etudes Irlandaises
Invited to peer-review articles for publication

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
French Fluent Fluent Fluent

Outreach Activities

  Description

I am a member of LIBEX, an international funded research programme on censorship, University of Chamonix.

Board member of Corcadorca Theatre Company

Other Activities

  Description

Translation work French into English and English into French.

Organisation of International Conference, 'Populating the Irish Stage', in collaboration with the University of Caen and RADAC, 26-28 June 2014.

Organisation of visit of Distinguished Speaker Professor David Thomas (University of Warwick) in 2006.

Organisation of visit of Distinguished Speaker Emerita Professor Claire Bruyère (University of Paris 7) in 2007.

Organisation and chair of Sir Arnold Wesker’s visit to U.C.C. (March 2004)

Journal Activities

  Journal Role To / From
Coup De Théâtre Editor 01-JUL-13 - 01-MAR-14
Coup De Théâtre Member of Editorial Board 02-JAN-11 - 05-JAN-14

Teaching Interests

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DRAMA AND THEATRE; BRITISH DRAMA; THEATRE CENSORSHIP
I welcome Ph.D projects in these fields of study.

Modules taught, inter alia:  

POSTGRADUATE TEACHING 

M.A. in American Literature and Film (O'Neill, Williams, Miller, Albee, Mamet)
M.A. in Modernities (O'Neill, Beckett, Stoppard, Artaud, Gordon Craig)
M.A. in Irish Writing (Beckett, Enda Walsh)
EN6009 - Conference preparation
Guest seminar intervention: ‘Theatre Censorship – a cat and mouse game?’ Invited seminar, PG7004 Master Class Module: Contemporary Theoretical Paradigms in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Knowledge and Control: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives. UCC, June 2013.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING 
  • Lecture modules -
EN1001 Foundations of Critical Practice - Drama (Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ionesco) *
EN1003 Modern literature (Osborne, Beckett) *
EN1004 Theories - Approaches to theatre (from Aristotle to Brecht) *EN2076 Theories of Drama *
EN1012 Drama and Protest (Wesker)
EN1101 Contexts (Chekhov and PanPan Theatre Company)
EN2074 Studies in English Drama after 1660 (Congreve) 
EN2077 Inventing Modern Drama (from Ibsen to Wesker) *
EN3079 Contemporary Culture (Caryl Churchill, Sarah Kane, Martin Crimp)
EN3091 Theory and Practice
EN3098 Text into Film (from Shakespeare to Hollywood)

  • Seminar modules *
EN3006-EN3007 Pinter between 60s Social Realism and the Theatre of the Absurd. 
EN2006 George Bernard Shaw  
DR3010/DR2007: Acting out – Keys to Naturalist Acting (Department of Drama and Theatre Studies)
EN2006-7 Harold Pinter - Sexual Politics and Political Discourse
EN3008 Drama and Controversy 
EN2003 Revisiting the Swinging 60s
EN3003 Research in Drama

* denotes modules coordinated




External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country
Thierry Dubost University of Caen FRANCE
James Fenwick Sheffield Hallam university ENGLAND
Lonneke van Heugten independent dramaturg HOLLAND
Alex TRustrum-Thomas University of Warsaw POLAND
Andrea Tompa writer HUNGARY
Hannah Probst Northwestern University U.S.A.
Denis Poniz University of Ljubljana SLOVENIA
Matina Magkou independent researcher GREECE
Olgs Kolokytha University for Continuing Education Krems AUSTRIA
Aleksandra Jovićevic La Sapienze University ITALY
Agnieszka Jakimiak theatre director POLAND
Andrew Holden Oxford Brookes University ENGLAND
Lisa Fitzpatrick University of Ulster NORTHERN IRELAND
Trina Banerjee Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta INDIA
John Severn Macquarie University, Sidney AUSTRALIA
Arnold Wesker dramatist ENGLAND
Hervé Guay University of Quebec in Trois Rivieres, Montreal CANADA
Anselm Heinrich University of Glasgow SCOTLAND
Kim Newman freelance journalist ENGLAND
Sarah Street university of Bristol ENGLAND
Simon Lee Texas State University U.S.A.
Lucy Bolton Queen Mary University of London ENGLAND
Duncan Wheeler University of Leeds ENGLAND
Kevin Flanagan George Mason University U.S.A.
Claire Henry Massey University NEW ZEALAND
Moya Luckett New York University U.S.A.
Adrian Smith freelance researcher ENGLAND
Tim Snelson University of East Anglia ENGLAND
Chris Megson Royal Holloway ENGLAND
Graham Saunders University of Birmingham ENGLAND
Vicky Ann Cremona University of Malta MALTA
Ali Roaa Birmingham City University ENGLAND
Yulia Belinskaya University of Vienna AUSTRIA
Milena Dragicevic Sesic University of Arts Belgrade SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Edward Bond dramatist UNITED KINGDOM
Christopher Weedman Middle Tennessee State University U.S.A.
Benjamin Halligan University of Wolverhampton UNITED KINGDOM
Maya Ramos Smith National Centre for Theatre Research of the National Institute of Fine Arts MEXICO
Yana Meerzon University of Ottawa CANADA
Gioia Angeletti University of Parma ITALY
Ulla Kallenbach University of Bergen NORWAY
Meike Wagner Ludwig Maximilian University GERMANY
Ian Brown Glasgow University UNITED KINGDOM
Lawrence Black University of York UNITED KINGDOM
James Macdonald theatre director UNITED KINGDOM
John Bull University of Reading UNITED KINGDOM