Joint PhD in Literary Studies / Theatre Studies in English

Graduate Faculty

University of Guelph
Wilfrid Laurier University

Alan Filewod, BA (York), MA (Alberta), PhD (Toronto).

Professor (1995).

E-mail: afilewod@uoguelph.ca

Research Interests

Political and postcolonial theatre, Canadian theatre and drama, theatre historiography.

Books

  • Performing "Canada": The Nation Enacted in the Imagined Theatre. Textual Studies in Canada. U of Alberta P, forthcoming.

  • Workers' Playtime: Theatre and Labour 1970-2000. With David Watt. Sydney: Currency P, 2001.

  • Ed. New Canadian Drama 7: West Coast Comedies. Ottawa, 1999.

  • Ed. The CTR Anthology: 15 Plays from Canadian Theatre Review. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1993.

  • Ed. New Canadian Drama 5: Political Drama. Ottawa, 1991.

  • Collective Encounters: Documentary Theatre in English Canada. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1987.

Selected recent articles

  • Performing Democracy: International Perspectives on Urban Community-based Performance. Michigan, 2001.

  • Siting the Other. Brussels, 2001.

  • The Performance Text. Toronto, 1999.

  • Establishing Our Boundaries: English-Canadian Theatre Criticism. Toronto, 1999.

  • (Post)colonial Stages: Critical and Creative Views on Drama, Theatre and Performance in Colonized Cultures. Hebden Bridge, 1998.

  • Canadian Theatre History. Toronto, 1996.

  • La Création Biograqhique. Rennes, 1997.

  • World Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Theatre, Vol. Two: The Americas. London, 1996.

  • Imperialism and Theatre. London, 1995.

  • Contemporary Issues in Canadian Drama. Winnipeg, 1995.

  • Aboriginal Voices: Amerindian, Unuit and Sami Theater. Johns Hopkins UP, 1992.

Awards

University of Guelph Faculty Association Teaching Award, 1996.
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teaching Award, 1996.
Richard Plant Essay Prize, 1990 & 1997.