Brissenden, Alan (Theo)
BRISSENDEN, Alan (Theo)
BRISSENDEN, Alan (Theo). Australian, b. 1932. Genres: Dance/Ballet, Literary criticism and history, Theatre. Career: University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, Lecturer, 1963-68, Sr. Lecturer, 1968-82, Reader, 1982-94, Chairman of the Dept., 1985-86, Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, 1994-. Studies in Tudor and Stuart Literature, Joint General Ed., with F.H. Mares, 1973; Dance Magazine, Dance Critic, 1979-84; Dance Australia, Dance Critic, 1980-; Adelaide Festival of Arts, Governor, 1981-94, Hon. Life Member (Friends), 1998; Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, President, 1983-85; The Australian, Dance Critic, 1990-; Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association, President, 1992-94, Hon. Life Member, 1998; Friends of State Library of South Australia, President, 1994-2000. Order of Australia, Member. Publications: Rolf Boldrewood, 1972; Shakespeare and the Dance, 1981. EDITOR: (with C. Higham) They Came to Australia (prose anthology), 1961; T. Middleton, A Chaste Maid in Cheap-side, 1968, rev. ed., 2002; Lawson's Australia (prose/verse anthology), 1973; The Drover's Wife and Other Stories by Henry Lawson (prose anthology), 1974; (contributing ed.) Shakespeare and Some Others, 1976; Rolf Bold-rewood (prose anthology), 1979; Aspects of Australian Fiction, 1990; As You Like It, 1993; What Makes a Masterpiece?, 2002. Address: Dept. of English, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.