Lucy Holehouse

Thesis title:

How Disguise Tropes in the Chamberlain/King�s Men�s Repertory from 1594 to 1630 Responded to the Rolling Process of Change Within the Company

My research focuses on how dramatic disguise conventions performed by the Chamberlain’s/King’s Men from 1594 to 1630 can provide insight into how early modern playing companies crafted their repertories and differentiated themselves from one another.

Research Area

Languages and Literature

Conferences

June 2020: Presenter, 'The Perfect Disguise?: Forced Reveals in Cardenio and The Honest Man's Fortune', The Shakespeare Institute, Online
June 2019: Panel chair, Representing Gender, British Graduate Shakespeare Conference, The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon
June 2018: Presenter, 'Pinching Slutty Maids: The Supernatural and Domestic Control in Shakespeare', British Graduate Shakespeare Conference, The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon
May 2018: Presenter, 'Pinching Slutty Maids: The Supernatural and Domestic Control in Shakespeare', EMREM Annual Symposium, University of Birmingham, Birmingham

Public Engagement & Impact

May 2019 – Present: Orders Assistant, The Malone Society.
October 2018 – June 2019: Treasurer, British Graduate Shakespeare Conference, The Shakespeare Institute.
September 2017 – August 2018: SSCC Part-Time Student Representative, University of Birmingham.
December 2016 – March 2017: Panellist, Young Script Panel, Royal Court Theatre.

Other Research Interests

Disguise
Repertorial practices
Theatre spaces
Early modern performance history
Stagecraft
Visual culture
Apprentice players
Intertextuality

Memberships

2019 - present: The Malone Society
2020 - present: Society for Renaissance Studies

Prizes

April 2020: Midlands4Cities AHRC Doctoral Studentship Award, University of Birmingham (Full)
December 2019: Stanley Wells Prize for outstanding scholarly work in an M.A. Dissertation, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham (£50)
September 2017: Shakespeare Institute Stanley Wells Scholarship, Shakespeare Institute, 2017, University of Birmingham, (£9,250)
July 2017: Highest Achievement Award in English Literature, University of Greenwich, 2017 (£200)
July 2016: Highest Achievement Award in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Greenwich, 2016 (£200)