Ricerc@Sapienza

Andrea Peghinelli is Associate Professor of English Literature at Sapienza University of Rome. He has been working on British theatre and has published articles and books on Renaissance drama and Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Burlesque, 2012), Nineteenth century and Contemporary British Theatre (Aspetti della drammaturgia Britannica contemporanea, 2012) of which he has also translated several plays that have been produced. He has been Visiting Scholar at Royal Holloway University of London. In 2016 he was Area Leader for Italy of the project Performance Shakespeare 2016 supported by the Shakespeare 400 consortium, led by King s College University of London. His present research projects are focused on Shakespearean and Early modern appropriations in Contemporary British Drama, critical and theoretical approaches in British Contemporary Dramaturgy.

Shakespeare in Performance; Romantic Theatre; Contemporary Theatre and Drama;