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Research Interests
Monodrama, Translation, Adaptation, Theatre Programming, New York Theatre, Theatre and Gentrification, World War I, Theatre and Cognition, Virtual Reality Theatre
Research Statement
My main area of interest is Monodrama--plays which attempt to communicate the world as subjectively experienced by a protagonist with such intensity that the spectator feels as though they have merged with that protagonist. In my work I trace this trend back to 18th C. music, and then use the traits of the form as a means to analyse drama to the present day.
I am also engaged in a new project looking at non-profit theatres in New York's East Village area from 1990 to the present, examining how the rapid gentrification of the area and changes in audiences and public funding have affected the programming choices of these theatres.
In connection with my work as a Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded 'Living Legacies, 1914-18' project, I am exploring community engagement with the First World War through theatre and perfromance, as well as investigating uses of the war through public performance by the UVF commemoration parades of 2013-15.
Further research interests include: adaptation and translation in the theatre, American theatre, political theatre, theatre and cognition, and virtual reality theatre.
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Projects
R1667NBE: Living Legacies 1914-18 From Past Conflict to Shared Future
Lilley, K., Ell, P. S. & Taroff, K.
27/10/2016 → …
Project: Research
R1372GGY: Conflicted pasts, shared futures: mobilizing and engaging First World War histories and heritage in Northern Ireland and beyond
Lilley, K., Donnelly, C., Ell, P. S. & Taroff, K.
18/02/2014 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research
Research Output
The Medals All 'Round Research Initiative
Taroff, K., 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
The Darkness at the End of the Tunnel: The Moment of Death as Seen from Within
Taroff, K., 2016, (Accepted) Final Stages: Performance, Death, and Culture. Intellect, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
The Spectacle Within: Symbolist Painting and Minimalist Mise-en-Scène
Taroff, K., 01 Nov 2016, In : Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film. 42, 2, p. 211-227 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Home Is Where the Self Is: Monodrama, Journey-Play Structure, and the Modernist Fairy Tale
Taroff, K., 2014, In : Marvels & Tales. 28, 2, p. 325-345 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citation
(Scopus)
All My Sons: A Play by Arthur Miller and Henrik Ibsen
Taroff, K., Apr 2013, In : The Arthur Miller Journal. 8, 1, p. 1-14 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
‘Loyal’ to a Fault: Performance, Commemoration, and the UVF Centenary
Kurt Taroff (Speaker)
24 Mar 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
International Federation for Theatre Research
Kurt Taroff (Participant)
17 Jun 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Irish Society for Theatre Research
Kurt Taroff (Participant)
21 May 2015 → 23 May 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
American Society for Theatre Research
Kurt Taroff (Participant)
20 Nov 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
QAA Subject Benchmark Review Panel
Kurt Taroff (Member)
2014
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Impact
Being Human - a festival of the humanities (Northern Ireland Hub)
Franziska Schroeder (Participant), David Grant (Participant), Kurt Taroff (Participant), Cahal McLaughlin (Participant), Stefanie Lehner (Participant), Alex Murray (Participant), Sian Barber (Participant) & Paul Murphy (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Societial Impact