Staff Profile

For the 2024/25 academic year I will be teaching on the following modules:

• SEL1034: Beginnings (semester 1)
• SEL2232: Stagecraft of Early Drama (semester 1)
• SEL2201: Renaissance Bodies (semester 2)

My research focuses on early modern theatre (particularly the work of Ben Jonson), Classical theatre, and the transmission and reception of performance texts.

My current project is a digital edition, co-edited with Dr Rachel White (Durham University) of Thomas Tomkis' 1615 university comedy Albumazar, which will be published through Digital Renaissance Editions.

• Articles

  • Harrison T, Loxley J. Amateur Theatre at the Early Modern Inns of Court? The Implications of a Performance Copy of Jonson’s 1640 Folio. Early Theatre 2023, 26(1), 93-132.
  • Harrison T. Thereby Hangs a Tail: Jonson's The Devil Is an Ass and Stage Representations of Devil-Servants. Early Theatre 2019, 22(1), 141-162.
  • Harrison T. Taking Liberties: The Influence of the Architectural and Ideological Space of the Hope Theatre on Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair. Ben Jonson Journal 2017, 24(1), 73-95.

• Authored Book

  • Harrison T. Imitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Guides Not Commanders. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023.

• Book Chapters

  • Harrison T. Hermaphroditical Authority: Epicene and the Aristophanic Chorus. In: Bigliazzi, Silvia; Demetriou, Tania, ed. What Is a Greek Source on the Early English Stage? Fifteen New Essays. Verona: Edizioni ETS, 2024, pp.295-333.
  • Harrison T. Event Time and Symbolic Time in Shakespearean Drama. In: Reid A; Surace V, ed. Just in Time: Theorising the Contemporary. Milan: Mimesis International, 2023, pp.212-229.