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Theatre Costume; Historic Dress; Fashion; Ellen Terry; Body; Identity; Material Culture

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University of Brighton: Brighton, GB

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University of Brighton

University of the Arts London London College of Fashion: London, London, GB

2021-12-15 to present | Course Leader MA Fashion Curation (Performance)
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Veronica Isaac

University of Brighton: Brighton, GB

2011-10-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (School of Humanities)
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Veronica Isaac

New York University London: London, London, GB

2018-01-01 to 2022-05-31 | Lecturer
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Rose Bruford College: Sidcup, Greater London, GB

2018-05-01 to 2021-07-01 | Visiting Lecturer
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Brighton: Brighton, East Sussex, GB

2011 to 2016 | PhD - Dressing the Part: Ellen Terry (1847-1928): Towards a Methodology for Analysising Historic Theatre Costume
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Veronica Isaac

University of Southampton: Southampton, Hampshire, GB

2007 to 2008 | MA in Museum and Gallery Studies: Specialising in the History of Textiles and Dress
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University of York: York, GB

2004 to 2007 | English Literature and History (Joint Honours) - 2.1
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Professional activities (3)

Studies in Costume and Performance: London, GB

2018-12 to present | Book Reviews Editor
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Costume Society: London, GB

2019-07-01 to 2021-09-30 | Trustee
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Dress and Textile Specialists: London, GB

2013 to 2016 | Membership Secretary
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Funding (1)

Research Project - Publication

2019-12 to present | Grant
Pasold Research Fund (Edinburgh, GB)
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Works (26)

Taking Theatrical License: can collaboration and creativity overcome the potential pitfalls of recreative practice?

Making Historical Dress Festival, Leicester, 13/09/24
2024-09-13 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac; Rebecca Morrison
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University of Brighton

Verity Wilson. Dressing Up: A History of Fancy Dress in Britain London: Reaktion Books, 2022. Pp. 352. $40.00 (cloth).

Journal of British Studies
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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Decadence and Aestheticism through Fashion and Textiles

Volupté: Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies
2023-12-18 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Robyne Calvert; Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

Carr [née Strettell], Alice Laura Vansittart Comyns

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2023-11-01 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

‘Great minds don't always think alike’

Collaboration and Co-Creation in Theatre and Performance Histories, Theatre and Performance Histories Working Group, TAPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association), University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 30/08/23
2023-09-01 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

Dressing the Part

Stitches That Speak, Leicester, United Kingdom, 20/04/23
2023-04-20 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

Ellen Terry, Shopping in Byzantium

2022-08-16 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

Decadent Bodies on display in popular performance

British Association of Decadence Studies , London, United Kingdom, 28/07/22
2022-07-28 | Conference abstract | Author
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The costumed body in motion: Embodied processes of design

Studies in Costume & Performance
2022-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Suzanne Osmond; Veronica Isaac; Nadia Malik
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Kitty Lord’s Symmetricals’

Embodied Spectatorship and Performance in Theatre and Visual Culture, 1780-1914, 14/12/20
2021-12-14 | Conference abstract | Author
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University of Brighton

'Re-Dressing The Part'

Scenography and Art History
2021-06-17 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781350204447
Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

‘From Fairy Queens in ‘Gauze and Spangles’ to ‘Shakespeare in Black Velvet’: shining a spotlight on 19th Century Theatre Costume.

The London Stage and the 19th Century World III, 15/04/21
2021-04-15 | Conference abstract | Author
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Costume as an agent for ethical praxis

Studies in Costume & Performance
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sofia Pantouvaki; Donatella Barbieri; Veronica Isaac
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Costumes Centre Stage

Performance Costume: New Perspectives
2020-08-20 | Book chapter
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“Masquerading as Portia”

Costume Agency, 20/08/20
2020-08-20 | Conference paper | Author
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University of Brighton

Costumes in the Limelight

2020-07-02 | Other | Author
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University of Brighton

• “Re-Dressing the Part”: The ‘Scenographic Strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928)

Scenography and Art History: Performance Design and Visual Culture
2020-05 | Book chapter
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Ellen Terry & Smallhythe Place, Kent

2018 | Other | Author
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University of Brighton

The Enigma of Ellen Terry (1847-1928)

2018-11-14 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

Walking in Flora and Fauna: A Nineteenth Century Dress and Hat

Fashioned from Nature
2018-05-28 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781851779451
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University of Brighton

‘A well-dressed actress’: Exploring the Theatrical Wardrobe of Ellen Terry

Costume
2018-03 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 1749-6306
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Towards a new methodology for working with historic theatre costume: A biographical approach focussing on Ellen Terry’s ‘Beetlewing Dress’

Studies in Costume & Performance
2017-09-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2052-4013
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Poppies, Lilies, Poets and Potatoes

Fashioning opera and musical theatre
2014 | Conference paper | Author
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University of Brighton

Costume

The Oxford Handbook of Opera
2014-11-20 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780195335538
Contributors: Veronica Isaac
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University of Brighton

The Art of Costume in the Late Nineteenth Century

Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
2012-05 | Journal article
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Presuming Too Far ‘above his very base and low degree’?: Thomas Cromwell’s Use of Textiles in his Schemes for Social and Political Success (1527–1540)

Costume
2011-03-01 | Journal article
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