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Richard Hand

Richard Hand

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-1435

  • 2.25c Arts and Humanities Building

Personal profile

Biography

Professor Richard J. Hand is Professor of Drama and Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia. He was formerly Professor of Theatre and Media Drama at the University of South Wales. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Richard has written extensively on adaptation, horror studies, European theatre, radio drama, and popular culture. Richard has also worked as a writer, director and performer for theatre and radio.

Richard has extensive experience in examining and supervising PhD theses in a variety of media (radio, theatre, film and literature) and methodologies (theoretical, historical and practical).

Areas of Expertise

Horror, Adaptation, Theatre, Radio, Film, Gothic, Popular Culture

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, “Self-Adaptation: The Stage Adaptation of Fiction by Novelists” (PhD, British Academy Scholarship), University of Glasgow

Award Date: 1 Jun 1997

Master of Letters, M. Litt. Literature of Region and Nation (British Academy Scholarship), University of Aberdeen

Award Date: 1 Sept 1987

Bachelor of Arts, BA English (First Class Honours), Polytechnic of North London, 1984-87, University of North London

Award Date: 1 Jun 1987

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