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Marie TROTTER

Marie TROTTER
Contact Information
Email address: 
marie.trotter [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Address: 

Arts Building
853 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 0G5
Canada

Group: 
Lecturers
Doctoral Students
Stream: 
Literature
Drama and Theatre
Specialization by geographical area: 
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Specialization by time period: 
Early Modern
21st-Century
Contemporary
Area(s): 
Drama
Theatre & Performance
Creative Practice & Performance Studies
Philosophical Approaches
Areas of interest: 

Shakespeare; renaissance drama; metatheatre; performance phenomenology; audience reception; creative practice; production history

Biography: 

Marie Trotter is a PhD Candidate and course lecturer in the Department of English at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, researching metatheatre and audience reception in the performance of Shakespeare’s plays. Through the lens of performance phenomenology, her dissertation explores the role of metatheatrical characters and scene types in shaping audience judgment, participation, and delight. Her work is published in the journals Theatre Research in Canada and Early Theatre, with creative writing and criticism appearing in the magazines Ekstasis, Broadview, Plough, and Intermission.

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (exp. 2026)
M.A., Queen's University, 2019
B.A. (Honours, high distinction), University of Toronto, 2017

Selected publications: 

Articles

ҠTheatre Research in Canada, vol. 44 no. 2, August 2023.

Reviews

. Early Theatre, vol. 26 no. 1, 6 June 2023.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council SSHRC Doctoral Award, 2023-2026
  • Lang Family Text and Performance Fellowship, 2022
  • Archie Malloch Fellowship, 2022
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