Suzy Lawrence

Suzy Lawrence

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Research interests

Emotional Exchanges: The Affective Transformations of Object, Play and Audience in Early Modern Drama 

This thesis will extend the scope of current materialist criticism to consider how a theatrical object can engage with and alter those emotional identities created in the play and manifested in the audience. Such exchanges will be revealed as transformational for the object itself, exposing the subjectivity of even its material meanings. By studying the treatment of different objects both in the texts and in the contexts of their multi-temporal performance histories, this thesis will expose the inherently symbiotic relationship that exists between the audience and the object’s continually developing emotional identities. 

The importance of recognising such a connection will be demonstrated by considering the theatrical treatment of the object and subject’s mutually affective relationship as part of a broader scientifically-driven recognition of the physicality of both mind and body. This returning appreciation for the physical basis of emotion will be used to evidence the wider cultural significance of including both emotional subject and object in the materialist critical focus.

Biographical details

Suzy Lawrence graduated with first class honours in English Studies from the University of Nottingham in 2004. She subsequently completed a Graduate Diploma and Postgraduate in Law at BPP Law School, obtaining a distinction in both, before working as a solicitor in the city for 6 years. Upon returning to academia, Suzy completed a MA in Shakespeare Studies at King's College London, obtaining a distinction and began her doctoral research there in January 2015. Suzy is interested in the exchanges between the emotional object and subject in early modern drama. 

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Arts, Shakespeare Studies, King's College London

Award Date: 1 Jan 2014

Bachelor of Arts, English Studies, University of Nottingham

Award Date: 1 Jan 2004

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