Intellect

Andrew Wyllie is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of the West of England. His Ph.D. thesis is titled 'Gender and Sexuality in Post-War British Drama', which has now evolved into his book Sex on Stage: Gender and Sexuality in Post-War British Drama, published by Intellect Books in 2009. Most of his research work has been in the socio-politics of modern drama, and especially in the area covered by 'queer theory' - the dynamics of presences and absences based on gender, sexuality, race and class. He is also interested in the broader relationship between dramatic literature and the self, and especially in the question of the role of tragedy in the 21st century - including the most basic question: 'does such a role actually exist?'.