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2 books match the query 'Tulloch, John'
British Television Intellectuals
Unusual Kinds of StarJohn Tulloch
Intellect Books, 2026
Offering a pioneering exploration of one of Britain’s most significant yet often overlooked television phenomena, this book traces the rise and development of the TV intellectual as a distinct presence over the past sixty-five years. Situated within the framework of public intellectual theory, it explores several of Britain’s most notable and influential cultural figures, revealing how these unusual kinds of stars have combined creativity and intellect to engage wide international audiences.
At the heart of these intellectuals’ work lies a profound engagement with the concept of civilization—ranging from early concerns about its survival to critical reflections on colonialism and its legacies. The book shows how these influential figures, together with the television medium itself, have explored civilization in all its complexities, including thoughtful considerations of its future.
Blending historical analysis with cultural critique, this book will appeal to students and scholars in media and cultural studies, offering a compelling study of the intellectual and creative forces shaping British television across decades.
Shakespeare and Chekhov in Production and Reception
Theatrical Events and Their AudiencesTulloch, John
University of Iowa Press, 2005
With a focus on the canonical institutions of Shakespeare and Chekhov, John Tulloch brings together for the first time new concepts of “the theatrical event” with live audience analysis. Using mainstream theatre productions from across the globe that were highly successful according to both critics and audiences, this book of case studies—ethnographies of production and reception—offers a combined cultural and media studies approach to analyzing theatre history, production, and audience.
Tulloch positions these concepts and methodologies within a broader current theatrical debate between postmodernity and risk modernity. He also describes the continuing history of Shakespeare and Chekhov as a series of stories “currently and locally told” in the context of a blurring of academic genres that frames the two writers. Drawn from research conducted over nearly a decade in Australia, Britain, and the U.S., Shakespeare and Chekhov in Production and Reception will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre studies, media studies, and audience research.