Darryl Chalk

Dr Darryl Chalk serves as a Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Program Coordinator at the School of Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), based at the Toowoomba Campus. With 25 years of tertiary teaching experience, he holds the administrative role of Programs Director for the School of Creative Arts.

Academic Qualifications:

• BA(Hons) from the University of Southern Queensland
• PhD from the University of Southern Queensland

Research Interests:

• The theatre and culture of the European Renaissance
• Shakespeare and his contemporaries in performance
• The social history of medicine and epidemic disease
• Representations of magic and the occult on the Renaissance Stage
• Bertolt Brecht and Epic Theatre

Scientific Awards: No awards listed in the provided information.

Dr Chalk supervises research in Performing Arts and Creative Writing, with expertise spanning Drama, Literary Studies, and British/Irish Literature as reflected in his Fields of Research codes (190499, 360400, 360200, 470504, 360403, 470500). His teaching portfolio includes THT1001 Making Theatre History, THT1003 Theatre in Communities, THT2004 Theatre and Adaptation, THS2006 Pre-Renaissance Drama, THE2007 Shakespearean Theatre, THE2006 Theatre Manifesto, and THE8001 Shakespearean Negotiations. Professionally, he serves as Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Executive Committee and holds memberships in the International Shakespeare Association and Shakespeare Association of America.