Invited university lectures and postgraduate seminars
Yale University, Lawrence University, University of Texas (3), Texas A&M University, Vassar College, Goldsmiths College, University of Kent, College of William and Mary, Northwestern University, Ohio State University.
Curatorial
"19th Century Theatrical Photography" Scholar's Exhibition, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas, Feb.- March, 1998.
Motion Pictures
The Victorian and Edwardian Stage on Film Project, Founder and (with Helen Day-Mayer) co-director. 1982 – .
The Whip , Discovery, restoration, Pimple's The Whip , subsequent parody version of 1909 stageplay and 1916 film. Discovery, restoration, Exhibited: National Film Theatre, London, May, 1990; Mary Pickford Theatre, U.S.Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May, 1991; University of Vancouver, Canada, 1992, Nottingham, 2008.
The Only Way, annotation & exhibition, National Film Theatre, 2006.
Video/DVD
The Victorian and Edwardian Stage (2 hours) With George Taylor and Michael Holt Two study/teaching videos developed from research on The Victorian and Edwardian Stage on Film Project. Issued by and sold through Manchester University Department of Drama, 1991.
Albert Capellani, un Cinema di Grandeur, 1905-1911, ed. Mariann Lewinsky, Cineteca di Bologna & il Cinema Ritrovato, 2011.
Criticism
Numerous book reviews (not cited here) for Theatre Notebook, Theatre Research International, Nineteenth Century Theatre , Plays and Players, Victorian Studies, Theatre Journal, The Economist, Times Literary Supplement, New Theatre Quarterly, The Viewfinder.
Monthly play reviews for Plays and Players ; Northwest critic, l974-80, l988.
Occasional play and art exhibition reviews for Times Literary Supplement, Times Educational Supplement, The Guardian; Kaleidoscope (B.B.C. arts programme).
Music
Consultant, and assistance with scores to productions of Victorian plays: National Theatre, l98l, l983; Gate Theatre (Dublin), l984, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, l987, Open University, l986-7.
Dramaturgy
Royal Shakespeare Company (Barbican), l988, Lady Audley’s Secret
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, l988, The Bells
"The Silver King: Melodrama in the 1990's", 2-day public workshop/performance for Stage 1 Theatre Co., at The Theatre Museum, London, July, 1990
Consultancy & dramaturgy for Cirque du Soleil, Quebec, and Landmark Entertainments,Burbank, Ca. - one continuing project: a casino-hotel show in Las Vegas, 1994- 1998
East Lynne, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1996
Ben-Hur, Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2002
The Bells, Northern Broadsides theatre company, National Tour, 2004
Boards, committees and other work
Editorial Board, Nineteenth Century Theatre, 2008 -
Co-Editor, Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 2002-2008.
Theatre Museum Trustees' Committee, l983-1989.
Library Committee, Garrick Club, 2011-.
Advisory Council of the Theatre Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum). Appointed to a three-year term by the Minister for the Arts, l979; reappointed l982- until superseded by appointment above.
Publications and Research Committee, 1991-.
Theatre Museum Association, l987 - Chairman, 1990.
Universities' (Standing Committee of University Drama Departments) representative to the Theatre Museum, 1975-.
Consultant to "The American Memory" Program Special Projects Division, U.S. Library of Congress 1991-97. A continuous programme for the U.S. Library of Congress to interpret, script, and place into interactive computer/laser video-disc/audio-disc (CD-ROM) theatrical films in the Library's Paper Print Collection. Office of Special Projects, Library of Congress. Some films in use within the Library's programme (at 44 U.S. test sites and official website) from 1992.
External Examiner in Drama, Univ. College of N. Wales, Bangor, l978-82.
External Examiner in Dance, University of Surrey, l985-90.
External Examiner/Advisor in Dance, Roehampton Institute, 1992-.
External Examiner, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, 1993-97.
Advisory Editor, Essays in Theatre, 1979-90.
Consultant to BBC, Thames Television, Arts Council of Great Britain on television programmes on aspects of pantomime, l981-83, 1985, l986, l987.
Consultant to Granada Television, Lost Empires, l984-86.
Griffith Project (Pordenone, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto) , 1997-2010.
External Examiner: Goldsmiths' College (BA), 1996-1998.
External examiner:Roehampton Institute (MA, Dance), 1997-2001.
External Assessor for Chair of Drama, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 1999.
External Assessor for Chair of Dance, Roehampton Institute, 1999.
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1966-7, for theatre research
British Academy, 1981, for theatre research
British Academy, l987, for theatre research
British Academy, 1991, for theatre / film research
Leverhulme Trust, 1991, for theatre / film research
Consortium for Drama and Media in Higher Education, 1990, for theatre / film research
Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts. Elected 1987
Paul Mellon Fellowship, Yale University Center for British Art, 1996
Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellowship, 1997-99, for theatre / film research
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Fellowship, 1997-98, for theatre research
John M. Ward Research Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre, Harvard University, 2000-2001
Distinguished Scholar Award, American Society for Theatre Research, 2012
Administration at Manchester University
Department
Head of Department
1991-1994
Acting Head of Department
1981 (Summer Term)
1985 (Summer Term)
1988-89
Director of Postgraduate Study
1979-89, 1994-96
Director of Diploma Courses
1978-90
Admissions Officer
1973-74
University
Joint Higher Degrees Committee
1984-87
Faculty Library Committee
1987-89
University Board for Validation
1994-96
Centre for 19th Century Studies
1985-88
Other
Korean War Service
U.S. Army: First Lieutenant, Signal Corps, Army Pictorial Service: Screen writer (training films and documentaries), January, 1951 –December, 1953.
Freelance screen writer, 1954-55.