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Associate Professor Denise Varney was the the foundation coordinator of Theatre Studies, School of Creative Arts, at The University of Melbourne. From 2001 to 2006, Varney was coordinator of Creative Arts Research and, in 2008, joined the English/Theatre Studies program.

In 2011, Varney was The University of Melbourne's Head of English and Theatre Studies, and Deputy Head of the School of Culture and Communication.


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y separately published work icon Patrick White's Theatre : Australian Modernism on Stage, 1960-2018 Sydney : Sydney University Press , 2021 21650143 2021 multi chapter work criticism

'One of the giants of Australian literature and the only Australian writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick White received less acclaim when he turned his hand to playwriting.

'In Patrick White’s Theatre, Denise Varney offers a new analysis of White’s eight published plays, discussing how they have been staged and received over a period of 60 years. From the sensational rejection of The Ham Funeral by the Adelaide Festival in 1962 to 21st-century revivals incorporating digital technology, these productions and their reception illustrate the major shifts that have taken place in Australian theatre over time. Varney unpacks White’s complex and unique theatrical imagination, the social issues that preoccupied him as a playwright, and his place in the wider Australian modernist and theatrical traditions.'

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2023 shortlisted ASAL Awards — Walter McRae Russell Award
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