Robert Crane, Ph.D.
Instructor / Theatre
- PhD Theatre History
Univesity of Pittsburgh - Master of Arts
University of Pittsburgh - Bachelor of Arts
Georgia State University
Teaching Fields: Theatre History, Dramatic Literature
Robert Crane is a specialist in the history of theatre and cinema in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. He has held teaching positions at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Florida State University, and South Georgia State College.
Scholarship:
“Eccentrism, Theatricality and the Grotesque.” Kinosaurus. Ed. Nancy Condee, Aleksander Prokhorov and Elenea Prokhorov. Boston Academic Studies Press. 105-116. 2020
Performance Review: “Bankrupt, The Blue Shawl, and Mullah at the Galiäsgar Kamal Tatar National Academic Theatre, Kazan'.” Theatre Journal 67.1 (March 2015). 109-113.
“Jolly Fellows/ Veselye Rebiata” and “New Moscow/ Novaia Moskva.” World Film Locations: Moscow. Ed. Birgit Beumers. Bristol: Intellect. 28-29; 34-35. 2013.
“The Performance Historian as Cold Case Detective: Reopening Nikolai L'vov’s Investigation of the Blue Blouse Movement.” Performing Arts Resources 28: A Tyranny of Documents: The Performance Historian as Film Noir Detective. Ed. Stephen Johnson. 225-232. 2011.
“Between Factography and Ethnography: Sergei Tretiakov’s Roar, China!.” Text and Presentation 2010. Ed. Kiki Gounaridou. Jefferson, NC. McFarland. 41-53. 2010