Paul Fryer

Paul Fryer recently retired as Head of Research Degrees and Director of The Stanislavski Centre at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance (UK). He was awarded a Professorship of the College in Summer 2015. He now holds Visiting Professor posts at Leeds and London South Bank Universities. Holder of a Masters' degree in Drama from the University of London, and a PhD from the University of Manchester, Paul's research specialism is centred on opera, opera singers and the early (pre-sound)...See more

Paul Fryer recently retired as Head of Research Degrees and Director of The Stanislavski Centre at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance (UK). He was awarded a Professorship of the College in Summer 2015. He now holds Visiting Professor posts at Leeds and London South Bank Universities. Holder of a Masters' degree in Drama from the University of London, and a PhD from the University of Manchester, Paul's research specialism is centred on opera, opera singers and the early (pre-sound) film industry. In collaboration with the British composer, Barry Seaman, Paul has worked on the restoration of several rare silent films, making them newly accessible to a contemporary audience. He has presented film screenings/programmes and lectures at The British Film Institute, The Buxton Festival, The State Museum of Theatre and Music (St Petersburg, Russia), Oxford University, Emory University (Atlanta), University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, The University of Cincinnati and The Library of Congress (Washington DC). He presented a series of film programmes for Seattle Opera as part of The Ring Cycle, and for Canadian Opera as part of the inaugural season at the Four Seasons Opera House in Toronto. He has published widely as both an author and an editor, and his most recent book, Eleonora Duse and Cenere (Ashes): Centennial essays (with MariaPia Pagani) was published by McFarland in Spring 2017. He has also completed a new collection, Composers on Screen, which is due early in 2018. In January 2013, he curated the exhibition, Stanislavski on Stage, at Pushkin House in London, and he is currently planning a new exhibition of the work of the designer Viktor Simov. Paul is editor-in-chief of the journal Stanislavski Studies, published by Routledge/Taylor and Francis, and co-convenor of the international research project The S Word, which explores the influence of Stanislavski on contemporary theatre. See less