I recently had the honour of attending Newington College Litfest 2023 at the invitation of Ann Jagger and her unrivalled team of librarians and teachers. Over the course of three exciting days, I delivered eleven talks and workshops for hundreds …
Commedia dell’arte established itself in Sixteenth Century Europe as one of the most enduring traditions in world theatre. As a high school drama student, I was enraptured with the form, with the Commedia’s stock characters of masters, servants, soldiers, and young …
The Divine Commedia: Reflections on the Commedia dell’arte Read more »
Today I am excited to launch North Lights, a new online journal about North(ern) Korea … its past, present, and future. North Lights will publish exciting new work and share links to the best global scholarship and writing about North Korea. We …
My teaching year has ended for 2021 and so begins a long-awaited summer of reading, writing, watching films, and swimming in the sea. At the end of our encounter with Romanticism (from Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to Mary Oliver’s ‘The Summer …
Dr Richardson’s Summer Suggestions for My Students Read more »
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage populations worldwide — I write these words in November 2021 — the DPRK (North Korea) continues to insist that it has successfully maintained Covid Zero. As reports from Daily NK and other organisations …
By Christopher Richardson Reviewing a 2018 production of Bertolt Brecht’s 1941 play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in New York City, Alexandra Schwartz observed that, “the play’s warning about an unimaginable future now feels like a bitter mockery of …
Irresistible Rise? Brecht’s V‑Effekt from The Threepenny Opera to Watchmen Read more »
In April I had the pleasure of attending the Newington College Festival of Literature for 2021. It was my first festival appearance since the easing of Covid restrictions in Sydney and a glorious way to celebrate the return of something …
Newington College Festival of Literature for 2021 Read more »
The following speech was delivered online in English and Korean on the 5th of December 2020. The event was entitled: ‘Building Up Cross-Cultural Understanding Through Children’s Literature Between Australia and Korea: 2020’, convened by Dr Hyung-joo Judy Park. Dr Park …
The Book of Beasts: Animal & Human Nature in Children’s Literature Read more »
A version of these intercessions were read by the author at St James’, King Street in Sydney on the 18th of October 2020. The service may be watched online and features the Choir of St James’ singing work by Ralph …