Catherine Hindson

Catherine Hindson is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her research focuses on how theatre helps us understand societies past, and incorporates topics including celebrity, heritage, ghosts, and well-being. She has previously published two books, Female Performance Practices on the fin-de-siecle stages of London and Paris (2007) and London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Culture, 1880-1920 (2016), the latter...See more

Catherine Hindson is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her research focuses on how theatre helps us understand societies past, and incorporates topics including celebrity, heritage, ghosts, and well-being. She has previously published two books, Female Performance Practices on the fin-de-siecle stages of London and Paris (2007) and London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Culture, 1880-1920 (2016), the latter of which was shortlisted for the Society for Theatre Research's Book Prize. See less