Nesta JonesNesta Jones recently retired as a Professor and Director of Research at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. She has long associations with several higher education institutions: Goldsmiths, University of London, where she was Readr in Theatre Arts and Head of Drama for many years; Trinity College, University of Dublin, as a researcher and lecturer; the founding and development of The Lir, Ireland's National Academy of Dramatic Art; and New York University at its base in London where she lectures in Modern Drama in Performance. She has published books on J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, Brian Friel, and David Mamet, and articles on performance and production processes in several peer reviewed journals; contributed numerous papers to international conferences in Europe, the Middle East and North America; and has worked in the professional theatre directing productions and conducting workshops in the UK, across mainland Europe and the USA. She is on the Editorial Board of Stanislavski Studies (Taylor & Francis) and a Contributing Editor for New Theatre Quarterly (Cambridge University Press) for both of which she has also written articles; and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Read More Read Less