Pippa Guard
Courses
Introduction to Theatre Practice: Early Stages
Developing Theatre Practice: Twentieth Century Actor Training
Advanced Theatre Practice: The Drama Project
Advanced Theatre Practice: The Drama Project - Research in Practice
Advanced Theatre Practice: Physical Theatres
Advanced Theatre Practice: Classical Acting
Drama Programme Leader
Recent Publications
Email: p.guard@gre.ac.uk
Office:
King William 336
Tel: 020 8331 8984
and
The Old Baths, Woolwich
Tel: 020 8150 1124
Office Hours
Tuesday 10-1pm
Pippa Guard had a long career as an actress before she became a lecturer. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she won the Ronson and the Kendall awards. She has done seasons at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National theatre as well as the London West End stage. One of her first TV roles was in A Comedy of Errors, closely followed by The Tempest, All's Well That Ends Well and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also appeared in an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Kenneth Branagh and Michael Gough, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady and The Riff Raff Element.
More recent successes include Roger, Roger, Hope and Glory with Lenny Henry and William Gaminara, Hearts and Bones with Dervla Kirwan and Hugo Speer and two series of The Creatives. She's also appeared in Peak Practice.
Research Interests
Early modern drama and theatre practice
Recent publications
A Defence of the First English Actress, Literature & History, Volume 15 Issue 2 (Autumn 2006)
Recent appearances
Shakespeare’s Women (series), Women’s Hour, Radio 4