Department of Theatre - University of Missouri

Faculty | Carla Waal Johns

Carla Waal Johns

Ph.D., Indiana University
Professor Emeritus of Performance, Dramatic Literature and Modern Theatre
phone: 573-445-6783
email: WaalC@missouri.edu
mailing address: 129 Fine Arts, Columbia MO 65211

Harriet Bosse: Strindberg's Muse and Interpreter
Harriet Bosse

Hardship and Hope
Hardship and Hope

Carla Waal Johns received Fulbright, Swedish Institute and Norwegian Foreign Ministry grants. Her research on Scandinavian theatre has resulted in publication of Johanne Dybwad: Norwegian Actress, Harriet Bosse: Strindberg's Muse and Interpreter and articles in Quarterly Journal of Speech, Scandinavian Studies, Theatre Journal, Teatervetenskap (Stockholm) and Theatre Companies of the World. Her translations from Norwegian have appeared in journals and the anthology An Everyday Story. She is co-editor of Hardship and Hope: Missouri Women Writing about Their Lives, 1820-1920 (University of Missouri Press, 1997).