Bull, J. (2008) Spectacular reconstruction: innovation and appropriation in modern British drama. In: Redling, E. and Schnierer, P. P. (eds.) Non-Standard Forms of Contemporary Drama and Theatre. CDE Contemporary Drama in English (15). Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier, pp. 13-29. ISBN 9783868210408

Bull, J. (2007) 'Being taken no notice of in ten million homes': David Hare's adventures in television. In: Boon, R. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to David Hare. Cambridge Companions to Literature . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 153-168. ISBN 9780521615570

Bull, J. (2007) Telling stories: the Point Blank trilogy. In: Tomlin, L. (ed.) Point Blank. Intellect Press, Bristol, pp. 9-15. ISBN 9781841501697

Bull, J. (2006) Left in front: David Edgar's political theatre. In: Luckhurst, M. (ed.) A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama 1880-2005. Blackwell Companions: Literature and Culture. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 441-453. ISBN 9781405122283

Bull, J. (2005) Introduction: on interventionist and community theatre. In: Billingham, P. (ed.) Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Theatre. New Directions in Drama and Performance (Volume 1). Intellect, Exeter. ISBN 9781841500683

Bull, J. (2005) British and Irish dramatists since World War II. Bruccoli Clark Layman, NY.

Bull, J. (2005) John Bull - 'Serjeant Musgrave Dances to a Different Tune': John McGrath's adaptation of John Arden's 'Serjeant Musgrave's Dance'. In: Bradby, D. and Capon, S. (eds.) Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television,. University of Exeter Press, Exeter, pp. 39-54. ISBN 9780859897488

Bull, J. (2004) The establishment of British mainstream theatre 1945-1979. In: Kershaw, B. (ed.) British Theatre Since 1895. Cambridge History of British Theatre (3). Cambridge University Press, pp. 326-348. ISBN 9780521651325 doi: https://doi.org/10.2277/0521651328

Bull, J. (2004) What the butler did see: Joe Orton and Oscar Wilde. In: Coppa, F. (ed.) Joe Orton: A Casebook. Casebooks on Modern Dramatists. Routledge, London & New York, pp. 45-60. ISBN 9780815336273

Bull, J. (2004) Barry [née Street; other married names Dancer, Crawford], Ann [Anne] (bap. 1733, d. 1801). In: Matthew , H. C. G. and Harrison , B. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614111

Bull, J. (2004) Barry, Spranger (bap. 1717, d. 1777). In: Matthew , H. C. G. and Harrison , B. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614111

Bull, J. (2004) Nossiter, Maria Isabella (1735–1759). In: Matthew , H. C. G. and Harrison , B. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614111

Bull, J. (2004) Palmer, John (1728–1768). In: Matthew , H. C. G. and Harrison , B. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614111

Bull, J. (2004) Palmer, John (1744–1798). In: Matthew , H. C. G. and Harrison , B. (eds.) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198614111

Bull, J. (2003) 'A deal of monstrous and forced action': Joe Orton and Ben Jonson. In: Woolland, B. (ed.) Jonsonians: Living Traditions. Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Ashgate, Aldershot, England & Burlington, USA, pp. 137-152. ISBN 9780754606109

Bull, J. (2003) From Illyria to Arcadia: uses of pastoral in Modern English theater. TriQuarterly, 116. pp. 57-72.