Baaske, Ian Ian Baaske just finished his B.A. at University of Illinois in Rhetoric and History and is currently working at the North Suburban Library System in Wheeling, Illinois. ============================================================= *Backa, Chris Undergraduate Student Hofstra University 33 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530 I am a student at Hofstra University, which has a Shakespeare Festival every year. They also have John Adam's model of the Globe Theatre in our library. I enjoy reading the plays and have taken courses at Hofstra that have dealt with his plays and sonnets. I took these courses as electives; I am a Computer Science major, and will graduate May 1991 with a BS in Computer Science. I thought it would be interesting to sign on to a list that dealt with Shakespeare, even though it is NOT in my field of study. I would like to see what the discussions are like even though I wouldn't be able to contribute much to them. I have NO major projects or professional papers. My major interests include: Computer Science, especially telecomunications, Shakespeare's tragedies, especially *Hamlet*, which I have written term papers on. Other interests include *Star Trek*, history: especially American/English. ======================================================================== *Bacon, Justin I am currently entering my freshman year in college where I intend to double major in Theatre Arts and Political Science (some may take this ironically-I won't prevent them). Shakespeare (and theatre in general) has always been a part of my life. My parents met in the theatre and my youth was peppered by Shakespearean quotes... a fact to which I still attribute my current warped state and natural acclimation to blank verse. Over the years my casual exposure to theatre and Shakespeare slowly grew into a full-time obsession. In ninth grade I tried out for my first play-A Midsummer Night's Dream-and landed the role of Demetrius. From that day forward my fate was sealed. More recently I have committed an in-depth critical study and editorial edition of Hamlet, and am in the process of analyzing the basic critical process (specifically as it applies to textual interpretation and editorial technique concerning Shakespeare) to understand why certain outrageous assertions concerning certain plays are not only made in complete seriousness, but also-upon occasion-find widespread acceptance. ============================================================= *Baer, Eugene My name is Eugene Baer. I am a professor of English at Wisconsin Lutheran College, a small liberal arts college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I teach a variety of writing courses and literature courses including a British literature survey course covering the period up to, but not including Romanticism. Obviously, Shakespeare and the various other Elizabethans are of major significance in this course. While I am not a Shakespeare specialist, I highlight "the bard" in my course. I am very interested in learing more from the experts so that I can share it with my studtents. In fact, I hope to provide my students access to this list, if that is permitted. =============================================================================== *Baiesu, Radu My name is Radu Baiesu, and I am from Romania. A friend from the romanian branch of the Soros Foundation for a Free Society gave me the oportunity to find that you are existing, and I became imediately to subscribe at your international electronic conference. My interest in studying Shakespeare is justified by the fact that I am an stage director and, in the same time, a full time editor at an literary magazine edited by the ministry of culture of Romania (his name is ~Literatorul~). So, I was born in 22 march, 1962 in Bucharest (were I am still living), and, after graduating the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts of Bucharest, in 1986, I became an professional stage director. Until the fall of the comunism, in 1989, I have worked in several Playhouses in Bucharest and other towns in my country, directing all kind of plays (romanian, foreign, classical, modern), but not Shakespeare! Now I am working at the National Theatre in Bucharest at an english play (~Travesties~, by Tom Stoppard) and I am intending, after I will finish that one, to start working at the same theater on ~The taming of the Shrew~. That is one of the reasons (but not the only one) of my interest in Shakespeare. Of course, I will try to send you any interesting information about what is new here in studying and playing Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Bailey, Euel D Euel Bailey, Teaching Assistant Dept of English, Northern Illinois University I am a graduate student in the Ph.D program at NIU, with an interest mainly in the textual and performance issues of the Renaissance. I received my B.A. from Marquette University in 1988, and my M.A. from NIU in 1990. Later this year I will begin work on a dissertation about 'Troilus and Cressida.' =============================================================================== *Bailey, Nancy academic affiliation: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Theatre & Film candidate for a Diploma in Arts 1994-1995 I am a student enrolled in my second year of preparation for masters work in theatre. At present, I am doing undergraduate and honours level work concurrently. My intent is to achieve a standard of work [both academic and practical] so that I may be recognised as a candidate for MA by thesis. In 1995, my course of study includes `Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama'. I would like my work to be up-to-date with current concerns, and informed by international scholastic research. Therefore, I would very much appreciate having access to the SHAKSPER listserv as a browser/eavesdropper. I do not intend to ask others on the list to `do my work' for me -- but I will expect that there is a lot to learn by observing how SHAKSPERean scholars address the issues and do their own work. =============================================================================== *Bailie, Heather Next semester I will be taking an introductory Shakespeare course. Although I have studied Shakespeare in the past, I am joing this list now to gain knowledge of the works that will be presented in this class. We will be reading Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, King Lear, Taming, as well as an in depth study of his sonnets. Any help that I can get will be greatly appreciated. ============================================================= *Bains, Yaship After getting a doctorate in Renaissance drama from Syracuse, I have taaught courses in Shakespeare and dramatic literature at University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and Guru Nanak Dev University (India); I have been teaching at University of Cincinnati since 1984. My primary areas of interest in Shakespeare are the relation of the Quarto to Folio texts, Textual Studies and Bibliography. I have published two books: 1."Making Sense of the First Quartos of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Hamlet" (Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1995). I propose that editors from J. Payne Collier to Harold Jenkins and Brian Gibbons have been mistaken in characterizing the first Quartos as memorial reconstructions by a number of actors-turned-pirates. Instead of the nonsense they are supposed to contain, I suggest that these Quartos make good sense if one reads them independent of the Second Quartos or Folio texts of the same plays. I propose that the First Quartos are the earliest versions of the plays which were subsequently revised by Shakespeare and included in the Folio. 2. "The Contention and The True Tragedy: Shakespeare's First Versions of Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3" (Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1996). I oppose the theory of memorial reconstruction and support the thesis that Shakespeare revised the Quartos to create the Folio text. These multiple versions provide insights into Shakespeare's evolution as a playwright through trial and error and his mastery of the language and the potentialities of the stage for dramatic representations. At present I am working on two projects. I am preparing a book on the relation of the Quarto to Folio texts in King John, The Taming of the Shrew, and Richard III. I am also compiling an annotated bibliography of Antony and Cleopatra for Garland. I have published articles on Shakespeare in Canadian Drama, Shakespeare-Jahrbuch, Notes and Queries, and Hamlet Studies. =============================================================================== *Baker, Charles The Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 5737 McCommas #215, Dallas, Texas 75206 (214) 823-4770 home (214) 692-2635 office My love of Shakespeare took root in my childhood and continues to grow to this day. I was instrumental in establishing the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas in the early 70's and have acted in many of the productions, the most memorable being Richard III in 1976 with Ron Leibman as Richard and myself in the role of Robert Brackenbury. SMU has recently become the headquarters for the Shakespeare Association of America. Nancy Hodge, the executive secretary of SAA, is here as a visiting professor for the next three years and has brought the organization with her. I look forward to being a part of your noble endeavor. ========================================================================= *Baker, Christopher I have a manifod interest in Shakespeare. I am a soon-to-graduate undergraduate at the University of Washington where I study Eglish and Drama. My eventual goal is to teach, act and direct as a university professor, and Shakespeare fits into all of those categories for me. I've taken Shakespearean Lit classes, I've taken Shakespearean acting classes, I've acted at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and I've even taught Shakespeare to middle school kids. So there is my background. Next year, I will either be teaching through the Teach for America program or getting my master's degree in drama at the University of Michigan. My interest in this network is first, just personal-- that is eaves-dropping and reading what interests me and second professional/artistic-- getting used to reading what's current about Shakespeare so I can figure how to fit it into what I'm doing theatrically and professionally. =============================================================================== *Baker, Laurence R. I teach high school English at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan. For several years I have taught a junior/senior elective course in "Shakespeare" (English 135). For instance, in the '97-'98 school year I will be teaching three semesters of the course. I have a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. ============================================================= *Baker, Sara I'm Sara Spearing Baker, a high school English teacher at Christian Academy of Knoxville, a K-12 private Christian school in Knoxville, TN. I teach three Shakespeare plays regularly--Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. My main interest in Shakespeare is to find ways to teach the plays better, but I have also recently completed an historical novel (aimed at upper elementary boys) in which Hamnet Shakespeare is the main character. To write it I found myself doing much research on Shakespeare's life and times. I've collected one rejection letter on the novel already and would love to discover more places to send it that might be especially receptive to that subject. =============================================================================== *Baker-White, Robert I wish to join the Shaksper list. Here I provide the information referenced in your reply to my initial inquiry. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Drama in the department of Speech and Drama at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. I teach dramatic literature, drama theory, directing and acting, and also participate in the university's multi-disciplinary core curriculum program. My primary research interests have centered on modernist and postmodern readings of modern and contempor- ary drama. I have published articles in Comparative Drama, Essays in Theatre, Text and Performance Quarterly, the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and elsewhere. I am a member of ATHE, and ASTR, and am on the editorial board of Theatre Topics. My degrees are BA in Theatre from Williams College, MFA in Directing from University of Washington (Seattle), and PhD in Drama and the Humanities from Stanford University. I am presently working on a book-length manuscript that investigates metatheatrical representations of rehearsal in modern drama. However, I am looking in the future to begin a project or projects related to Shakespeare studies, possibly in the area of environmental approaches to Shakespeare's imagery and dramatic action. My address is Robert Baker-White, Department of Speech and Drama, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78212. Phone number, 210-736-8585. Fax: 210-736-8512. Email: Rbakerwh@trinity.edu. =============================================================================== *Balak, Belkis I am Belkis Balak from Ankara, Turkiye. I was born in Izmir in 1973. I graduated in American Collegiate Institute. At the moment I am a student of political science in Middle East Technical University. I am interested in drama especially Shakespeare. Therefore I would like to be a member of the Shakespeare list. =============================================================================== *Baldwin, Charles I am a doctoral student in the Department of English at Kent State University. My field is bibliographic and textual studies. My primary area of interest is English Renaissance literature, particulary Elizabethan and Jacobean. I do, however, have tangential interests in the English Romantics, Victorians, and African American literature. I am currently involved in a seminar concerned with Shakespeare's _King Lear_: the reason for my immediate desire to access the resources of SHAKSPER. =============================================================================== *Balmagia, Larry My name is Larry Balmagia. I am a writer and producer for television. My credits include "MASH", "Barney Miller", and "Cheers". I am currently developing a new show for NBC. Some time ago I began researching a longer form project dealing with the authorship controversy. I developed an interest which became a passion. In addition to the plays and sonnets, I have read my way from Rowe to Rowse, caroming off Bacon (Delia, not Francis), and trekked across the vast and verbose Ogburn. In short I am interested. Please subscribe me to your list and in return I promise that if I somehow become imbued with an absolute and air-tight theory that will at last put the authorship question to rest I will have the decency to keep it to myself. =============================================================================== *Bamford, Karen I am an Assistant Professor in the English Dept. at Mount Allison University, in New Brunswick, Canada. My doctoral dissertation examined the use of sexual assault in Jacobean drama. =============================================================================== *Bamford, Karen Karen Bamford: My dissertation (University of Toronto, 1993) examined the representation of sexual assault in Jacobean drama. =============================================================================== *Banerjee, Pompa I would like to subscribe to the SHAKSPER network. My name is Pompa Banerjee, Assistant Professor,Dept. of English, University of Colorado at Denver. I received my Ph.D. in English from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1993. I am currently engaged in a research project that examines the interface between Shakespeare's texts and the travel narratives of early modern Europeans to Asia. =============================================================================== *Bank, David A. b. 6/4/40 New Zealand B.A. (NZ) Advanced Study Scholarship, University of Glasgow, 1960-1962 for Shakespeare research under Peter Alexander and E.A.J.Honigmann Assistant Lecturer in English, Univ. Glasgow, 1963-65 Lecturer in English, Univ. Glasgow, 1965-69 Universitetslektor, University of Uppsala, and Director of Studies, Universitetsgruppen Uppsala, 1969-73 Lecturer, later Senior Lecturer in English, University of Glasgow, 1973 to present Director, Humanities Reference Systems, Univ. of Glasgow, 1979 to present Editor of "British Biographical Index" 4 vols. London 1990. Currently working on an index to the DNB, due this year; and DEBORAH - Database of English Books of the Renaissance, and their Authors and Histories, an online system designed to give detailed access to the subjects and authors of all books listed in the Pollard and Redgrave (Revised) "Short Title Catalogue of English Books [printed between]...1475-1640". ======================================================================== *Banks, Anthony My name's Andrew Banks, I am a first year student at NYU with intentions to major in journalism or philosophy. I don't know a lot about Shakespeare except the plays which I have studied (Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, and a few others) but I am extremely curious. I attend a lot of local Shakespeare plays, especially those put on in parks during the summer. I'd like to be added to the list, I think I could really enjoy some of the discussion. =============================================================================== *Barasch, Frances K. Frances K. Barasch/ Professor of English/ Baruch College, CUNY. Interests in the "Grotesque," medieval art and literature, Shakespeare and Italy/ commedia dell'arte in art and archives. Recent SAA papers and publications have been on the latter subject. I am a member of SAA, ISA, MLA. ============================================================= *Barbour, Kathryn Assistant Professor of English Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY 13035 (315) 655-8283 x171 I received my Ph. D. in 1989 from SUNY Binghamton. My area of special interest is Renaissance and Restoration dramatic manuscripts -- for my dissertation I located and prepared an edition of an unpublished late 17th century comedy. I'm currently working on another play from the same period: an anonymous feminist comedy. Forthcoming publications include an essay on Power and Punishment in _The Tempest_, two book lists in Volume II of Private Libraries in Renaissance England, for which I am a contributing editor, and chapters in _The Quest: An Interviewing Workbook_, which I wrote with a number of colleagues at Cazenovia College. I teach writing, literature and a number of interdisciplinary courses at Cazenovia College, a small traditionally two-year institution in upstate New York which is in the process of adding a Baccalaureate program. ===================================================================== *Barbour, Kathryn I am Kathryn Anne Barbour, Associate Professor of English at Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York. Cazenovia College is a small college about twenty miles south-east of Syracuse, New York. At Cazenovia College I teach a broad range of Arts & Sciences courses, many in the college's interdisciplinary upper-division curriculum. For example, I'm currently teaching a course on Literature and Culture 1600-1750, in which we focus on the depiction of women examine a variety of literary and non-literary texts. When I last taught the course, I focused on images of the ruler in the period. I'm a contributing editor to Libraries in Renaissance England; four short book-lists were included in PLRE II, and a longer one will be appearing in Volume V. I am very interested in working with dramatic manuscripts. My dissertation was a critical edition of an anonymous play written in 1682, and I'm currently working on another manuscript from the same period. I've become very interested in multimedia and electronic texts, but resources for working on projects in this area at my institution are limited (non-existent would be closer to the truth). I'll be participating in a workshop on the uses of technology at the ISA conference in April. I'm a member of MLA, SAA, and ASECS. =============================================================================== *Barker, Donald Donald L. Barker Jr.: Current interests and research include Boris Pasternak's use of Shakespearean metaphors and themes in the Zhivago cycle of poems and in the novel. Also interested in Tolstoi's rejection of the art of Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Barker, Jeff I am a director, actor, and playwright. My chief interest in Shakespeare is as a director of student productions at the college level. I am currently preparing a production of "The Winter's Tale." =============================================================================== *Barker, Roberta I am a third year university student with an interest in Shakespeare, especially in production of his plays. I am particularly interested in discussing Harley Granville-Barker's work on Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Barker, Roberta My name is Roberta Barker and I am currently beginning the second year of a three-year doctoral programme at the Shakespeare Institute (Stratford-upon-Avon) of the University of Birmingham. My doctoral research explores representations of feminine identity in recent British performances of Renaissance tragedy, and looks at plays by Shakespeare, Fletcher, Webster, Heywood and Marlowe both in early modern contexts and in relation to contemporary performance practice. At present I am working on a paper examining metatheatricality in relation to the early modern and postmodern fortunes of Ophelia and her descendent, the Gaoler's Daughter in _TNK_. I am a Canadian citizen in Britain on a Commonwealth scholarship, and hold an MA degree from the English Dept. of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, where my research concerned Webster's malcontents, class and theatricality in early modern England. ============================================================= *Barkley, Lawrence Lawrence Barkley, Associate Professor of English, Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee Valley Campus, Menifee, CA. Mt. San Jacinto College is a community college serving approximately 7,200 students; the two primary campuses are the Mt. San Jacinto Campus and the Menifee Valley Campus. We also have one center located in Lake Elsinore (the city has a single A baseball farm club whose mascot is named Hamlet). I was hired eight years ago-as the Menifee Valley Campus was being built literally-to run the English Department; I was the only full-time English instructor, and so I was expected to teach all levels of English, from basic skills to literature. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that an instructor from the San Jacinto Campus transferred to Menifee, and this academic year, the district hired two full-time instructors specifically for the Menifee Valley Campus. There are now four of us; it is nice having colleagues on one's own campus. I have also been chair of the department for the last eight years, but I have convinced one of the newly hired instructors to take over beginning the new academic year. I am looking forward to the break. I arrived at Mt. San Jacinto College via the University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, the University of California, Riverside, and California State University, San Bernardino. I was an hourly instructor (typically known as freeway flyers in CA) for a little more than a decade before landing at Mt. San Jacinto. I approach my study and my teaching of Shakespeare from the perspective that he was a commercial artist (an extraordinary one no doubt, but a commercial artist nonetheless) who aggressively worked to increase both his social and financial status and that Shakespeare's plays were meant to be seen, not read. My interests in Shakespeare include internet/www access to the bard; I find the number of sites, their design, their content enjoyable viewing and browsing; Chat groups provide an individual with a variety of views and opinions. There is too little time for a careful survey of all the electronic materials available on the bard. But one thing I have not found on the web and would like to see/find is a site that includes all the known documents associated with Shakespeare. I am also on a mission to collect all available films of Shakespeare's works, and I am discussing with my colleagues in drama, dance, and music the possibility of having an annual Shakespeare Film Festival that involves not only the films, but also live production accompanied by renaissance dances and music. My primary interest though is the staging of Shakespeare's plays. What happened on the boards of the theatres? Working with what we currently know about the Renaissance, renaissance theatres, and with the plays' contents, trying to imagine and recreate how a play was performed ties me to Shakespeare more than other aspects of the bard's life and dramas. I am currently working on two papers for alternative staging to traditional approaches for scenes in Macbeth and I Henry IV. ============================================================= *Barnes, Dana My name is Dana Barnes. I work at Gale Research and am the co-editor of the ongoing series Shakespearean Criticism. I am continually looking for important critical pieces on Shakespeare's plays and poems and am also interested in new theories, thoughts, etc. that influence critical views on Shakespeare. I hope that SHAKSPER can help me with both of these. I have worked at Gale for over three years, beginning immediately after graduating from Spring Arbor College in Spring Arbor, Michigan, with a BA in English. I am currently working on my MA in Professional Writing at Eastern Michigan University. I am originally from Seattle and have always loved Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Barnes, Heather Hello, my name is Heather Barnes. I'm currently in grade twelve in Edmonton, Canada. Next year I will be attending the University of Alberta: majoring in psychology (science), and minoring in comparative literature. I have enjoyed reading and studying the works of Shakespeare since age fourteen. Since my main interest is psychology, I tend to focus on the analysis of Shakespeare's most complex characters. My favorite characters are probably Hamlet and Iago. I look forward to diving into the fictional psyches that Shakespeare created with the SHAKSPER list. ============================================================= *Barrett, Damien My name is Damien A. Barrett, and I am a Senior at Northern Michigan University. My major is English and I am studying Shakespeare right now. My interests include Elizabethan literature and, in particular, how to best apply it to the teaching of high school students (my future). I am a member of the Student Michigan Education Association (SMEA) and both the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) and the MCTE (Michigan). =============================================================================== *Barrett, Debbie Debbie L. Barrett-Graves "'He wears cruel garters': Parolles, Kent, and the Imaging of Courtly Service." Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 17.2 (1995): 76-89. "Pericles, Social Redemption, and the Iconography of 'Veritas Temporis Filia.'" Shakespeare Yearbook 2 (1991): 77-94. Libera Vox: Paulina's Licentious Tongue & the Art of Persuasive Speaking (work in progress for the seminar on Shakespeare and Rhetoric, Sixth World Shakespeare Congress, L.A.) The Iconography of Service in the Plays of Shakespeare and Jonson (manuscript currently being prepared for submission) =============================================================================== *Barrett, Marguerite T. Marguerite T. Barrett: My research interests are Shakespeare, English Renaissance Drama, 17th-century poetry and prose and the history and theory of drama. I am currently working on my dissertation, "Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones: Collaboration, Authorship and the Auteur." =============================================================================== *Barrett-Graves, Debbie Having graduated from Instuctor to Assistant Professor, I am eager to share the news, and I have been busy contacting the various associations to which I belong to update my records. Thank YOU for updating my records. I know how busy your are (and constantly wonder where you find the energy to keep up with SHAKSPER). I enjoy the discussions a great deal and certainly appreciate your efforts in maintaining the list. =============================================================================== *Barron, Seth I would like to subscribe to the Shakespeare list. My name is Seth Barron and I am a Ph.D. student in the English Department at Yale writing my dissertation on Shakespeare, Webster, and Middleton. =============================================================================== *Barry, Matthew My name is Matthew C. Barry, and I have a BA in English Lit. I currently work in 'corporate America' for the Hewlett-Packard Co., but am pondering a flight from material comfort to the world of academia. I've long been fascinated with Shakespeare & would love to begin by 'bystanding' and perhaps graduate to the level of sporadic interjection... As a poet & writer I am, of course, interested in S.'s work. ============================================================= *Bartle, Lisa My name is Lisa Bartle. Currently I am a graduate student and the University of California, Los Angeles in the School of Library and Information Science. In short, I am in library school. I earned my Bachelor's degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara which has an excellent program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, then earned a Master's degree from the University of California, Riverside. I took the oral exams in Medieval/Renaissance Drama and English Renaissance poetry and prose. My interest run toward gender issues and new historicism, but are not limited to those areas. I will doubtless become a librarian, where my skills and knowledge will allow me to contribute to a library's collection on materials for the English Renaissance. However, I do not rule out becoming a classroom educator to share my enthusiam for the subject; enthusiasm is the only thing we really CAN teach. =============================================================================== *Bartlett, Allison S. Name: Allison S. Bartlett Institution: Mount Vernon College Department: English Title: Instructor Email: p01250@psilink.com Phone: 703/799-8029 Address: 7825 Mount Woodley Place Alexandria, VA Postal Code: 22306-3161 Country: USA I am a part-time instructor at a tiny women's college in Washington, DC, who is still attempting to secure a tenure-track position. The English department at MVC consists of a Composition specialist, an Americanist, and a Brit. Lit. person (me: PhD, Catholic U.; MA, Georgetown. Specialization: Medieval and Renaissance British Literature). I suspected I could participate in something approximating a larger, more active scholarly community by purchasing a commercial account with a server that could link me to the Internet and through it to lists such as this one (MVC isn't as yet connected). My research interest at this time is hermetic and alchemical imagery, and the manner in which it appears in late-medieval and Renaissance texts, both dramatic and non-. My most recent paper dealt with connections between medieval lapidary lore and the precious gemstones and metals with which Milton builds his heaven. While teaching Shakespeare Survey at MVC, I discovered Shakespeare's use of some of these same images. I therefore thought this particular list would serve me well in my attempts to remain current and in my desire to communicate with others having similar interests. =============================================================================== *Barton, Carol My adolescent love was Shakespeare, and I have studied him ever since (favorite tragedies Hamlet and Lear, favorite comedies Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It). In college, I gave my heart and soul to Milton, but (la donna mobile) continued in parallel as a bardophile, and remain enamored of both equally for different reasons to this day. I teach undergraduate composition, business writing, technical writing, and survey courses at Averett and Strayer Colleges in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and reside in Springfield, Virginia. I moonlight in the sunlight as a procurement analyst writing contracting policy and procedures for the U.S. Army (both of my literary heroes served time as a government bureaucrats!), and am working hard at making the transition to academia full-time, now that an impending divorce leaves me free to relocate at will. I have given a paper on Milton's Sonnet XIX, and have publications on Milton pending acceptance. My interest in joining the Shaksper-L reflects my ongoing devotion to the Shakespearean canon, and I hope to be an able contributor; I am also a member of the Milton and Spenser lists. ============================================================= *Bartos, Larry My name is Larry Bartos and I am currently a teacher at Poland Seminary High School. I teach a senior English course that involves Shakespearean plays including Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew. I would appreciate any information on these subjects. =============================================================================== *Bartos, Larry My name is Larry Bartos, and I am currently employed as an English teacher at Poland Seminary High School. I hold a BS degree in English education from Ohio State University, and a master's in speech education from Kent State University. As a teacher of British literature for seniors, we study Macbeth and the Taming of the Shrew, along with the life and times of Shakespeare. I am looking forward to your articles as I also belonged to your list service last school year. =============================================================================== *Bassi, Shaul I am an Italian graduate student at the Department of English of the University of Venice. I took Shakespeare courses both in Venice and Berkeley with Stephen Greenblatt. I am currently revising a paper tentatively titled "The Anarchy of the Body. Corporal Images in King Lear". My main interest lies in the relationship between Shakespeare studies and literary theory (especially new historicism and feminism). Due to the particular system of Italian academy, it is very difficult for me to keep up to date on current issues: in Italy there is a strong prejudice against theory and very scarce communication among professors and students. I think that the SHAKSPER circuit would be enormously helpful for me to have a sense of what is being done worldwide on the works of W.S. I would like to subscribe in order to receive news, etc. =============================================================================== *Batey, Kristine I'm daunted by this assignment. Who am I? I've been a professional writer and editor for many years, mostly for educational and medical trade publications. I've also published poetry and short stories; I had a poem included in the Pushcart Prize collection a number of years ago. About 16 years ago-it must have been, I was pregnant and the baby's in high school-I published a paper about Antony and Cleopatra in a student publication. The paper dealt with the themes of ripeness and overripeness in the play, and I still rather like the idea, particularly 'round about September. That was my Shakespeare publication. Five days a week I go to an office at Northwestern University and spend the day handling administrative problems, talking students out of quitting school, tracking down paychecks, and mollifying faculty. In return for this, every two weeks they give me money, and I get to take my kids to the doctor when they're sick. I still work as a freelance writer and editor; sometimes I do a little cartooning; I sing and play, hymns and gospel and folk. A few years ago I belonged to a church-based folk/rock/gospel group whose one group ambition was to work the song "Lola" ("I met her in a bar down in old SoHo . . .") into a United Methodist service, mostly because we liked the opening riff. We chickened out, a number of times. I was involved in drama groups in high school and college, and a couple of times as an adult. I've been married for 25 years to a man who loves philosophy and flashlights and who handles toilet repair with the air of Walt Whitman, loudly proclaiming the assembly instructions to the universe. I have two daughters, both in their teens. Both of them are writers who also draw and sing and act. I love words, I love the theater, I love Shakespeare-plays and sonnets and all. ============================================================= *Battaglia, Josie My name is Josie Battaglia. I am a student at York University working on an Honours Degree in English and French. I am currently enrolled in a course on Shakespeare which is taught by Peter Paolucci. I am also in the concurrent programme of the Faculty of Education at York. My present placements are an E.S.L. class and two OAC classes. I am looking forward to receiving e-mail from the Shakespeare conference. I am sure it will help me in my studies, as well as my teaching. =============================================================================== *Battiato, Paul My name is Paul Battiato. I am a graduate student in English in the doctoral program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York. I teach at Lehman College in the Bronx. My area of interest is Shakespeare Studies. ============================================================ *Batycki, D. Francis I teach 16th and 17th-century English and Shakespeare at The University of Calgary and have done so for about 6 years. I say about because I began as a sessional instructor some time ago. While our undergraduate course is primarily an introduction to Shakespeare, my own research focuses on rhetoric and Shakespeare. In the coming year, I will be supervising an honours project on the rhetoric of power in the first tetralogy. Other interests and research projects include 16th-century pedagogy, Spenser, and Renaissance women writers. I am currently working on two edition entries, one for a book on colonialism for which I am examining Mulcaster's "Positions" as a discourse of coloniasm and one for a book on 17th-century grief. I am also working on a modern spelling editon of a novella by Nicholas Breton. My most recent research on Shakespeare is an investigation of the influence of the visual "vanitas" on "Richard III". ============================================================= *Baum, Eric <0006155953@mcimail.com> My reasons for wanting to join are essentially two, and both stem from the fact that I am merely a high school instructor of English and drama director. Primarily, to provide a resource for materials, research and discussion of Shakespearean works that are otherwise unavailable here in rural Pennsylvania. Also, I am trying to demonstrate to my colleagues that an Internet connection and the consequent professional development opportunities are worth the school district's investment. Frankly, I suspect that I will prove to be what is commonly called a "lurker" or eavesdropper, but my motives are pure. =============================================================================== *Baum, Robert I come to you electronic conference as a fledgling scholar with a profound interest in Shakespeare. At this point in my academic career--which just began last month, by the way--I am studying American Literature and literature in general to prepare me for my doctorate. This second phase will be when I undertake formal Shakespearian studies. I do not have any articles to print or re-print as of yet. However, I am also not a Shakespeare novice. I have read all the texts in and out of a formal academic setting and do hold my own critical views which I hope will be challenged. I hold doctoral credits in Renaissance Drama and Masters credits in Chaucer, Shakespeare and American Literature. With this foundation I am sure I will have much to contribute, as well as learn, from international experts. =============================================================================== *Bauman, Jeffrey D. I am by trade a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and by avocation a theatre buff and, more importantly, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Ed Gero, a member of the company, has suggested in the past that I write to you, and I have finally gotten around to doing so. =============================================================================== *Baumeister, Brenda I am a 27 year old student of Professor John Boni of Northeastern Illinois University taking his Honors Shakespeare course. While I am a Management major rather than English, I have always been intrigued with the literary arts, particularly Shakespeare. I am interested in continuing his works after the class and would also appreciate mail on Shakespearian events local to me. My address is 36802 Grandwood Drive, Gurnee, Illinois, 60031. I prefer to keep my telephone number private. =============================================================================== *Bayer, Mark A. I am currently a PhD student in the Department of English at the Ohio State University, working in early modern literature and culture, especially drama. I earned a BA from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1995 and an MA from McGill University in Montreal in 1997. My MA Thesis under the supervision of Michael Bristol examined the theories of sovereignty in Richard II. My dissertation addresses Shakespeare and epistemology. I'm looking at epistemology not only in the plays and relevant historical documents but I'm examining the epistemological biases of received Shakespeare criticism. Shakespeare criticism often claims to be a rational enterprise in comprehension but all too often relies on insight and is underwritten by normative epistemic and political beliefs. ============================================================= *Beane, Kimberly Dawn NAME: Kimberly Dawn Beane OCCUPATION: creeping about in the depths of Purdue University's English Department in the quiet guise of the fabled Gradstaff/Teaching Assistant (also gratefully known as slave labor...it's a beginning...) DEGREES HELD: BA in English (also w/ Teacher Cert. 9-12) from Elon College, North Carolina. Received May 1993. As a beginning MA student, my list of publications is woefully lacking. Other than various literary magazine pieces, the _Alpha Chi Recorder- recently published my "Personality Connections: An Examination of DH Lawrence's _Women In Love_." Memberships include North Carolina Association of Educators and the National Council of Teachers of English. Current interests stem from both a long-standing interest in the Bard and from the joy of taking a current class in S's Comedies. Particularly, I am interested in examining both original productions (staging, acting methods, audience interactions, character interpretation) and other productions including modern renditions by the RSC and others. MAILING ADDRESS: 436 Young Graduate House Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47906 E-ADDRESS: beanekd@expert.cc.purdue.edu =============================================================================== *Beato, Eric W. Hello. My name is Eric W. Beato, commonly called Rick. I teach English and Journalism at Lisle Senior High School in Lisle, IL, a western suburb of Chicago. I am entering my 30th year at the school where I advise the school newspaper staff and coach three varsity sports. My interest in Shakespeare runs deep and finds its creative outlet in teaching English III Honors to Juniors at our high school. During my nine-week-long unit on Shakespeare, we read, attend, and/or watch film on varying titles including Macbeth, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Richard III and Merchant of Venice. Being a Chicago area teacher allows me to promote Shakespeare in many ways thanks in part to the existence of Shakespeare Repertory Theatre in the city. Its outstanding professional work is readily available to my students on field trips. Their Henry V was a powerful success last year as was their Timon of Athens the year before. As writer my interests lean toward creative test and quiz questions and background work to illuminate in-class discussion and lecture. I look forward to joining the international electronic conference. ============================================================= *Beattie, Gordon By way of introduction I am Head of the Theatre Department in the Faculty of Visual and Performimg Arts at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, New South Wales, Australia.Weare known as Theatre Nepean. The department offers:two undergraduate degrees - a specialis actor training BA in Performance and a more general degree a BA in Theatre Theory and Criticism, an add on honours fourth year and an MA by Research in performance. Our interests are very broad. I am fascinated by the potential of electroninc neworking and how it works. Any information or hints you maybe able to send me would be greatly appreciated. =============================================================================== *Beauregard, David N. David N. Beauregard received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1967 and subsequently taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln until 1973. He then pursued theological studies in Rome at the University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), where he received his S.T.B. in theology. Since 1978 he has been Dean of Studies at Our Lady of Grace Seminary (Boston) and from 1993-96 was editor of Ethics & Medics, a publication of the Pope John Center for the Study of Ethics in Healthcare. In addition to several articles on ethics and Shakespeare, he has recently published Virtue's Own Feature: Shakespeare and the Virtue Ethics Tradition (Newark: Del., 1995), a study of the representation of Aristotelian-Thomistic clusters of virtues and vices in the characters of Shakespeare's plays. His present research is concerned with Shakespeare's poetics (particularly mimesis and typology), theology, and representation of the passions. ============================================================= *Beck, Carolyn <104344.2276@CompuServe.COM> I am Carolyn Beck, a graduate student at the University of Oregon, English Department. I have completed my years of graduate teaching as well as my oral examinations. I have been advanced to ABD status (the horse latitudes of the Ph.D. process) and am currently working on my dissertation full time. During my years as a GTF I taught primarily Shakespeare classes, at the introductory level. My advisor is Dr. George Rowe and I have also worked closely with Dr. Robert Grudin and Dr. William Rockett. In March 1996, I moved to Albuquerque, NM so that I could live in an advanced stage of sunshine, something Oregon does not excell in providing. I am using the UNM library system for my research materials which has not been overly satisfying. Luckily, I had completed most of my reading and research before I arrived in New Mexico. The working title and topic of my dissertation is _Fences Around Aggression: Violence and Sacrifice in Shakespeare's Classical Plays_. The plays that provide the topics for three chapters are: _Coriolanus_, _Titus Andronicus_, _Timon of Athens_, all of which are more or less complete. The last chapter will discuss either _Cymbeline_ or I may diverge into a non-dramatic work, _The Rape of Lucrece_. I will be making this decision within the month. Within the categories that you mentioned in your subscription notice, I would most closely fit within the New Historism column. I am particularly interested in the power structures within communities that practice sacrifice. I have also explored how both pagan and Christian religious practices use sacrificial doctrine to explain how man communes with the god(s). In Shakespeare's classical plays, both pagan and Christian doctrines are reflected in the sacrificial motifs. I have also made connections between 16th century English religious practices--which were in a wild state of flux during Shakespeare's years of writing and producing plays--and the pagan and Christian ritual presented in these particular Shakespearean plays. My BFA is in Art History which probably helped spawn another strong interest of mine: imagery and iconography of Renaissance England, Spain, and Italy. My oral examination project discussed how power could be circumscribed within visual displays of pageantry, ritual, and iconography. I analyzed particular imagery in Spenser's _The Faerie Queen_ as it related to the managed image of Queen Elizabeth. Roy Strong's _The Cult of Elizabeth_ offer much inspiration here. After completing my dissertation, I hope to teach at the college level in the Southwest; my appetite for sunshine is insatiable. =============================================================================== *Beck, Verena My reason for wanting to join your organisation is that I discovered the fascination of Shakespeares plays, especially his tragedies. As for this, I chose to write my research paper in school about the evil female roles in Shakespeare's plays and am trying to get as much information as possible. When I heard of your organisation I thought it might be possible to receive some useful information and share my love for Shakespeare with experts in this field. I was born on the 11th May,1980 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany and have been living there for all my life. In 1986 I started school at our local primary school. After four years I changed to the secondary school 'Gymnasium Casimirianum', where I will be taking my final exams, our 'Abitur' next year. My interests are the women in Shakespeare, the Rhetoric (esp. in Richard III ) and the stage problems with the plays in general. ============================================================= *Becker, Arto I am a lawyer, not an academic. BA Columbia 1977. JD Fordham Law 1980. I read Shakespear in my spare time and go to the theatre/movies to see S. No advertisement here, its simple: I lose myself and my "serious" job when reading/watching S and wish to read what others write. Please admit me. =============================================================================== *Beckman, Tonya Hi! My name is Tonya Beckman, and I'm a professional, free-lance actor, currently based in Cleveland Ohio. I hold an MFA in acting from Ohio University, and a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. I've also studied at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC, and Shakespeare and Company, in Lenox MA. I've taken workshops on many facets of Shakespeare, mostly focusing on performance, most notably a workshop on Patrick Tucker's Folio Technique from the Shakespeare Repertory of Chicago. My acting teacher/advisor during my graduate study was Henson Keys, now the head of MFA training at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. I don't get to perform Shakespeare as much as I'd like, NE Ohio unfortunately has little to offer actors interested in classical works, but I have been lucky enough to play Ophelia, Trinculo, Peter Quince, and 2 incarnations of Bianca in SHREW. Other classical credits include the title role in HEDDA GABLER, Lady Teazle in SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, THE MENAECHMI, Cecily in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST,and WAITING FOR GODOT, among others. I'm also very active in other areas of theatre: as a performer of theatre for young audiences, teaching, and more commercial work as well. My interests lie in performance obviously, but I'm also interested in any aspect of my two favorite Shakespeare plays: HAMLET and MACBETH. I'd also appreciate information on teaching Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Bednarz, Andrew I would be extremely interested in joining this group. I am 17 years old and currently in my final year of high school. In both subjects English and English literature we are studying Shakespeare (Richard II and Antony and Cleopatra). My Literature teacher, Mr John Keogh is a member of this group and suggested it to me, as Shakespeare is one of my weaker areas and I believe it would greatly help my education being able to discuss with experts and hobbiests around the world. I also quite enjoy Shakespeare's play, having seen a few perfomances - and been involved in performences (both acting and doing lighting). =============================================================================== *Beedham, Kathy I have recently been appointed the Education Technology adviser for the schools of Arts, Humanities and European Languages and Cultures at the University of Hull. My interest in SHAKSPER therefore is mainly in any discussion of computer applications. =============================================================================== *Beeler, Stan Autobiography: Stan Beeler, Assistant Professor of English at The University of Northern British Columbia. I obtained my PhD at the University of Alberta and published my dissertation _The Invisible College: A Study of the Three Original Rosicrucian Texts_ with AMS press in 1991. I became involved with the Union Catalogue of Emblem Books Project while doing postdoctoral work at McGill University. I am still the programmer for this project and the Index Emblematicus project. A lot of my work is in the area of computer applications for literary studies. (I have worked as a computer programmer on and off for the last eight years.) I have started to develop an http/wais server database of Shakesperian texts (http://andreae.unbc.edu). At the moment, this is only a pilot project which I hope to develop over the next few months. Memberships: ACCUTE Canadian Comparative Literature Association Modern Language Association Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Canadian Association of University Teachers of German. =============================================================================== *Beem, Marceline R. I am currently a student at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, FL. I plan to graduate in August, 1995 and transfer to the University of Florida, where I intend to major in English. My career goal is to teach English at the college level, preferably specializing in Native American Literature. Though I have only studied a few of Shakespeare's plays, I have enjoyed them and am looking forward to my Introduction to Shakespeare class I am taking this spring. Since I am a student, I obviously have not written any papers relating to Shakespeare's works or times, but I am sure I will have the opportunity this coming semester! =============================================================================== *Beenken, Dave I'm a friend of Christine Mack Gordon (U of MN)--actually her daughter is a Shakespeare student of mine at South High School in Minneapolis. I teach Shakespeare and Humanities to wonderfully self directed students. South High is an accelerated liberal arts "magnet" school with, I think, exceptional academic and theater programs. I'd very much like to subscribe to the Shakespeare Electronic Conference. Please inform. =============================================================================== *Beers, Jonathan <911643B@axe.acadiau.ca> My interest in this group is strictly academic as I am looking at going on in theatrical studies in the specific area of charismatic theatre. I do not pretend to be an expert of any sort in this area and part of my reasoning in inquiring about this group is to find it's purpose for being. I would be interested in following the application process that you described under the pretense that there are memebers in this group who are not at the published level of scholarship. Thanks for your time and the information send. As a side not I was very interested on the comment in regards to the Rose and Globe. An ongoing adventure of scholarship at the very least. =============================================================================== *Begnoche, Suzanne R. Suzanne R. Begnoche: I'm currently finishing up my MA in English literature, and haven't published yet. My current interests include Restoration drama and Early Hispanic literature; present research centers on issues of race and gender in Renaissance, Restoration, and Eighteenth Century drama. Most recently, I've been examining the implications of West Indian plantocrats' patronage of eighteenth century dramatists such as Thomas Southerne, whose popular adaptation of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko inspired a number of redactions, including an abolitionist version, The Prince of Angola. =============================================================================== *Behling, Christopher Christopher B. Behling 1411 Columbia Drive NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 Education: New York University School of Law LL.M. (taxation) J.D. University of New Mexico Ph.D. (Educational Linguistics) University of New Mexico I am an attorney (practicing in the areas of tax, estate planning, wills, and guardianships). Two years ago I had the privilege of taking two courses in Shakespeare from Marga Munkelt when she visited at the University of New Mexico. Professor Munkelt normally teaches at the University of Munster in Germany. (Perhaps you are familiar with her scholarship on Shakespeare.) Currently, as a part-time, post-graduate student at the University of New Mexico, I am taking one course: Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories. All of this is to say that I have a strong "hobby" interest in Shakespeare. I would be delighted to share in your list so that I could develop a research area in Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Beiner, Gabriel Gabriel Beiner: Degrees from The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and Manchester University, U.K. (Ph.D.) CURRENT POSITION: Senior Lecturer in English at Tel Aviv University, Israel PUBLICATIONS: In addition to articles on theory of drama and Shakespeare, a book: Shakespeare's Agonistic Comedy, Fairleigh Dickinson U.P., 1993. CURRENT PROJECT: Work on a book on Shakespeare's dramatic forms in which there is a relationship between comedy and tragedy. ============================================================= *Bell, Iona I'm a professor at Williams College, and I regularly teach Shakespeare. This semester I am teaching a new global Shakespeare course, and came across The Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference which I would love to join. =============================================================================== *Bell, Janet E. Janet E. Bell 21642 Hidden Rivers Dr. Southfield, MI 48075 Janet E. Bell is currently working as an undergraduate faculty secretary for the College of Management at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI. She is also a senior at the University planning on completing the requirements for her Bachelor of Science in Humanities degree with a math, science, and engineering minor, in June 1993. After a six year career working in an industrial setting holding positions such as supervisor of an electrical department, installation supervisor, and quality control officer, Ms. Bell returned to college to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a teacher at the University level. She plans to work towards a graduate degree in the Social Sciences upon completion of her Bachelor's degree. Her current interests include the study of world history, particularly ancient Greek, American, and English history, anthropology, and Shakespeares works. She has completed an in-depth study of Shakespeare's comedies and plans on a detailed study of his tragedies and histories in the upcoming academic year. =============================================================================== *Bell, Lindsay <011302B@axe.acadiau.ca> I am a fourth year, Honours English student at Acadia University, as well as a graduate of the University of Ottawa in '91 (BSc in kineisiology). My am currently working on my honours thesis which is entitled "The Dawning of Ophelia: An Examination of Harriet Smithson's Performance in Paris, 1827" - which includes a chapter focussing on the specifics of her performance which were deemed "groundbreaking" for acting as well as the role of Ophelia itself, a chapter on the performances before her (to distinguish what it was that was so different and affected the audience so profoundly), and a chapter focussing on the influence she had upon subsequent performances. I have a theatre background which I wish to utilize, and have applied to graduate programs which offer "Shakespeare in Performance". I am greatly interested in current discussions, and would appreciate access to the "Shakespeare list". =============================================================================== *Bell, Lindsay My name is Lindsay Bell, and I am a graduate student at the University of Alberta, Department of Drama. I am currently the assistant director for the university production of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," and I am adapting a screenplay for the stage for my thesis as a dramaturgical exercise. And what does this have to do with Shakespeare? My first love is Shakespeare, Shakespeare in performance, and all things Shakespearean. My undergrad thesis at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, examined Ophelia's mad scene, from 1660-1827, mainly focusing on Harriet Smithson in her Paris performance in 1827. I hope to continue my studies at the Shakespearean Institute, University of Birmingham. =============================================================================== *Bellin, Steven Gerard Steven Bellin, Graduate student, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. I am a doctoral candidate in poetics in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. I am currently completing a creative dissertation (poems), but my research interests include Shakespeare and Jacobean drama in general. At present I am interested in, and writing essays on, gender and sexual identity construction in Renaissance drama, viewed through the critical framework of psychoanalysis. I'm particularly interested in the current opposition between new historicist and psychoanalytic perspectives, and the possibilities of finding common ground between the two. I'm primarily working within the tragic mode--Shakespeare, Webster, and Middleton for the most part. I belong to the MLA and its sub-divisions pertaining to Renaissance studies, psychoanalytic approaches to literature, and gay and lesbian studies. I've published about 25 poems in various magazines around the country. I have a BA from the University of Maryland, an MFA from the University of Virginia, and will receive my PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of this year. =============================================================================== *Bender, Pamela J. My name is Pamela Bender and I received my MA in English from American University (DC) last year. During my time at American, I focused primarily on English literature of the 18th Century (mainly the novel and the more interesting poets -- Pope, Swift, et. al.) and on Shakesearean studies. My work on Shakespeare included a seminar at the Folger Shakespeare Library (where I remain a reader) on the romances, taught by Dr. Constance Jordan of Claremont graduate school, a master's thesis on *Macbeth*, and various coursework. My thesis, like most of my scholarly work, was a sort of New Historicist/ Cultural Materialist consideration (firmly grounded in New Criticism, which I can never seem to shake, not that I particularly want to) of the way Jacobean politics, particularly the impending union of Scotland and England, is reflected with the Scottish play. I argue, based on part in comparisons with James's speeches and writings and accountings of the Gowrie, Gunpowder and other plots that while the play does not take a stand on the issue of the union, it does reflect the various considerations and complications of such a step, all the while realizing that, within the understanding of the king's two bodies (body royal and body corporeal) that the two countries are already two parts of the same body. Currently, I am employed as Program Coordinator for several grant-funded projects at the American Association for Higher Education in Washington, DC. These projects are the Forum on Faculty Roles & Rewards, the New Pathways Project, and the Teaching Initiative. Though I'm no longer directly involved in literary studies, I am still very much concerned with higher education issues and want very badly to be part of a continuing literary conversation, both to keep those parts of my brain well-oiled and to keep up with current issues in the field, in case I should ever decide to take the plunge and pursue a doctorate. =============================================================================== *Bender, Robert I wrote my dissertation on Shakespeare (PhD, Michigan 1963), have been teaching Shakespeare, mostly in large lectures, here at the University of Missouri - Columbia, since 1968. In 1971, I made a presentation at the World Shakespeare Conference in Vancouver. In 1979-80, I directed "A Mid-America Shakespearean Chautauqua" (supported by a NEH grant), a project designed to support the traveling Folger Library exhibit, "Shakespeare, the Globe and the World." As part of the Chautauqua I produced and directed a number of documentaries for PBS in Missouri. With appointments in English and Women Studies, I currently am serving as Director of the Office of Special Degree Programs where I am responsible for a number of interdisciplinary and non-traditional degree programs, as well as for stimulating new interdisciplinary initiatives. For the past four years, I've worked as a kind of agent provocateur for computer-mediated writing. I have taught a variety of "paperless" courses in Shakespeare, Modern Drama, and the first half of British, Survey most of which are available as archives on the WWW. My project for fall 1997 is a course in Shakespeare for about 120 students, in which the students will meet in an auditorium equipped for media use, but will be required to participate in a class discussion list, engage in on-line peer review, and submit final drafts of their work on-line. Over the last several years, I've done consulting for the use of computers in teaching and have made a great many conference presentations in variety professional organization, including the Computers and Writing Conference, the Association for Integrative Studies, the International Studies Association, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Internet World, and the Association of Computing Machinery. At the AACE ED-MEDIA96 conference, I presented "From Straightjackets and Blinders to Infinite Space: Using the Internet to Transform Writing in the Classroom." Recent publications include: "Creating Communities on the Internet: Electronic Discussion Lists in the Classroom," in _Computers in Libraries_, (15, 5: May, 1995), 38-43., and "Partnerships in Instructional Technology: Writing Classrooms at Iowa State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia," (with Michael D. Bowman and Glenda Moum) in _Proceedings of ACM/SIGUCCS User Services Conference XXIII_. ACM, New York, 1995, 11-13. My research interests, for which there's not a lot of time these day, focus on Feminist and Gender Theory primarily in regard to Shakespeare and Modern Drama and have to do with the Internet. ============================================================= *Benedict, Kathryn Hi, my name is Kathryn Benedict. I am currently in my last year as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My current work, my honors thesis, is an investigation of the motif of the poisonous kiss in Renaissance tragedy. In this study, I am analyzing six representative texts, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra, Middleton's Women Beware Women, Massinger's Duke Of Milan, The Revenger's Tragedy, and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, and am investigating supporting cultural evidence from courtesy handbooks, medical tracts, and the antitheatrical tracts which discuss the moral implications for a Renaissance audience of kisses performed by entirely male theatre companies. My thesis is that the poisonous stage kisses became emblematic of a deadly exchange of corruption and sin as the kissing characters' souls were thought to transgress the boundaries of their body to mingle at the site of their lips. In my continuing research beyond this project, I would like to continue to work with the body and its sites of exchange. I would also be interested in investigating the way the unique environment of the cross-dressed stage is symbolically manifest in the texts. In a slightly different vein, I would also like to pursue a textual link between Romeo and Juliet and Dr. Faustus that has become clear from my current research and suggests a deliberate allusion. This could have significant thematic implications for a reading of Romeo's agency in his and Juliet's tragedy. I am also interested in speech and stopped speech. When the power to speak is suddenly denied a character either by natural or supernatural means, it represents an important turning point in a character agency and self-empowerment. I plan to pursue a doctorate degree in English while in graduate school and then to become a university professor in this same field. =============================================================================== *Benjamin, Nell My name is Nell Benjamin. In 1993, I graduated with a BA in English Literature from Harvard University. My senior thesis was on the education of women as it was represented in English Renaissance Drama. In 1995, I received my M. Phil from Trinity College, Dublin in English Literature and Women's Studies, where my dissertation was on seduction scenes and speech act theory in Renaissance and Restoration Drama. I pursued my doctoral studies part time at NYU in their English department for two semesters, but then I left my job in New York, and moved to Los Angeles so I have taken time off (the commute being, I think, a little unreasonable). I am currently working for International Creative Management (a talent agency) in Los Angeles in their newly-established New Technologies department. Thus, I am no longer "officially" studying Shakespeare, but he remains an interest and passion of mine. My other interests include Jacobean drama, sordid revenge tragedies, Aphra Behn, feminist theory, feminist practice, fencing, ballroom dance, linguistics, computer games, wine, cigars and living beyond my means. =============================================================================== *Benkert-Rasmussen, Lysbeth I have come to the study of Shakespeare and the early modern period by a rather circuitous route, having begun my college career as a Biology major at Chatham College in Pittsburgh. I almost made it all the way through school that way, until the second semester of my junior year when I decided to re-tailor my degree so that I graduated with an interdisciplinary degree in English and Biology From Chatham, I moved to Washington State University where I stayed for both my Master's and Doctoral degrees, making my living (as most graduate students in English seem to) by teaching composition classes. There I worked with Louise Schleiner on my dissertation, which studies the possible effects of writers' educational backgrounds on their rhetorical and semiotic strategies. The authors I worked with included Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Amelia Lanyer, Samuel Daniel, and Ann Dowriche. Once I had finished my degrees at WSU (and after being brutalized by the job market for a year)I found a job teaching in South Dakota at Northern State University. Here, I have been given as warm a welcome possible considering the weather. As the sole early modernist in the department, I get to teach at least one section of Shakespeare a year, a Renaissance survey course every other year, Milton whenever we can get enough students to take it, and the odd variable topics course (currently, plans for a Women's Literature course, and a class in Writing about Literature are in the works)--all of this in addition to the three sections of composition I teach every semester. In my research outside of the classroom, I have become interested in language, semiotic, and rhetorical studies as they are linked to cultural studies. Related to this, I have presented papers looking at _Venus and Adonis_, as well as Amelia Lanyer and Ann Dowriche. I have also done some work in gender studies that remains in the research stage. =============================================================================== *Bennett, Alexandra G. NAME: Alexandra G. Bennett TITLE: Ms. or Miss DEPARTMENT: Dept. of English and American Literature INSTITUTION: Brandeis University BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: I'm currently a graduate (Ph.D.) student specializing in Renaissance Drama in the Dept. of English at Brandeis. I received my B.A. (Hons.) from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in 1991, having spent my third year abroad on exchange at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and my M.A. from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario in 1992. I'm a member of the MLA, the Northeastern MLA, and the Centre for Literary and Cultural Studies (CLCS) at Harvard. I have yet to submit anything for publication, although I have given a paper at the University of Waterloo as part of a graduate lecture exchange (February 1992). My research interests are wide-ranging: I'm particularly interested in feminist, historicist, and performance-oriented approaches to the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, but am also intrigued by other modes of analysis. My most recent completed research project has been to look at the prologues and epilogues to all 50 or so of Middleton's works, in order to compare his expressed conception of his role as an author with those expressed by Shakespeare, Jonson, and others. I've also recently submitted a proposal on the interrelated themes of eloquence, loquacity, and silence for women in English Renaissance drama for a major fellowship. I can be reached c/o the Department of English and American Literature, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110, or by email at [bennett@binah.cc. brandeis.edu]. =============================================================================== *Bennett, Alexandra G. Completed an Honours BA in English and History at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, in 1991, an MA in English Literature at the University of Western Ontario in 1992, and a PhD in English Literature at Brandeis University in 1997. I've also studied at the u University of Glasgow (1989-1990) and at Oxford (1996-97). I specialize in Renaissance and seventeenth-century literature, particularly drama, and wrote my dissertation on the female dramatists in England from 1590-1660. I'm teaching two undergraduate Shakespeare courses this year, a graduate course in the writing of Renaissance women, and an undergraduate course in the spring on seventeenth-century poetry. I've been a long-standing subscriber to SHAKSPER as a graduate student, and hope to continue learning from this list (and occasionally putting in my two cents' worth) now that I'm on the other side of the lectern. ============================================================= *Bennett, Susan Name: Susan Bennett Title: Associate Professor Dept: English Institution: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publications etc.: Author of _Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception_ (Routledge 1990) and numerous articles on British, American and Canadian drama and on performance theory. Currently completing for Routledge a study of contemporary performance of the past, a consideration of some problems in theory and practice of contemporary performance examined through the device of "Shakespeare" (the plays as well as the cultural apparatus). =============================================================================== *Berens, Bradley James J. Berg: I'm a Ph. D. candidate in the English Department of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus. My dissertation, completion date June 1996, concerns E. M. Forster, but my interests are many and varied. I've been reading Shakespeare since I was 14 years old, and I've studies the plays and poems extensively. I've taught two courses in Shakespeare, an unusual accomplishment for a graduate student on this campus who is not "defined" as a Renaissance scholar. I intend to continue studying and teaching Shakespeare and the Renaissance when I move on to a faculty position. =============================================================================== *Berger, Benjamin I am a second year honors student at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ============================================================= *Berger, Lori I am a student at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. My name is Lori Berger and my address is . I am an Elementary Education major with a minor in English. I am currently enrolled in a Shakespeare class and I have quickly learned to love this man's Works! My interests would includ ways to teach students to enjoy shakespeare as a writer for my future as an Educator. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. =============================================================================== *Berger, Thomas I am interested in matters textual and bibliographical. If I were of sound mind I would be working on a New Variorum HENRY V and a New Cambridge TROILUS AND CRESSIDA and a Malone facsimile of Q1 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and nattering on about what a fine fellow I am. =============================================================================== *Bergeron, Deb My name is Deb Bergeron and have been studying Shakespeare for 4 years at St. Cloud State University, while taking other graduate courses. As a high school student and undergraduate I never understood the importance of Shakespeare until I was re-reading Jarry's King Ubu, and some critical analysis referenced MACBETH. This triggered my memory, recalling Faulkner's quote from THE SOUND AND FURY, also from MACBETH. I concluded there might be something to this Shakespeare stuff and I made an appointment with the Shakespeare instructor to discuss whether or not, as a mature adult (yes, over 40), I too could understand Shakespeare-which resulted in a humorous encouraging response from the prof. Currently I'm working on a paper about the ghost in Hamlet. (The second one on the same topic.) Since I have an undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy, I've incorporated some of the philosophical and religious beliefs common in the Renaissance: Bacon, Plato, Augustine, and ST. Thomas. I'd like to know what other people think of the ghost and the play, as well as about the other plays. I like all of Shakespeare's work and love to play the devil's advocate in discussions. I think I would enjoy debating with knowledgable folks like yourselves. I work full time for a large telecommunications company; take classes in literature, art, and computers in the evenings. I enjoy Renaissance Literature, including Milton and Marlowe. Other areas of study include: Expressionism (lit and art), Contemporary Am Lit, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, the Internet, Science, Remodeling, and Art-not necessarily in that order. I will be moving soon to Minneapolis and will continue my education, while working for the telecommunications company. I ultimately would like to help develop Internet products and services, and develop my writing skills by writing reviews and publishing papers. ============================================================= *Bergquist, Lauren Hello! My name is Lauren Bergquist. This past May I graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in English Literature. I wrote my senior honors thesis on Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale ("The Body as Text/The Text as Body"). My interest in Shakespeare began in earnest about 2 1/2 years ago when I took an honors seminar on Shakespeare's early plays. Consequently, I studied abroad for six months in 1996 at Warwick University (UK) in order to be close to Stratford-Upon-Avon. I frequently attended performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company and explored the historic sites of Stratford. I have been accepted to do my MA in Shakespeare Studies at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon; this is a graduate program offered by the University of Birmingham (UK). I will begin my course of study September 28, 1998--needless to say, I am very, very excited! Currently, I live in Somerville, MA, and work at Houghton Mifflin Company, a publishing company located in Boston's Back Bay. I am a marketing assistant in the trade and reference division, the same division that publishes The Riverside Shakespeare. I grew up in a small community north of Boston called Manchester-by-the-Sea, and my interests are Shakespeare (obviously!), theatre, film, literature, running, enjoying the outdoors, and hanging out with good friends. I am considering organizing a Shakespeare reading and discussion group. I am desperately seeking an open and inviting forum to discuss Shakespeare-his plays and poems, his influence, the authorship mystery, new developments of theories, etc. A particular area of interest of mine is his plays in performance on both stage and film. Eventually, I would like to be editing his texts for performance. Furthermore, I would like to have the opportunity to read other people's critical essays and theories. ============================================================= *Beri, Preeti I was told about the Shaksper list by my professor, Dr. Jacobus at the University of Connecticut. I am currently a junior at Uconn studying English with the intention of pursuing a career in education after I receive my degree. At present I am taking a Shakespeare course and was interested in using your distribution to supplement my course work. =============================================================================== *Berkowitz, Stephen steven berkowitz fu jen university taiwan (English dept) associate professor; director of the graduate program in english phd 1986 harvard univ ba 1970 columbia ba 1972 oxford ma 1974 columbia delivered paper in michael steppatt seminar 1991 Tokyo shakespeare conference recent publications and research interests esp. in neo-Latin drama; 1992 George Buchanan's Baptistes (NY: Garland) 1990 Thomas Vincent's Paria (Hildesheim: Olms) =========================================================================== *Berland, Kevin Associate Professor Department of English & Comparative Literature Penn State University 412 981-6852 (home) 412 983-5860 (office) 809 Linden Street, Sharon, Pennsylvania, 16146, U.S.A. *PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Comparative Literature Association, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Association of Canadian University Teachers of English, Society for Emblem Studies *BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Carleton University (BA, MA), McMaster (PhD) 1983. Dissertation: _Indirect Ethic Discourse in the Novel: Fielding, Dialogue, and Dialectic_. Have taught undergraduate Shakespeare courses, and maintain an interest in the effect of stage presentation on the "problem" plays. "Owner" of C18-L, the 18th Century Interdisciplinary discussion list (C18-L@PSUVM), and Editor of Penn State English Dept. List. (October 15, 1990) ======================================================================== *Berlinguette, Matthew I am an English professor at a community college. My area of specialty is W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, but I have a love for all literature. I am designing a course (which I will teach in the fall) covering five of Shakespeare's plays. I hope to learn a lot from your list, and believe I can contribute in areas as well. ============================================================= *Bernstein, Melissa Melissa Bernstein Junior English Literature major Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Originally from Brooklyn, new York, I now call Miami home. I am currently studying medieval literature, ans I have yet to decide on my concentration. Currently I am studying Anglo-Saxon literature, and have just completed an intensive semester of Chaucerian study. I plan to begin my honors thesis this semester, and as soon as I discover something extraordinary, I plan to make it accessible to all wh wish to see it. I am nineteen years old, and I am also an avid hockey fan and music connoisseur. I love everything from classical and gregorian chants to Rush and R.E.M. I also enjoy writing and reading everything I can get my hands on--especially Anne Rice and Robert Fulghum (of the modern writers). =============================================================================== *Berridge, John John Berridge: My research interests center on Elizabethan idiom that is largely unintelligible to modern ears. I am currently at work on an edition of "Othello" which more fully explores and explains Shakespeare's language than is now available. =============================================================================== *Berrigan, Karen Elizabeth I am a fourth year English student at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. As part of our Honours year Shakespeare course, it was suggested by our professor that we should subscribe to SHAKSPER. We have a lot of interest in Shakespeare in Halifax. We have an outdoor theatre company that performs Shakespeare in the park. This year I saw Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. I think it would be interesting to read what other people have to say about Shakespearean topics. ============================================================= *Berry, Edward My name is Edward Berry, and I am a Professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I am a member of the Shakespeare Association of America and have been a trustee. My publications include Patterns of Decay: Shakespeare's Early Histories (Univ. Press of Virginia, 1975), Shakespeare's Comic Rites (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1984), and numerous book chapters and articles on Bacon, Sidney, and Shakespeare. I am also co-editor, with Linda Woodbridge, of True Rites and Maimed Rites: Ritual and Anti-Ritual in Shakespeare and His Age (Univ. of Illinois Press, 1992). My current interest is in hunting in Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Berson, Thomas A. President Anagram Laboratories Palo Alto, CA Degree: Ph.D. (Computer Science) University of London, 1977. Address: 764 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Telephone: +1(415)324-0100 My day job is consulting cryptologist. In this capacity I design and analyze algorithms and systems for secure communication and secure computing. I am Past President of the International Association for Cryptologic Research and an Editor of the Journal of Cryptology. You would think that this work was deeply mathematical, and it can be. But it also involves solving people problems on the borderline between technology and policy. Constant exposure to codes and ciphers predisposes me to noticing subtexts everywhere. In my professional capacity I am aware that there are studies which claim to find hidden messages in the Shakespearean canon by "cryptanalysis" of the texts. I am qualified to evaluate these studies, but the work doesn't much interest me. My prejudice is that most of these studies are bogus. When the sun goes down I write fiction. My short stories have been published locally. Some have even won prizes. I'm working on a novel, an espionage thriller, but I don't like the hero very much and may have to throw him away. After that, I plan to write some one-acts. Dramatic theater is one of my passions. I tend to binge on it during three or four separate weeks each year by going to a center such as London, England or Ashland, Oregon or Stratford, Ontario, and seeing eight shows in four days. I love best a theater of language and of emotion. I am a Patron of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I am a Charter Member of the Theater Communications Group. I study improvisation in San Francisco. I read my email every day when I am in town. =============================================================================== *Betancourt, Amaury Though my professional activities are in banking and finance, I have since high school been very interested in literature, particularly Shakespeare. I spent most of this year putting together a little piece I have placed, as it first came out, on the Web at mh102.infi.net/~beta2659 which still needs a lot of work. I have taught survey courses in ancient and medieval history, apart from finance, in two of our local community colleges and Florida International University. I received my B.A. in 1967 from Biscayne College (now Saint Thomas U.) and M.A. in 1969 from Villanova and have applied to F.I.U. to complete my doctoral work. I first read Shakespeare in my senior year in high school, graduating from Coral Gables high in 1962. Spanish being my native language, my studies had been mostly in its literature, with Cervantes featuring prominently, but I also read Greek and Latin, the roots of our culture. Later on, in college, I went on to study French for two years and delved into its fine and varied repertoire, with Montaigne at the head. At this juncture I am particularly interested in the Shakespearean plots, the tragedies and comedies no less than the histories. I have also been drawn to the authorship question, but the works stand, regardless of whom finally gets the credit for them. =============================================================================== *Bettencourt, Kara My name is Kara Bettencourt and I hail from California. I received a B.A. in English and History from Westmont College in 1983 and a M.A. in History from UCSB in 1985. I currently teach Advanced Placement English and British Literature at a private high school in Ventura, CA. =============================================================================== *Bhattaharjea, Roma I am a doctoral student at Oxford University working on women in the plays of Shakespeare, Webster and Middleton- I would be very keen to receive information about all you offer to scholars. =============================================================================== *Bianco, Jamie My name is Jamie Skye Bianco, and I am a graduate student at CUNY, Queens College specializing in 18th century fiction. I also worked for ten years in the professional theatre at Circle In The Square (Bway-now sadly, no more), in regional theatre, and off- and off-off-Bway. ============================================================= *Bibb, Matthew My name is Matt Bibb, and I am an actor and director in Los Angeles. For several years now I have been affiliated with the UCLA Shakespeare Reading and Performance Group. I have a B.A. in English from UCLA, and my particular areas of study are Shakespeare in performance (including the rather interesting problems of updating and modernization) and the theatrical concerns raised by Elizabethan/Jacobean theater in large. ============================================================= *Bickford, Paul Brief autobiography of Paul Bickford: User Services Asst. Biostatistics & Epidemiolgy Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Biographical sketch: no papers published. Current interests: Non-linear dynamics: its possible applications as a musical generator. Animation: The history and social effects of. Juggling: The ever elusive 5-ball juggling technique. Poetry: Science and poetry -- need they be enemies? Shakespeare: I enjoy it, and read it. Comprehend it? Some of the time... Degree Held: B.A. English, University of New Hampshire, 1992. ============================================================================== *Bickford, Paul K. University of New Hampshire (UNH) Philbrook P.O.Box 3103, Durham, NH, 03824 I am a full-time student at the University of New Hampshire [English major, with a minor in Philosophy and art history] I intend to be graduated in May of 1992. I currently am employed as the Assistant Senior Editor and Layout Manager for Laughter Publications, Inc. (publishers of _StoryboarD, The Art of Animation_, and _ThemePark_). My current interests include: animation, free-lance writing (short stories, essays, and poetry on basically any topic), and painting (I have a well developed portfolio of neo-conceptual abstractions on paper and canvas, and have been in a number of juried shows), and (of course) the works of Shakespeare (the reason I am boring you with the dossier on myself), and live theater in general. ========================================================================= *Bihr, Jeffery Please allow me to join this group. I am an actor, director, composer and teacher of the theater who has performed in and produced a lot of Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Billings", Timothy I am graduate student interested in subscribing to the Shaksper list. =============================================================================== *Billingsley, Dale B. Associate Professor of English 315 Bingham Humanities Building University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 USA (502) 588-6801 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Renaissance Society of America, Amici Thomae Mori BIOGRAPHY: Dale B. Billingsley (BA Texas Christian 1972, PhD Yale 1977) came to the University of Louisville in 1978, where he has served on the English faculty, as director of freshman interdisciplinary studies, and as director of the university honors program. His dissertation, "Pageants and the Vision of Order in Spenser's Poetry," examined the pageant tradition as a model for the ecphrases in FQ and the minor poems. He has published articles on Thomas More and his circle in MOREANA and SEL, on Plato in GEORGIA REVIEW and COLLEGE LITERATURE, and on Mandeville, Shakespeare, and Twain in various journals. His current project is a study of the literary and rhetorical context of five early scientific works: Euclid's ELEMENTS, Copernicus' DE REVOLUTIONIBUS with Rheticus' NARRATIO PRIMA, Galileo's DIALOGO and Newton's PRINCIPIA. In addition to the teaching in these areas of research, he also teaches an introduction to classical literature for honors freshmen, university honors seminars on "science in literature" and a senior honors English seminar on style. ======================================================================== *Bjorklund, Ann My name is Ann L.Bjorklund. I teach high school English, grades 10-12,at West Jordan High School, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. The plays I teach or might teach are Othello, Much Ado about Nothing,The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, King Lear. I have BA's in English and History, and an MEd, all from the University of Utah. I have nothing scholarly to contribute. I merely wish to lurk and learn. =============================================================================== *Black, Robin I am in the final stages of thesis preparation for my M.A. in English, with a specialization in (of course) Shakespeare. My particular area of interest is Shakespeare and film, and my thesis is a study of Branagh's Henry V. I am a student at the University of West Florida, and plan to go on to another university to begin work on my PhD in English Lit/Shakespeare after completing my studies there. I currently live in Washington, D.C., a mere three blocks from the Folger Shakespeare Library and expect to spend countless hours there continuing my research. Other areas of interest in literature include Sam Shepard's plays and the Greek plays, and I have presented papers on both those topics as well as one on Toni Morrison's Beloved. ============================================================= *Blackman, Allan I am a retired academic who, in his declining years, has decided to delve into the classics in the spirit of Harold Bloom's _The Western Canon_. Following Bloom's argument that Shakespeare is the center of the canon, I have decided to begin there. My highest degree is an Ed.D. from Columbia University's Teachers College in educational technology and media/computing in education. Virtually all my publications are in those fields. ============================================================= *Blades, Lawrence Lawrence R. Blades: I have a BA in English (Delta State Univ., MS) and am a pastor of a Church as well as Vice President of The Center For Biblical Literacy (http://www.cbl.org). =============================================================================== *Blaine, Marlin E. I grew up in Eastern Kentucky, where I learned to love basketball, hillbilly music and great literature. After graduating from Russell High School, I attended Transylvania University in Lexington, where an excellent teacher named Tay Fizdale introduced me to the variety, complexity and wonders of Renaissance literature. Leaving Transy with my BA in 1987, I took a hiatus from my studies before heading west to UCLA in 1988. At UCLA I specialized in seventeenth-century poetry under the tutelage of Jonathan F.S. Post and wrote a dissertation analyzing representations of military heroes in works by Drayton, Carew, Davenant, Marvell, and others.Upon receipt of my PhD, I became a lecturer at UCLA, where I taught Shakespeare, Milton, and seventeenth-century literature. Now at University of North Texas, I teach bibliography and a variety of other courses. My current research involves refining my dissertation for publication. An article on Drayton's "Ballad of Agincourt," adapted from my dissertatiion, will appear in the next issue of Renaissance Papers. This article exemplifies my research interests and methods by implicating Drayton's poem in nationalist, cultural, and political debates of the early seventeenth century, from the nature of the ballad form to the investigation of the Gunpowder Plot, which occured only a year before Drayton published the poem. As I continue to research the relationship between the aesthetics of representing warrior-heroes and the development of English national consciousness, I will examine Shakespeare's Henry V in a similar historicist manner. In addition to the study of warrior-heroes, I am researching the motif of the poetry as monument in the Renaissance. I am particularly interested in the ontological ambiguity of this motif--sometimes the monument seems to be the text as experienced by the reader, sometimes the physical artifact of the book, sometimes both. Finally, I am becomimg increasingly interested in bibliographical studies, in part because I find myself assigned a class in the subject, but also because a discussion of the book-as-artifact requires a firm grounding in the history of the book. =============================================================================== *Blake, Ann After graduating from Oxford and completing a B.Litt. on 'duping' in Tudor and Stuart comedy, I cme to Melbourne and have taught here at Melbourne University and at La Trobe. Comedy has remained a major research interest and I have published articles on Currently I am developing a socio-historical approach to women in the plays, paricularly lower-class women. =============================================================================== *Blakley, Jim My name is Jim Blakley and I am Coordinator of Counselling and Employment Services at Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario, Canada. I have a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology (Arizona State University 1975). So far, you are wondering, where is the Shakespeare background. There is none to speak of. Last year I was on sabbatical and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Warwick, Coventry, England. We lived in Leamington Spa - a very pleasant 15 minute drive from Stratford-Upon-Avon. We had the pleasure of attending 7 performances in the Swan and Royal Shakespeare Theatres and I began to be bitten by the bug. So, no papers (on Shakepeare, lots of others actually on boring stuff like counselling and college student success), no real background - a real hick. What do you think? Thanks in advance for your consideration of my application. =============================================================================== *Blanchard, Laura Laura Blanchard is executive director of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (http://pobox.upenn.edu/~lblancha/pacscl_home.html), a consultant to the development office of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania (http://www.library.upenn.edu/friends/), and vice chair and web site developer for the American Branch of the Richard III Society (an all volunteer society with a largely "general reader" membership). In this latter capacity, she has a strong interest in several aspects of Shakespeare's history plays -- in particular, their historicity and their performance history. The Richard III Society hopes to build a section on Shakespeare's Richard III into its Web site in the near future -- the current site can be viewed at http://www.webcom.com/~blanchrd/gateway.html. =============================================================================== *Blanchard, Laura V. Laura V. Blanchard 303 Vine Street, Suite 106 Philadelphia, PA 19106-1143 215/574-1570 voice 215/574-1571 fax email: lblanchard@aol.com Independent scholar. Vice chairman/acting chairman of American Branch of Richard III Society and administrator of its graduate scholarship program, the William B. Schallek Memorial Graduate Fellowship Award. Research interest: persuasive communications in late fifteenth-century England. Because of Richard III Society affiliation, also interested in later historical, literary, dramatic interpretations of the Wars of the Roses. An advertising copywriter by profession (undergraduate studies at Temple University, Rider College, Kutztown University and other venues). Relevent presentations include: "Cultivating the Roses: The Scholarly Contributions of the Richard III Society" (International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1993); "Hump: What Hump? Rehabilitating Richard III in America" (Popular Culture Association mid-Atlantic meeting, Philadelphia, November 1993); "Yorkist Uses of Ricardian Imagery: A Propaganda Genealogy of Edward IV" (International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1994). Member, Medieval Academy of America. Secretary, Delaware Valley Medieval Association. =============================================================================== *Blanchard, Marc I am a professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis, with previous positions at Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and the Ruhr Universitaet in Bochum. My interests are essentially in the Renaissance. One of my books: Trois portraits de Montaigne was published in Paris in 1990, and I have quite a few students in good positions in the field nationwide (Pomona, Chicago, etc.). I am interested in ethics in Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Blanding-Koskinen, JoAnna I just received information on subscribing to your discussion group. I'm not sure what you would like to know about me, so I'll just ramble on a bit and see where this goes. I am a Senior soon to be transferring to Sonoma State University from Cal State Fullerton. I am forty years old, and my focus for the Masters will be Shakespeare (hopefully). I am founder and director of "The Shakespearean Guild" of California State University, which now has ten chapters to date, and a newsletter that is published four times a year. We also have a spring journal. My greatest moment was just three weeks ago at the Sixth World Shakespeare Congress in LA, where the SAA asked me (months before) to be one of the volunteer coordinators of the event, and our guild was acknowledged as a "core" group in keeping things organized throughout the week. There were more CSU students volunteering during the week than students from any other college/university, and that was during our "MIDTERMS!" We have been asked to participate in next years SAA meeting in Washington D.C. as well (yay). My interest in Shakespeare still wavers a bit, I must confess. One moment, I am interested in the religious aspects; the next, social structure. Everything seems to stand alone, or tie in depending on what's going on in my life. For right now, my focus is on Shakespeare's use of social mores, in particular, when dealing with relationships. As of late, I have been reading Rene Girard's theory on "sacrificial rites," and Allan Bloom's "Love and Friendship" holds a special place in my heart when reading gets too mired down in overanalyzation. I also had the pleasure of spending time with and interviewing David Bevington, Ph.D at the University of Chicago, who is a wonderful man and quite fun to talk with whether the discussion is Shakespeare or Sesame Street (We discussed both). =============================================================================== *Blankenship, Laura My name is Laura Blankenship and I am an MA/PhD (in English) student at the University of Arkansas. I will be finishing my MA in the spring and beginning work on my PhD immediately afterwards. I am currently working on my MA thesis which compares Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Jonson's The Alchemist and Shakespeare's The Tempest. I am looking specifically at the use of magic, politics and religion in these plays and how the protagonists negotiate these and present a particular image of power. I would say my primary critical approach is New Historicist, although I do not adhere strictly to this approach. I am interested in all aspects of Renaissance literature, focusing mainly on the works of Jonson and Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Blaser, Paul Paul Blaser MA candidate Dept. of English State University of New York College @ Oneonta I'm thinking about what to do for my thesis. One question that's bugged me for a while may serve as a jumping-off point. Why do the three roman plays take place at the two major transitional points in Roman history? Coriolanus occurs at the transition between the monarchy and the republic, and J.C. & Antony are set at the transition from republic to the empire period. Less specifically, I love to read Shakespeare; I love to talk about Shakespeare; I love to listen to people talk about Shakespeare. Also, I have a friend who is working on his dissertation on tragedy. He is using Shakespeare's mature tragedies as his primary examples. He is vaguely technophobic and I would like to use this list to lure him into an awareness of the benefits of computers in the humanities. =============================================================================== *Bleau, Neil My name is Neil Bleau. I am attending the Medicine Hat College, Studying linguistics, my major however is music composition. I have just returned from Japan where I studyed Judo and Kendo, the later of which I am a black belt. local hotel in the banquet department. =============================================================================== *Bleha, Julia JULIE ANN BLEHA. 2nd year Ph.D. student in theatre at Columbia University, literary manager at New York City's Workhouse Theater. Hold an M.A. in Text and Performance Studies from King's College, London/Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Raised in New York City, attended Bronx High School of Science and the State University of New York at Albany. (B.A. in English Lit and European History.) Spent first year out of college living in Spain, where I taught English as a Foreign Language. Started working in theatre upon my (first) return to NYC, where I worked for Soho Rep and Jean Cocteau Repertory. I eventually became the assistant to the artistic director at JCR, from whence I left to do the M.A. Since returning to NYC (2nd time), have been at Workhouse, an off-off-Broadway house, as well as doing free-lance dramaturgical work. Thus, my early background in theatre was in the classics, while I now tend to work primarily with new writers. Served as the director of the New Dramaturgs' Group of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Research interests tend to focus on women in theatre, though are not limited to field of gender studies. Rather, every period/genre of theatre I study and/or work is approached from an interdisciplinary aspect; that is, the literary serves the practical (and vice versa), and the political serves the artistic (and vice versa). I have studied the life and dramatic works of Mexico's Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (this work formed the basis of my first M.A. thesis), and returned to Mexico last year to continue with my Juanista work. I am using my dramatic literature coursework at Columbia to fill in the gaps in that area of my education, while using the practical courses to continue explorations in theatre theory and practice. Shakespeare is, and always has been, a favorite playwright of mine, both in literary and dramatic terms. I tend to steer away from classes that theorize about the man and his works, and instead focus on production and performance issues. However, I am engaged in research topics having to do with the early printed texts of the canon, as well as women and Shakespeareana (women "in" Shakespeare, that is, the characters; women performing *and* directing Shakespeare; women in early modern Europe; and more recently, women editorship of the canon). My most recent work in Shakespeare studies is an ongoing research paper which has a two-fold purpose: one, to edit and rework the recognition scene in Pericles using the Third Folio and another source text, and to give a brief review of female editorship of Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Bleha, Julie JULIE BLEHA is a 3rd-year student in Columbia's Theatre PhD program. She has an MA in Theatre from London's Kings College/Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also works as a dramaturg and director, and has served as the assistant to the artistic director at NYC's Cocteau Rep and as the literary manager of NYC's Workhouse Theater. She is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, where she works with the New Dramaturgs group, and is a member of the National Women's Studies Association and the Asociacio`n de Literaturas Femininas Hispa`nicas. One of her upcoming comprehensive oral topics for the PhD will be a comparative study of the national theatres of the English Renaissance and Spain's Siglo de Oro. ============================================================ *Bleich, Matthew L. I'm an English major and an undergraduate at Columbia University. My interests in Shakespeare largely center on the streaks of self-referentialism and the metaphor of theatre as life that appear throughout his dramatic works. ============================================================= *Bley, John I'm John Branson Bley, a student at Duke University (class of '99), who is attempting to earn degrees in both English (with an emphasis on British Literature) and Computer Science (with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence). I don't really have much Shakespearean knowledge to offer this group, but I am interested in discussing how different people come to understand Shakespeare and the meaning his works have for them. This fascinates me because I am ultimatley concerned with the limits of artificial reasoning - to what extent does something have to be alive in order to understand a facet of life fully? Can an artificial reasoning machine ever fully map a thought-process involving its own existence? I like to look at these questions in the light of Shakespeare's work - literature, after all, is one of humanity's most powerful tools for self-exploration and understanding of the scope of human existence. To close, I really don't have any scholarly papers or complete theories about Shakespeare's work, but I am interested in using his plays as a tool to determine how we understand things on the highest levels of our intelligence. =============================================================================== *Blosser, Carol I am an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. I am majoring in English literature, with a concentration on medieval and Renaissance literature, and I have a strong interest in Shakespeare and Marlowe. I have been a fellow in the High School Shakespeare Institute at the Folger Library, a program run by Dr. Louise Newlin, and in the course of my studies there I worked many scholars, including Maynard Mack of UMD and Ann Jennalie Cook from Vanderbilt. This month I am at the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library at St. John's University in Minnesota, completing an intensive internship in archival skills in medieval and Renaissance studies. I'm also working independently on research for my senior honors thesis, which I hope will examine Petrarch's philosophical influence on Sir Philip Sidney's _In Defence of Poesy_. Any help that anyone on the network could offer me would be greatly appreciated! =============================================================================== *Blount, Roy I am an undergraduate student at the Ohio State University, majoring in English and Theatre. Of course, the area where these two fields most overlap is Shakespeare -- and the further I go the more emphasis I find myself placing on Shakespeare. It seems whatever issue I'm considering exploring in my majors is already explored in Shakespeare, whether it's a result of the issues the texts themselves raise or one of the many applications to which Shakespeare has been bent. No matter what branch I decide to pursue in Theatre or English, whether it's acting or directing or playwrighting or criticism, Shakespeare is key. I believe the first step to success in any of those pursuits is coming to terms with his ghost. =============================================================================== *Bly, Mary Biography. My name is Mary Bly. I am an assistant professor in the English Department at Washington University in St. Louis. I work on drama from around 1590 to 1620; my dissertation looked at bawdy jokes spoken by women in comedies of this period. I graduated from Yale in 1995. I've published a few articles and have an article on Romeo and Juliet coming out in the next Shakespeare Survey. =============================================================================== *Bodner, Keith I am presently working for the Regius Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen, and my interests chiefly lie in the Bible and English Literature. My current project involves an intertextual comparison of Shakespearean Tragedy and Biblical narrative. A Canadian, I have resided for four years in Great Britain, and my wife (also a Canadian) is presently working on a PhD in medicine. ============================================================ *Boerth, Robert Robert Boerth: I am currently an assistant professor of English at Stetson University in Florida where I teach classes on Renaissance literature and composition. I received my Ph.D. in December 1995 from the University of California, Irvine. My primary scholarly interests and research center on issues of imperialism and cross-cultural encounters during the Renaissance. I am currently working on a long research project concerning representations of the Orient on the English Renaissance stage. I will be participating in the upcoming World Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles as a member of the seminar on "Constructing Geography in Shakespeare." =============================================================================== *Boettger, Carol Manning My educational background is predominately in the field of medicine. My B.A. and M.D. degrees are from the University of Southern California (under the last name of Manning). I am employed as a radiologist, interpreting xray and ultrasound studies. I am currently interested in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets and their authorship. I am also interested in the Elizabethan period in general. =============================================================================== *Bogert, Bill title: ABD location: Berkeley academic biography: As an undergraduate at U.C. Santa Cruz, I studied with George Amis, Michael Warren, and Marshall Leicester. As a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley, I studied with Joel Altman, Stephen Greenblatt, Stephen Orgel, Stephen Booth, and Wayne Shumaker. other major influences: Harry Berger, Gregory Bateson, Stanley Cavell, Anthony Wilden, Peter Brown, Lucien Goldmann, Pierre Macherey major projects: "unaccomodated man" in King Lear and Stoic theory of oikiosis (unpublished) Hamlet in relation to Gregory Bateson's theory of double-bind and Lutheran analysis of Catholic confession (unpublished) current interests: Seneca taking damnation seriously (but not parochially) Elizabethan (and contemporary) censorship confession and memory new historicism, cultural materialism, moral agency rethinking the "world" of the play, the "time" of the play application of cybernetic concepts (feedback, information, uncertainty) to drama application of drama to computers (what's missing in multi-media) =============================================================================== *Bolstad, Paula Marie Paula Marie Bolstad: I am a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, PQ. At the present time, I am not pursuing a degree. I am a neophyte at reading Shakespeare but I am devoted to canonicity and to his place in the canon. My primary interest is in literacy and in advocating traditional, historicist readings of texts. I live in Alberta, Canada and work for non-profit organizations in my home town. =============================================================================== *Bolton, Whitney Whitney French Bolton (a.k.a. "W. F. Bolton" in literary and linguistic enterprises and "Whitney Bolton" in electronic efforts). Professor of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Surface mail to 96 Moore St., Princeton, NJ 08540. Born (1930) in the United States: BA Bard College (1951), PhD Princeton (1955). US Navy (1955-57). Married (1962); Sarah (b. 1966) now a graduate student in physics at Berkeley with her own e-mail address. Avocational interests in music, exercise, and cats. Research Fellow, Univ of Reading, England (1957-59); Assistant Professor, Univ of California, Berkeley (1959-61); Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor, Univ of Reading (1961-70); Professor, Rutgers, 1970- (Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser Univ, Canada, 1968-69; Princeton Univ, part-time, 1983). Fulbright Scholar, University College, London (1953-54); Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1965-82); Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1968-82); Rockefeller Humanities Fellow for a book on Orwell's language (1982). Guest lectures at colleges and universities in England, Canada, and the US. Papers read at the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast (1960); Medieval Association of the Pacific (1969); Modern Language Association (1972); Orwell conferences (1983, 1984); Medieval Institute (1985, 1986); Popular Culture A ssociation (1987); New Chaucer Society (1988); Northeast Association for Computing in the Humanities (1990). Member: Association for Computers and the Humanities, Linguistic Society of America, Medieval Academy of America, Philological Society. Networks: ANSAXNET, HUMANIST, SHAKSPER. Started out with interests in medieval literature and in the history and varieties of English (including the literary); published books and articles on subjects from Bernard Malamud to the Venerable Bede; Associate Editor, _Oxford Companion to the English Language_ (1990- ). Since 1981 a PC owner-operator (survivor of EasyWriter 1.0); author of several reviews in _Byte_ and _Popular Computing_. Most recent activities have been with _Computers and the Humanities_: frequent reviews; two articles; member of the Editorial Board (1990- ). Current book on the language of Shakespeare's history plays, using Micro-OCP and the Nota Bene text-base system on texts from the Oxford Text Archive and Oxford Electronic Shakespeare, along with the more traditional approaches in w hich I was first trained so long ago. ========================================================= *Bonahue, Edward Ed Bonahue is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina. His dissertation, "The Citizen Histories of Early Modern London," analyzes the various forms of historiography deployed to describe London history during the 1590s and 1600s. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Studies in English Literature, Studies in Philology, Renaissance Papers, and South Atlantic Review. =============================================================================== *Bonahue, Edward T. Edward T. Bonahue, Jr., was graduated with a B.A. from Wake Forest University in 1987 in English literature and subsequently was employed by the Folger Shakespeare Library as managing editor of *Shakespeare Quarterly.* He is now a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina, where he has studied with Alan Dessen, S. K. Henninger, Darryl Gless, and Ritchie Kendall. Although his M.A. thesis addresses power and politics in recent work of Harold Pinter, his hopes to write a dissertation on dramatic repre- sentations of the market and marketplace in Renaissance, especially Stuart, drama. He has articles pending at several journals on William Baldwin, Spenser, and Shakespeare's *Henry V.* He is a member of MLA and SAMLA. =============================================================================== *Bonavita, Helen Vella I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Western Australia, specialising in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Not surprisingly, therefore, I was extremely interested to hear of a Shakespeare group being run on E-mail, and I would like very much to join it. =============================================================================== *Bonavita, Helen Vella My Ph.D., by research only, was passed unreservedly in June 1996. My examiners were Professor Andrew Gurr (Reading University), Professor Alexander Leggatt (University of Toronto) and Dr. Charles Edelman (Edith Cowan University, Western Australia). The title of my thesis was: "'Now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you: illegitimacy, identity and the monarchy in Shakespeare's early histories and in *King Lear*. I am currently teaching a course on Shakespeare's Histories and Comedies in the English Department of the University of Western Australia to second and third year students. I am also running a lecture course on Shakespearean drama which will begin at the end of April. My research interests include *King Lear*, early English drama, and certain aspects of Milton's work. ============================================================= *Bonavita, Nicola Nicola Bonavita: My wife is interested in Shakespeare, Drama, etc ... but she has not a connection to Internet, she uses my connection. My wife is studing at university in Milan, she is graduating. Her degree is about the racial aspect in Shakespeare. Now she is analysing two characters: Othello and Aaron in Titus Andronicus, this is the reason why she would like to take part in your discussion. =============================================================================== *Boneskewy, Neth I am never called Linneth, sometimes called Lin, mostly called Neth. I was studying Shakespeare, among other things, twenty years ago when my formal education had to be cut short and abandoned. Then a long quiescent hiatus. Last year this particular sleeping passion awoke. Like the Elephant's Child, I am full of 'satiable curiosity. I have no focused agenda for study at this time, except, as a writer, I want to become familiar (again) with Shakespeare's characters and steal his insights into human nature, and as an artist, I want to garner images from his plays, especially Hamlet and Macbeth. ============================================================= *Boni, John AUTOBIOGRAPHY--JOHN M. BONI Degrees: Univ. of Connecticut, 1961, BA, English Northeastern U. (Boston) 1963, MA. English University of Denver, 1969 Ph.D. English Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Professor of English, Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. Chicago, Il 60625 phone: 1-312-794-6130 email: ujboni@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu FAX: 1-312-794-6689 During my thirteen years of administrative work I have continued to teach courses in Shakespeare. What I want from this group is a chance to enter into conversatins from which I have been too long out of touch, excluded by my choice of emphasis on administration. My scholarly work includes papers on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, reviews, and some editing, all ten years or more in the past. It is ten years since I ahve conducted a graduate seminar (in spring 1984 at Colorado State University). It is time for me to return to the scholarly issues current on Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Bonnel, Scott My most apt description of myself is a student. Always and forever. Presently, I am an actual student attending California State University Long Beach as a theatre arts major. I consider myself more a classical performer, based primarily on my passion for Shakespeare. I have performed and directed a variety of Shakespeare's work. As with most actor's, I dream of becoming a professional classical performer/director. Shakespeare remains for me the epitome of true art in the theatre. His works have been exhalted and defiled, but never destroyed. The words continue to ring true. I have my passion, obviously. =============================================================================== *Bonnor, Cecilia Cecilia Bonnor was born in Argentina in 1974. She was born of a Spanish (Basque) mother and Scottish ftaher. In 1983, she and her family moved to the United States ans settled in Connecticut. Since the age of eleven, she has been a committed wordsmith. In 1987, Ms.Bonnor and her family moved to Houston, Texas, where she currently makes her home when away from school. She is currently attending the University of Texas at Austin, where she is pursuing a degree in English, with a specialization in Shakespeare. She is a senior. Ms. Bonnor has written a long paper comapring RICHARD THE THIRD and MACBETH and how they relate hsitorically. Her main inteerest in Shakespeare is the political dimension in the history plays, as well as the legal sphere in the comedies. Ms.Bonnor enjoys acting and film and she looks forward to pursuin her Mediaeval interests in graduate school. =============================================================================== *Bonomi, Marilyn A. I have taught high school for the past 32 years. I also have seen and read and studied Shakespeare as well as taught it over those same years. Currently, I also am enrolled in graduate studies at Southern Connecticut State University where I am working toward another MS in English. As part of that study, I am taking a Shakespeare course this semester and will be taking English Renaissance next semester. I have not published any scholarly papers on Shakespeare, as most of my writing has been on pedagogical topics and has been limited to district needs, such as community newsletters and assorted grants, proposals, and staff development documents. I have taught, as an adjunct professor, the methods course at SCSU for prospective English teachers. Currently I am engaged with a colleague in writing a book on the portfolio assessment process for veteran teachers. I'd much rather spend my time, however, reading and writing about Shakespeare. If my status as a high school pedagogue precludes me from membership in the SHAKSPER list, I am heartily sorry to miss the opportunity for the exchange of information. I am willing to share my paper on homophilia in Shakespeare once it is written, though of course it is being prepared only for a graduate class, not for a conference or publication. ============================================================= *Bontranger, Thomas My name is Tom Bontrager. I work in electronic publishing for the IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and am a freelance trumpet player in New York. Music supported me for six years before the recession hit and I fell into my present job. I continue to play with local orchestras, brass quintets, and backstage at the Metropolitan Opera. I have a B.A. in philosophy and a Master of Music from Juilliard. My interest in Shakespeare, like my interest in chess, remained on the back burner for years, waiting to be ignited. For Shakespeare this happened two years ago when I sat it on several of Harold Bloom's Shakespeare classes at Yale. I had by that time become a student, if not exclusively a proponent, of his theory of influence. Because Shakespeare stands largely outside of influence, and because Bloom does not speak the way he writes, the sessions were not at all what I had expected. They were devoted to very close readings of snippets of text with an eye to the most general sort of symbol, more along the lines of Bloom's precursor, Northrop Frye. Class members were treated to a dose of Bloom's disdain for gender-study and new-historical approaches to literary criticism, which he views as a separate enterprise. I took his point but am initially open to whatever anyone has to say. I also write a great deal, though not primarily about Shakespeare, and look forward to contributing to the conference. ======================================================================== *Boonzaier, Jonathan C. I would like to sign on to the Shakespeare conference. I am an English student at York University, Toronto, Canada, and am currently enrolled in a Shakespeare course and have been urged to join this conference by Peter Paolucci. Some background information: Jonathan Boonzaier I am originally from Cape Town, South Africa, but have lived in Canada for eight years. I have also lived in Thailand for a year where I worked as an English teacher in a high school in the city of Khon Kaen. I am currently studying to be a high school teacher at York University in Toronto. My major literary interests are contemporary and 19th century European, British and American novels. I am also interested in marine history and am a member of the Toronto Marine Historical Society and the Steamship Historical Society of America. I have had several photographs published in the journals of these organizations, as well as in some other shipping magazines. =============================================================================== *Booth, Geoffrey A. After completing a B.A. in English literature at McGill University, Montreal, I came to The University of Toronto for Graduate studies. I completed my Ph.D. in the English Department in 1996. My thesis is titled "Violent Performance: A Cultural Analysis of the Intersection of Violence and Performance in Elizabethan and Jacobean Traged." It deals with episodes of metaperformative violence in revenge plays. My thesis supervisor was Anne Lancashire, and Brian Parker and Alexander Leggatt served on my thesis committee. After completing my Ph.D., I spent one year in the private sector, working as a writer in a software company. in 1997, I joined the teaching staff at the University of Toronto as a sessional lecturer, and I returned this fall on the same basis. I am currently teaching a course called "Drama to 1642" as well as a first year interdisciplinary course on narrative. In my thesis, I analyze the relationship that the plays construct between embedded plays, masques, and swordplay competitions and the violence that interrupts them. The scenes of violence are unstable moments within the theatrical performances, I argue, which expose instabilities inherent in the rituals and ceremonials themselves. Anthropology, post-structural semiotics, ideological criticism and close textual analysis all play a part in my work. The dissertation reflects my interest in cultural studies, and it has provided me with a strong basis for further interdisciplinary research in the early modern period. My other major research project focuses on metaphors of contamination and contagion in Tudor and Stuart drama and in other contemporary cultural texts. Currently, I am investigating the conceptual link between poison and disease. Both phenomena serve as metaphors for social corruption and decay, and both figuratively express profound and pervasive anxieties about the instability and vulnerability of the social order. This new research project sustains my preoccupation with representations of violence, death and criminality, and with the relationship between performance and social order. I have presented my research at the University of Toronto, The University of Waterloo, The Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies (SUNY Binghampton), and the Shakespeare Association of America. ============================================================= *Booth, Geoffrey Alexander I am in the last stages of finishing my dissertation, which is (provisionally) titled "Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatrical Violence and the Performance of Culture." I am writing about the relationship that is constructed between cultural performances which are embedded in the plays and the violence that intrudes into these performances. I approach the dramatic material through a variety of theoretical paradigms drawn from the areas of cultural anthropology, performance theory, and semiotics. Authors I am working with include Kyd, Marston, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster. A related interest is Renaissance courtly performances, especially Jacobean. In the course of doing research for my dissertation, I have read widely in primary and secondary sources relating to entertainments of the Tudor and Stuart courts. I also have a strong interest in theatre history, medieval to eighteenth century, and in modern (or post-modern) adaptations of Shakespeare for film and stage. =============================================================================== *Booth, Jason I have studied literature (both British and American) for about 5 years. I am very interested in poetry, for which I do most of my work with, and have done a great deal of research on Thoreau, Dickinson, and Shakespeare, to name a few. I am looking forward to working at the college level as a professor. I am currently taking a semester on Shakespeare and am enjoying it immensely. I have written numerous poems as well as a few short stories. I think that the youth of today is losing out on great study by not being taught many of the classics that my generation grew up with, like Twain, and many others. I have recently read several articles that are talking about how colleges are dropping Shakespeare as a requirement for English majors. I think this is hogwash. Shakespeare is the father of the sonnet and the best plays ever written. It is a shame that he is not being taught by more professors. that is about all I have to say. Outline of Current interests & research topics: Anything on Richard II. The villainous theme(greed, power) Illusion, deceit. ============================================================= *Borgal, Kathryn Kathryn Borgal: I am an education student and will be teaching 3 plays to grade 12 students in February. =============================================================================== *Boris, Edna Zwick <74166.3213@CompuServe.COM> Edna Zwick Boris 429 Pacific Street Brooklyn, NY 11217 (718)-522-2735 College Teaching Experience -LaGuardia Community College (City University of New York), Associate Professor Assistant Professor of English, beginning September 1993; Assistant Professor of English, September 1979 to August 1992, tenured September 1984; Adjunct Associate Professor, 1977- 79; Adjunct Assistant Professor,1974-77. -C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Adjunct Associate Professor of English, September 1977-November 1978. -Shippensburg State College (Pennsylvania), Instructor, 1971-72. -Indiana University, Associate Instructor, 1967- 68. Education -Ph.D. granted August 1974; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. -M.A. received June 1966; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. -A.B. received June 1964; Hunter College, City University of New York. -Academic Diploma received June 1960; Peekskill High School, Peekskill, New York. Fellowships and Honors Post-Doctoral: -National Endowment for Humanities summer seminar, "Literature and Society," at Princeton University, director Alvin B. Kernan, A.W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, June--August 1979. Graduate: -National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Title IV Fellowship for study in English, Indiana University, 1965-68. -Associate Instructorship, English Department, Indiana University, 1967-68. -Research Assistantship, Graduate Office of Research and Advanced Development, Indiana University, 1964-65. Undergraduate: Graduation magna cum laude. Election to Phi Beta Kappa. Election to Sigma Tau Delta, English honorary society. Dean's List every semester. New York State Regents Scholarship, 1961-64. Associations--Modern Language Association; Scribes, North East Association for Computing in the Humanities (NEACH). Papers and Publications Oral Presentations on Teaching Writing "Plain English Laws and the Teaching of Writing," remarks offered at 10th Anniversary Celebration of New York State's Plain English Law, sponsored by Fordham University school of Law, The Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York, and The New York State Law Revision Commission, New York, November 1, 1988. Conducted seminar on legal writing skills for 75 New York City Civil Court Judges, Montauk, New York, September 1984. Conducted workshop on legal writing skills for Committee on Legal Writing, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 1984. Chaired panel on peer critiquing at LaGuardia English Department second annual conference. November 1982. "Beginning with Research," a paper presented at LaGuardia English Department first annual conference, November 1981. "The Research Challenge," a paper presented at the American Business Communications Association convention in New York, April 1980. Publications on Teaching Writing: "A Student Role in Syllabus Planning," Exercise Exchange, forthcoming issue. "Teaching Shakespeare: Non-Traditional Research Topics," The Shakespeare Newsletter, Fall 1992. "Resumes, Resumes, Resumes, A Student Handout," The Bulletin (Association for Business Communication), December 1991. "Classroom Minutes: A Valuable Teaching Device," Improving College & University Teaching, 31 (Spring 1983), 70-73. Reprinted in Innovation Abstracts, Vol. VI No. 5 published by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, 1984. "Test Your Legal Writing Skills," Docket Call (American Bar Association, General Practice Section publication, Spring 1982), co-author. "And Now It's Time to Write." National Law Journal (October 12,1981), p.15, co-author. "A Final Memo," ABCA Bulletin (American Business Communications Association; March 1979). "The Interview in a Business Writing Course," ABCA Bulletin (June 1978). "Pairing of Business Communication and Word Processing Classes," ABCA Bulletin (September 1976). Papers Presented on Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Literature Introduced keynote speaker at New York College English Association special session on law and literature at Pace College in White Plains, spring 1982. "Shakespeare and the BBC--an Interdisciplinary Challenge," a paper presented at a special session on Law and Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention, Atlanta, 2 November 1979. "The Succession from Richard II to Henry IV," a paper presented at the Law and Literature special session, Modern Language Association Convention, 28 December 1978. Publications on Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Literature: Shakespeare's English Kings, the People, and the Law: A Study in the Relationship between theTudor Constitution and the English History Plays, Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1978. "The Tudor Constitution and Shakespeare's Two Tetralogies," College Literature, special Shakespeare issue (October 1977). Works in Progress: I Can Write!--A Self-Help Guide to Improving Student Writing and Improving Business and Professional Writing, two books about improving writing skills, one for college students and the other for professionals in various fields such as law, engineering, etc. =============================================================================== *Borot, Luc My name is Luc Borot. I am French and a Professor in the English Dept. at the Universit=E9 Paul Val=E9ry in Montpellier, France (they call th= is a zeugma I'm told), and a member of the Elizabethan Research Centre which publishes the journal *Cahiers Elisab=E9thains*, whose general index to nbs 1-40 is available on the SHAKSPER fileserver. We are one of the main service-centres for European researchers on the literature and culture of the English Renaissance. I am but a marginal Shakespearean scholar, as my main field of research is the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes!... I wrote a few papers on Marlowe's machiavellianism, on Ole Bill's second tetralogy, on Johny Milton's *Paradise Lost*, and two dozen papers on the political thought and the ideology of various writers of the English Revolution (James Harrington, Gerrard Winstanley, and of course Hobbes and Milton, but also on the Putney debates). I wrote my doctoral thesis on the philosophical and historical methods of Tom Hobbes and Jim Harrington, I translated Hobbes's *Behemoth, or the Long Parliament* into French (Paris: Vrin, 1990), I am preparing an edition and translation of Hobbes's rhetorical texts for the same publisher. I also translated JGA Pocock's *Machiavellian Moment* (soon in the press), and I wrote the contribution on history in the soon to be published *Cambridge Companion to Hobbes* under the editorship of Tom Sorell of Essex University, England. I belong to the Soci=E9t=E9 Fran=E7aise Shakespeare, to the society = for the study of 17 and 18th century England and North America. I am in charge of electronic publication reviews, and history of ideas and history of science editor for *Cahiers Elisabethains*. So that's that I think. Yes: I was born on April 23 like someone else, notwithstanding Old-New Style datings, but in 1959, soon 35 years ago, I'm bleedin' afraid... 'Redeeming time when men least think I will' (H5-to-be, in 1H4 unless I'm wrong...) =============================================================================== *Borot, Luc Jean Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Elisabethaines Montpellier, France Luc Jean BOROT, born 23 April 1959, Ecole Normale Superieure 1980- 1984, French Lector Oxford Univ., Taylor Institute 1981-82, Cambridge University, Faculty of Modern Languages & Queens' Coll. 1982-83, Licence d'anglais (Paris 4, 1980), Maitrise d'anglais on Historiography & Philosophy in Th. Hobbes's Behemoth (Paris 3, 1981) Grade: mention Tres Bien. Agregation d'anglais 1984. Doctorate Paris 3 mention Tres Honorable (top grade)'88: function of history writing on the political theories of Hobbes and James Harrington. Member of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Elisabethaines in Montpellier since 1986, as Lecturer with a full tenure since '89. Publications: 20 articles and papers to conferences on subjects such as Machiavelianism in Marlowe, Shakespeare's Richard 2 and Holinshed's Chronicle, the language of value & worth in R2, questions of political theory on Hobbes and Harrington, sometimes on both, on the Levellers, Gerrard Winstanley, biblical interpretation in Hobbes, in Harrington, in Winstanley, ideology in Milton's Paradise Lost. 1 book: a translation (intro., edition, notes, glossaries, indexes) of Hobbes's Behemoth or the Long Parliament, Paris, Vrin, 1990. I am currently working on the history plays of Shakespeare from the point of view of the presence and function of machiavelianism or pragmaticism and idealism in the speeches and acts of the politi- cal characters of his plays. other research also, on the Levellers, but much less relevant to Shakespeare. I belong to the Societe Francaise Shakespeare, Groupe de Recherche et Traduction sur Hobbes, Centre de Rencontres Meridionales sur le XVIIe siecle, Societe des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement superieur. I have acted as business editor to Cahiers Elisabethains since '89. I am in charge of exploring all the possibilities of our newly acquired e-mail facilities, but all the members of the Centre (8 members at the moment would be interested in taking part in your forums. The research in progress here is currently on: Analysis of theatre performance, elaboration of a theoretical model in semiotics through the rhetorical system (JM Maguin & Patricia Dorval), The body and wound symbolism in Sh's Roman plays (Marie Christine Munoz under supervision of JM Maguin), Editorial problems (Jean Fuzier, editor and translator of the Sonnets & Charles W Whitworth, editor of The Comedy of Errors for the New Oxford), popular mentalities and representations in the problem plays and tragedies (S. Lemonnier under supervision of F Laroque), idealism and machiavelianism in the History plays (L.Borot and MA students), humanism in Shakespeare, humanism in Hobbes (L BOROT), the Levellers in the tradition of popular festivals and riots (L Borot and F Laroque), national identity and its language from the Henrician Reformation to the Restoration (L Borot and JP Moreau of Limoges), edition of musical treatises of and around John Case (P Iselin, of Limoges). The great diversity of our interests is of course an asset, but the pace at which colleagues will get used to the e-mail process may vary with the short breathing time allowed us by current working conditions in this country. ========================================================================= *Borshuk, Michael I am a 20 year old senior at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. At this writing I have about a week and a half left in my undergraduate career. In July I will shakes hands with the University's president and take home an Honours BA in English and Creative Writing. In September, it is more of the same when I being my MA in English and Creative Writing here in Windsor. I am interested in literature of all eras, ranging from Homer through Shakespeare to Derek Walcott, John Updike, Ben Okri. =============================================================================== *Bose, Surajit A. Surajit A. Bose: I'm working on a dissertation entitled "Sir Philip Sidney and the Construction of English National Culture." I defended the proposal in September 1995. My dissertation directors are Professors Stephen Fallon and Ted Cachey. I'm trying to write a postcolonial Sidney, and sometimes I am discouraged enough to believe that that's as ludicrous as it sounds. More seriously, I'm exploring how Sidney's call in the Defence of Poetry to establish a strong poetic tradition in English is inflected by his involvement in imperial ventures in both the New World and, especially, Ireland. I'm also rereading his other works in the light of his hermeneutics in the Defence, trying to elaborate on the way in which the nexus between imperialism, national consolidation, and canon-formation plays itself out. I can't be more specific just yet, because unfortunately this is about as far as I've got. Since I'm just starting out on this project, I obviously don't have anything published. The few conference papers I've presented have been mostly around postcolonial texts or theory, and don't fit squarely into my dissertation. Like everybody else nowadays, I'm very interested in feminist, queer, and Continental theory in addition to my postcolonial and Renaissance orientation. I'm drawn to the Renaissance particularly because of the texture of English Renaissance language. When I read something like The Faerie Queene or Religio Medici, I can almost pick up the words by the handful and run them through my fingers. The beauty and density of Renaissance diction(s) is peerless, and I find the wealth of historical and cultural meaning that underlies those marvellous textual artefacts fascinating to explore. So much for my professional identity. As for personal data, well, there isn't much to tell; "academic life" is, after all, pretty much an oxymoron, since we pass all our time harmlessly poking about dusty library stacks, or perched in front of microfilm readers, or pecking away at a keyboard. But for what it's worth, here's the scoop. I'm from India, and I came to the US only when I entered graduate school. In fact, the only two cities I've ever lived in are Bombay and South Bend, which, as you can imagine, has left me permanently scarred by culture shock. My background explains my interest in postcolonial issues. By the accident of history, I'm also fortunate enough to speak several languages with native fluency: English, Hindi, Bengali, and Marathi. Too bad the latter three don't help me very much with my research; I've determined, with practical certainty, that Sidney knew no Bengali. On the other hand, did know Latin, Italian, French, German, etc., so his ignorance in that area can probably be forgiven. Whether I can be forgiven after I'm finished with him remains to be seen. =============================================================================== *Boss, Judith E. Professor, Department of English, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68182, (402) 554-2635 Ph.D. (1971), M.A. (1969), Texas Christian University; B.A. (1967), Pan American University. Dissertation topic, Robert Herrick's Epigrams and Noble Numbers; thesis topic, Book VII of Spenser's _Faerie Queene_. While I am not a practicing Shakespearean, I may soon become one. Meanwhile, I am the computer-and-BITNET-user for the department's Shakespearean, Glenn Newkirk, and for Dr. Ed Rauchut, who presently has no university affiliation but has a national grant for Shakespearean research. My only Shakespeare-related publication has been "The Golden Age, Cockaigne, and Utopia in _The Faerie Queene_ and _The Tempest_" several years ago. I teach the 17th-century poets, Milton, and occasionally Spenser. My current research, however, focuses on science fiction and on computer-assisted textual analysis. I have recently collaborated with a physicist and a biologist in National Science Foundation grant projects to train teachers in using SF films to teach science, and I am currently working on an authorship attribution project, trying to determine which of a husband-wife team wrote which parts of their admittedly collaborative short stories. Currently, my professional memberships are the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, the Association for Computing in the Humanities, and the Science Fiction Research Association. ========================================================= *Bott, Michael BIOG: Born: 12/25/54 Douglas, Isle of Man, UK. 1974/5 Studied at the Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama. From 1976 to 1987 worked mainly in UK regional Repertory (Stock) Theatres, including Colchester, Frinton, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Folkestone etc. Plays include: PRIVATES ON PARADE MOLLY MEASURE FOR MEASURE DANGEROUS CORNER ARSENIC AND OLD LACE THE GLASS MENAGERIE SAY WHO YOU ARE ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN REBECCA THE KING AND I THE RIVALS THE DUCHESS OF MALFI THE CRUCIBLE Also numerous television appearances, TV commercials, etc. From 1988 to 1992 member of the ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, appearing in: THE PLANTAGENETS Adrian Noble's trilogy adaptation of HENRY VI (Parts I, II & III) and RICHARD III THE TEMPEST directed by Nick Hytner TWELFTH NIGHT directed by Stephen Rayne TROILUS AND CRESSIDA directed by Sam Mendes KING LEAR directed by Nick Hytner TWO SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS by Richard Nelson, directed by Roger Michell RICHARD II directed by Ron Daniels THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by David Edgar directed by Peter Wood From 1993 to 1994 member of the ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE, appearing in: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard directed by Trevor Nunn INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE by John Osbourne directed by Di Trevis MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell directed by Stephen Daldry At present I am working at developing my own projects for film and TV including a script for a sci-fi/fantasy film based closely (Unlike FORBIDDEN PLANET!) on THE TEMPEST. It may be of interest to newsgroup memebers to note that I live only 17 miles from Stratford on Avon and if my proximity to Shakespeare's birthplace, the Memorial Theatre and other resourses could be helpful, I would do my best (time permitting) to help research/answer questions as appropriate. SURFACE MAIL: New Cottage, Mollington Road, Shotteswell, Nr. Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 1HU ENGLAND VOICE/FAX (UK CODE)+(0)295 738348 =============================================================================== *Boucher, Rayce Rayce C. Boucher: Patent Paralegal in search of a graduate program in Film Criticism/English literature. =============================================================================== *Bouman, Greg Gregory Martin Bouman PhD Candidate, University of Missouri 107 Tate Hall, Columbia, MO 65211. Phone #:(314)882-2339 Home Address: 2208 White Gate Dr., #3-G, Columbia, MO 65202 I'm an extremely recent ABD, so I don't have a restricted dissertation topic yet, and I'd rather not commit to something so early. My area of specialization is Renaissance Drama, and I'm working on the conflict between written and oral language and rhetoric in the drama of that period. I don't have any recent Shakespeare papers that I'm comfortable enough to surrender. I belong to MLA, and will shortly join MMLA and SAA. I heard about this listserve through another graduate student here, Dave Phillips, and thought I'd give it a try, even though I'm practically computer illiterate. ======================================================================== *Bourassa, Andre G Bonjour! It is not as a Shakespeare specialist but as editor of _L'Annuaire theatral, revue quebecoise d'etudes theatrales_ and owner of a French discussion list on theatre called QUEATRE that I applied to your list. To know where shakesperian studies were at. I did my little share on shakesperian studies, although, mentioning a production of Jacob Gordin's _The Jewish King Lear_ in Montreal, at the Monument National, during at the end of the autumn of 1896 (see Andre-G. Bourassa and Jean-Marc Larrue, _Les Nuits de la "Main". Cent ans de spectacles sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent (1891-1991)_, Montreal, Vlb ed., 1993, p.=CA47). I also mentioned the first Shakespeare productions i n Canada by Allen & Company, a troupe of American Loyalists (which included some French artists from the U.S.A.) who settled in the Province of Quebec in 1786 (see Andre-G. Bourassa, "Allen's Company of Comedians" in the coming CD-ROM edition of the _Canadian Encyclopedia_; also Andre-G. Bourassa, "La culture francaise dans l'axe Montreal-New York aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles. La filiere theatrale", _L'Annuaire theatral_, no 13-14, spring-autumn 1993, p. 140). =============================================================================== *Bovard, Richard W Richard W. Bovard: I was born (1941) and raised in Michigan, attending both Kalamazoo College (BA, 1963) and the University of Michigan (MA, 1964). I am married to Jane M. French, who attended Denison University (BA, 1965). We have four sons: one is a long-haul trucker, one is a Physics teacher in the Minnesota public schools, one is a Chemistry grad who is going to Pharmacy school, and one is studying International Business. We have four AFS children: one is a Chilean graduate in Social Work who is a director in a fish canning business in Peru, one is involved in directing in the New Zealand and Australian film industries, one is completing an advanced degree in Ethnology in Vienna, and one is attending medical school in Argentina. I studied for my PhD at the University of Denver (1973) with Gunnar Boklund and Gerald Chapman. My dissertation was written on as a subject in Shakespeare's early comedies. I have presented regional papers on "Julius Caesar," "The Merchant of Venice," and "King Lear." A national paper on "Henry V" was published in England. In the 1980s, as an English Department chair, I presented and published on educational issues. Recently, I have been interested in non-canonical works, and I have presented a regional paper upon the sonnets of Anne Locke (1560). I have also directed graduate work on Elizabeth Cary and Katherine Philips. I teach first-year composition, British Lit survey, Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, and Renaissance Literature. =============================================================================== *Bowden, Tim I am not an academic, nor a student, but a reader. I am the one such as Auden means when he deplores those who pursue the Sonnets because of the gossip. I do not need to read about the usages of metre and how many 'OR's the Bard might implement and to what purpose. I want to know who the Dark Lady was. I think at the base of all great and ungreat literature is a core of pure gossip. I can't think of a single masterwork that does not tell a story. I want to know that story. I want to know if there is a chance the resonance I see whenever I read - of how the Bard was pressed into service by the wife of one Christopher Mountjoy, who was his landlord, to implore the young Stephen Belott, apprentice to Mountjoy, that he should marry the Mountjoy daughter, - and then think of precisely that theme as begins the Sonnets, is possibly justified. I am otherwise: 48 years old Work as a civil servant Run the machine and operation this originates from Am a faithful correspondent, with a tendency, as you see, to overwrite... ===================================================================== *Bowen, Christopher P. Christopher P. Bowen 355 South Union St. #1 Burlington, VT 05401 My true appreciation and interest in Shakespeare began during my studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, where I was working towards my B.S. in Management Information Systems. I completed my school's equivalent of a "minor" (called a "Sufficiency") in Shakespearean Studies, culminating in a paper on the imagery of the sonnets. Graduated in May, 1993, I came to work for my present employer, IDX Systems Corporation, a healthcare information systems vendor. My current position title is Software Analyst. My current research interests lie mainly in the comparison of Shakespeare's representation of history (in the double tetralogies) as it was drawn from various Tudor chroniclers such as Hall and Holinshed versus what is generally accepted as "actual" historical fact. My most recently read book on the subject is "Shakespeare's English Kings" by Peter Saccio of Dartmouth College (and I recommend it highly.) =============================================================================== *Bowlen, Clark I am a designer, director, producer, and teacher with a life-long interest in Shakespeare, the theatre artist. Recent Shakespeare-related projects include: Founding member, Shakespeare Hartford--a company dedicated to producing highly-contemporary Shakespeare on found sites in downtown Hartford CT Designer and producer, The Taming of the Shrew, Shake. Hart, 1991 Designer and producer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shake Hart. and MCTC, 1992 "Shakespeare on the Stage," a class on Shakespeare, the theatre artist, fall, 1988, MCTC Director, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, UMass/Amherst, 1985 In the spring of 1996, I am planning to direct fully-staged script-in-hand productions of the Q1 and F1 Hamlet's. They will be presented on alternate nights. My idea is to explore what the "Bad" Quarto tells us about the "good" texts. =============================================================================== *Bowman, Todd Manager of Academic Computing, Morehead State University UPO 993, Morehead, KY USA 40351 (606) 783-2068 Degree: BA in English Literature/Computer Science, Eckerd College In Progress: MA in English Literature, Morehead State University I have recently begun work on a Masters of Arts in English Literature and re-discovered an old love for Shakespeare. While my primary focus for my MA will probably be in the Linguistics arena, I have been and remain interested in scholarly work regarding both Shakespeare and Milton. The professional organizations in which I am currently active are related to computer science and educational uses of computers. I would be happy to assist any colleagues in the application of computer use in the study of Shakepeare. I am looking forward to active participation in the SHAKSPER list. From the discription, the list seems to be much more than a simple discussion list. What a refreshing change. ========================================================================= *Boyd, William Hale I am a registered professional engineer working with the Natural Resource Conservation Service as the Project Leader of the Everglades Agricultural Area Project Office. I was born in South Bend, Indiana, but I was raised in hills of South East Tennessee and North Alabama. I earned a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Tennessee. I am now a registered professional engineer working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service as the Project Leader of the Everglades Agricultural Area Project. My great grandfather was a former president of David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee. My Grandfather and Father have been preachers for the churches of Christ. My interest in Shakespeare began after the death of my grandfather when I found an old copy of Julius Ceasar that had belonged to my great-grandfather. I later bought a used set of the Yale Shakespeares and read them twice through walking back and forth to work in Lincoln, Nebraska. I found in them many ways in which Shakespeare has influenced the thought and speach of my southern mountian heritage. I also saw many many ways in which Shakespeare was influenced by the stories and language of the Bible. To document my thoughts I have been writing to myself a brief explination of the connection I see between Shakespeare and the Bible. =============================================================================== *Boyd-Brent, Mary E. I am a grad student at the U of M, currently studying Shakepeare with Tom Clayton, and a friend of Chris Gordon. I'm writing a paper on the prosody and imaginative force (or lack thereof) in WS's Elegy, and in what way it isn't Shakespeare's. =============================================================================== *Boyle, Charles I am an actor, writer and teacher of theater living in Boston. I am also a member of the SAA and artistic director of the Ever Theater, a company that specializes in the plays of Shakespeare. I am currently writing a book on Shakespeare and the Essex Rebellion. =============================================================================== *Boyle, William E. While I would like to subscribe and make use of the resources available on SHAKEPER, I must say at the outset that I am not a researcher, scholar, instructor, or formal student of Shakespeare. I am however, very interested in Shakespeare, his plays and the sonnets, the Elizabethan period in general, and history. I was an English major in college (BA, Lake Forest College, 1967) focusing on the American and English novel, and minoring in history. Following college I served three years in the Army, then attended library school in Albany N.Y. (MLS, SUNY-Albany, 1973). I am now a professional librarian and free-lance photographer living in Boston. I am currently working as a consultant for the Eastern Region Library System in Massachusetts on a project to convert and maintain all public library periodical holdings in the national OCLC data base. I also work for several smaller academic library consortia in Massachusetts. In my library work I have written grant proposals, training manuals and guidelines, and presented workshops. My photography involves sports (and some theatre), and my work has been published in regional magazines and newspapers, college media guides, and books. While I took several courses on Shakespeare in college, it has been only in the past 15 years that I have become genuinely interested in his works and what they have to say about humankind and human history. Middle age, I guess, although reading about and trying to understand my own and our nation's experience just in the period of my lifetime (i.e. 60's, Vietnam, Watergate right through to the eulogies for Nixon last week) has had me thinking about |history all the time, i.e. what is the truth?. I have found in the history plays and such staples as MacBeth and Julius Caesar much that reflects on our own times. I am particularly interested in what I consider to be the more personal works, such as Hamlet, Lear and the sonnets. I have recently been memorizing favorite sonnets and some passages from Hamlet (the only way, I believe, to really experience the poetry). Some of these favorites include 29,73,121,140 and 151. I feel that the very best of Shakespeare is probably autobiographical, that Hamlet is Shakespeare to some degree, and that several of my favorite sonnets could be slipped into the play Hamlet with hardly a notice. I expect that, in addition to the resources available on the fileserver, there is a lot of interesting conversation on SHAKSPER. I don't know how much I would be participating, but I would certainly enjoy listening in. =============================================================================== *Bradford, Libby G. I am currently doing preliminary research on a thesis for my second MA, this one in English. I'm using Shakespeare's _Taming of the Shrew_ as one of my central texts. As such, I would be interested in joining your discussion group, if not to contribute, to at least "glean" knowledge and information from others. =============================================================================== *Bradley, Alasdair Alasdair Bradley: As I am buried in my studies, I shall give a list of my interests quickly. I am fascinated by the Renaissance and 17th century. Chief interests include Milton, Hobbes, Shakespeare. A bit much? (The luxuries of a M.A. student.) I a fair acquaintance with most of the Shakespeare corpus, and am taking a course with Paul Yachnin in the theatrical and staging aspects of his plays. I am involved with the editorial end of the Early Modern Literary Studies journal here at UBC. =============================================================================== *Bradley, Donald I am retired from teaching as of Sept. 1997 after 45 years working on the secondary and collegiate levels of instruction. I am currently residing in Walnut Creek CA and am expanding my interests beyond my specialization which is in Melville and late 19th century American literature. I particularly interested in looking at the various forms of Shakespearean influence on contemporary American novelists. ============================================================= *Bradley, Jacqueline A recent graduate of SMU, I currently teach in the Rhetoric Program at SMU, and for the last four years have taught both British and American Literature in the community college system. I have just published an article on a Joyce Carol Oates novel, "_Black Water_ and Diminishing Significance: Nameless, Wordless, Worthless," my first publication. My works in progress include a psychoanalytical study of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." My current Shakesperian research ranges from word choice in _Macbeth_ to a psychoanalysis of Bolingbroke. Formerly the graduate assistant for the Shakespeare Association of America, I continue to be interested in all things Shakespearian. ============================================================= *Bradshaw, Graham Books on Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Scepticism (1987) and Misrepresentations: Shakespeare and the Materialists (1993), both published in paperback by Cornell University Press. Most recent Shakespearean articles: 'Reading Hamlet in Japan', joint paper, written with Kaori Ashizu, for the Los Angeles Cobgress, forthcoming in the published proceedings (University of Delaware Press); 'State of Play', forthcoming in International Shakespeare Yearbook (Scholar Press). ============================================================= *Braithwaite, Keith Departement d'Etudes Anglo-Americaines Universite de Perpignan 66000 PERPIGNAN FRANCE I am in fact an English historian teaching British and American history at the University of Perpignan, France. My own interest in Shakespeare is purely personal, and while not confined to the histories, firmly anchored on that aspect of his work. However, my interest in your list is really to act, in the first place, as a go-between for the two Shakespeare specialists here at the faculty. They are not into computers as yet, and certainly not into learned forums of this type. I would very much like to get them interested, for their own sakes, but also for the value of such access for the students. I therefore have no pedigree to offer as a future list member, but I hope that this approach will suffice at least for starters. I do have nearly 300 students who use Email regularly, and all of them are involved in Shakespearean studies of one sort or another as part of their degree or post-graduate work. If any list members or their students would be interested in Email penfriends in France, they would be most welcome. There is a more or less equal number of boys and girls from 18 to 25 and upwards. ======================================================================== *Branche, Calvin Calvin Branche: I taught Shakespeare as part of a British Lit course at WRHS in Holden, Mass. for many years. In addition, my wife and I spent a Sabbatical Year living and studying in England at the University of Essex. During that time I took a course, among others, in Literature which had Shakespeare as a basic unit. My interest, though, has been longer than teaching. For it was in college where I took a full year under Dr. John B. Harcourt. He had two articles published in the Quarterly, and my experience with him was based not only on being a student, but as a "friend" as well in that he took me under his wing, so-to-speak, and helped me gain the confidence I needed to succeed as a student. The combination of his teaching and the course in Shakespeare has left me with an enduring interest in the subject. For these reasons, and because I am now semi-retired, with time to re-visit the areas I taught, I am looking forward to reading, and participating, in SHAKSPER. =============================================================================== *Breen, Kathleen Kathleen Breen: I have a Masters in English from the University of Louisville, and for the last 20 years have been teaching English at one level or another. I have taught composition at U of L, and as adjunct faculty at Bellarmine College. I teach full time at a private secondary school. In 1988 and '89, I was one of 30 participants in a Folger Library summer institute on teaching Shakespeare's language. The institute, funded by NEH, led to our developing texts for teachers, Shakespeare Set Free. Two volumes have been published so far. I contributed an article to English Journal in April 1993, "Taking Shakespeare from the Page to the Stage." For the past five years I have been working with the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in a variety of roles. Curt Tofteland, the producing director and I began a week-long summer institute modeled after the Folger program, and an annual student scene festival in which about 300-400 students participate each year. I am the Associate Director of the institute, FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE: Teaching Shakespeare in the Classroom. I have also written teaching materials for the Festival's educational outreach programs, Boy Meets Girl Meets Shakespeare, and Shakespeare's Clowns. Two summers ago, I also worked as a front of house manager for the theatre, which is one of only three free Shakespeare Festivals in the U.S. The plays are held outdoors in Louisville's Central Park. I am intending to apply for the NEH seminar, Shakespeare Text and Theatre, conducted by Miriam Gilbert. I want a bumper sticker that reads "I'd rather be in Stratford." =============================================================================== *Breitenreicher, Thilo <060411449-0001@t-online.de> I'm 22 years old and an English-student at the University of Giessen in Germany. ============================================================= *Brennan, Elaine M. or Assistant Director, Women Writers Project Brown University, Department of English Women Writers Project Box 1841, Brown University Providence, RI 02912 (401) 863-3619 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: MLA, ACH, ALLC I'm the managing editor and Assistant Director of the Women Writers Project, an electronic textbase of women's writings in English between the years of 1330 and 1830, a large percentage of whose texts are are from the Renaissance. I'm also one of the co-editors of Humanist. ================================================================= *Brennan-Jones, Lucy I am a PhD student at the University of Western Australia, and I would like to subscribe to your discussion group Shaksper. Hope you can assist me in this. I am a Renaissance literature student. =============================================================================== *Bresslour, Gerry My name is Gerry Bresslour. I'm an attorney employed in Seattle, Washington in the law department of The Boeing Company. Although my professional life is spent on real estate and land use matters (concerns in which W.S. was not entirely disinterested), much of my free time is devoted to reading Shakespeare's works and scholarly commentary on them, as well as a bit of Shakespearean biography from time to time. I am particularly interested in the Bolingbroke plays and in the comedies (esp. Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night). Interests, however, are subject to change without notice. My educational background: A.B. (with honors), Franklin & Marshall College, 1968 (Major: Philosophy); Ed.D., Univ. of Massachusetts, 1975; J.D., Univ. of Washington, 1978. =============================================================================== *Brestoff, Richard I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate (1972) of the University of California at Berkeley's Dramatic Art department. I also hold a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from NYU's School of the Arts (1975). I currently teach in the Seattle area at Seattle Central Community College, North Seattle Community College, Bellevue Community College, the University of Washington and at my own studio. I am the author of two books which are: THE CAMERA SMART ACTOR and THE GREAT ACTING TEACHERS AND THEIR METHODS, both published by Smith and Kraus. One of my current projects is adapting Shakespeare to the screen. I am shooting many scenes from Shakespeare's plays in Classic continuity style (masters, two-shots, over-the-shoulders and close-ups) to see how actors can meet the size of the material and still remain believable. My main interest lies in examining and extending performance traditions in order to illuminate the living breathing, thinking, passionate characters that Shakespeare created. ============================================================= *Breton, Matthew Office Administrator (officially); Poet-guitarist, freelance writer and game designer (unofficially). What to tell, what to tell.. I'm a Shakespeare buff. A reader, an analyst, a dreamer; I don't plan on becoming as famous as Billy Shakes but I think, that in the analysis of his work, my own writing can improve. I enjoy his tragedies the most -- really got into Baz' version of Romeo and Juliet-but have lately been trying to crack into the rather obscure plays-Troilus and Cressida-as well as his sonnets. Looking to get published, but not as a specific critic of Shakespeare, or even a "remake" of old plays; there's a deeper understanding to be dug out, cherished, understood. To labor, not, after the style of Shakespeare, but rooted in the same eloquence, the same humour, the same inspiration. ============================================================= *Brewer, Chip My name is Chip Brewer and my wife and I currently live in Boston, Massachusetts. I graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine in 1992 with an English major and an Economics minor. My Honors Thesis was entitled "Concerning Shakespeare's Debt to Cicero's 'De Officiis'", which (supposedly) provided a new interpretation of "Julius Caesar". In it, I argued that when 'Julius Caesar' is viewed through the lens of Cicero's 'De Officiis' one finds a new and different focus for the tragedy in the play - Not theat of Brutus, Caesar or Antony, but rather the tragedy of the demise of an entire philosophy, or way of life. The advent of Christianity and its eschatological promises of Heaven and Hell spelled the demise of Cicero's belief that man should follow certain precepts simply because it is 'right' not because some higher authority will take you to task for it later. In any case, enough about that for now. I am anxious to begin discussing and re-reading Shakespearean tragedy again, as I have been ensconced in the business world for 3 years or so after a year of teaching English and Latin at a prep school outside Philadelphia. I feel my literature brain beginning to get rather soggy, and would like to try and reverse the process. Hopefully this list is the first step. I will likely to focus on the tragedies, though I would not mind gaining a better understanding of the histories as well. Currently, I am intrigued by boundary states and the choices made by individuals and characters when confronted with these boundary states (whatever their form may be). ============================================================= *Bridgman, Kimberley K. Lynn My name is Kimberley Lynn Bridgman. I am a Comparative Literature graduate student at the University of Washington, preparing to enter the college of education. I deeply enjoy literature and hope to share my enthusiasm with young people in secondary school. There are so many ways cannonized literature may be presented appealingly to students. All it takes is the right slant to catch their interest, and then they may start exploring for themselves! I find Shakespeare's dramas particularly appealing, and have most recently enjoyed enactments of Two Noble Kinsmen and Much Ado About Nothing in the Elizabethan theatre in Ashland, Oregon. In college Shakespeare courses I have observed students becoming much more enthused by the texts when they begin enacting scenes themselves; I feel inspired to add this method to the other approaches I shall use at high school level. While I am preparing for the certification program I find myself unable to fit Shakespeare courses into my schedule. I appreciate this chance to read the SHAKSPER forum to keep myself thinking critically about my favorite 16th & 17th century dramas, as well as the bridges between these plays and the present. =============================================================================== *Brink, Jean R. JEAN R. BRINK is the Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, a statewide research unit, located in the center of the state at Arizona State U. Educated at Northwestern (B.A.), Harvard (M.A.), and Wisconsin (Ph.D), she has been employed at Arizona State since 1974. Her most recent publication is a biographical and critical study of Michael Drayton (1990). She has edited a number of collections concerned with gender in the English Renaissance and will be presenting a paper in the Psychoanalytic Session in Tokyo. ======================================================================== *Brinn, Stewart I am only studying for the English A'level qualification, which is a pre-university course. If someone such as myself is welcome on the list, I would be more than happy to become a member, and I thank you for the follow up to my enquiry. ============================================================= *Broadaway, Rick Having only recently acquired access to the Internet I was pleased to discover that such a discussion group exists for Shakspearean scholars. My name is Rick Broadaway and I am an ex-patriot American living in Japan, where I teach English as a Second Language at a private Japanese University. Though I cannot claim to be a Shakespearean scholar, my love of the Bard has been long and profound. My first encounter with Shakespeare, like most students, was in a literature course in college; I missed him in high school because, unfortunately, I was tracked into a vocational course of studies considering my lack of interest in matters academic. Upon graduation from high school I worked as a mangager for U-Haul Company for several years, traveling around Texas on my various duties. It was on one such trip, stopped at a roadside rest area at sunset, that I realized that I wanted to know more about the world. I enrolled in a night class in biology at a nearby community college, took remedial mathematics tutorials at the college's adult education department (learning fractions), and spent my nights on the road studying in my motel room. I became a ravenous learner and soon graduated from the college's two-year associate program with honors. I then transferred to Texas A&M University majoring in mathematics. Once there, I delved into the world of math and science and absorbed myself in study. After two semesters there, I experienced the second major turning point in my academic career, this time not at a roadside rest area but during a walk across campus in the rain. I realized that my life had become a mess of formulas and equations and that my initial desire to learn more about the world was being suffocated by numbers. It was then that I decided to transfer to the University of Colorado and study the humanities for awhile. I wanted to read and study books totally unrelated to science or math, which I did whole-heartedly. However, thinking that a degree in math would be of more pratical value, I had decided to return to Texas A&M and finish my degree there. During my intended semester at the University of Colorado, I took, among other courses, a class in Shakespearean tragedy. To put it mildly, I was overwhelmed, and, to make a long story short, I didn't return to Texas. I stayed at CU, graduating with a degree in English literature and minors in history and French. After a short haitus, during which I lived in a small Rocky Mountain town (surviving on a diet of potatoes and classics), I returned to graduate school and received my master's degree in English Education and a state teaching certificate. After teaching high-school English for one year in Colorado, the third turning point in my rather unusual career manifested itself: I was suddenly presented with the opportunity to teach in Japan for one year, an offer which I accepted just for the experience of living in a foreign country. That was five years ago. The learning of Japanese has taken up a lot of my time during that period, but now that I have a secure university teaching position and can speak the language passing well, my desire to do serious literary research on Shakespeare has once again come to the fore. I hope my remoteness from the geographical centers of such research wil be lessened by my participation in Internet discussion group such as SHAKSPER. Though I have yet to publish anything on Shakspeare, I intend for that fact to change dramatically by next year. My current Shakespeare-related project is the production in Kanazawa, Japan of Hamlet. Yours truly will play Hamlet and rehearsals are already underway. =============================================================================== *Broaddus, James I am a 66 year old Spenser scholar--if having a manuscript, *Spenser's Allegory of Love: Social Vision in Books III, IV, and V of Spenser's* Faerie Queene, under consideration at a university press justifies the description. My pre-postmodern reading utilizes Renaissance faculty psychology--the kind of thing which was abandoned in Shakespearean studies in the 1940"s, but is, I maintain, essential to an understanding of Spenser's characters as fictional personages. I also use Galen on the physiology of sexual desire. =============================================================================== *Brock, Steven Steven Brock: I am a lawyer and a reader of Shakespeare. My wife, Susan Lorsch, is an English professor at Hofstra University. I am interested in particular in etext and database developments regarding Shakespeare, as well as English, Greek, and other language reference materials and databases in general. =============================================================================== *Brock, Susan I have recently been appointed Executive Secretary and Treasurer of the International Shakespeare Association, based at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon where I am Head of Academic Resource Development. I was formerly Librarian and Honorary Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute. My research interests include Shakespeare (of course), Renaissance Latin drama, and theatre design. My published work includes The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1919-1945 (with Marian Pringle) and Playhouse Wills 1558-1642 (with Ernst Honigmann) and I am currently General Academic Editor of a microform reprint project, Bibliotheca Elizabethana, published by Maruzen in Japan. ============================================================ *Brockland-Nease, Margaret I am completing my sixth year of teaching composition, world literature, and technical writing at Brunswick College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia. At the same time, I am a student in the PhD program at UNC-Chapel Hill, majoring in Renaissance lit and minoring in Medieval. I am preparing to take exams in October. My MA is from the U of Florida (Gainesville, 1988); my master's thesis was on feminist criticism and Shakespeare. My BA is from Armstrong State College (Savannah, GA 1985). I am a member of MLA, NCTE, CCCC, and AAUW, and I am part of the Regional Executive Committee of the Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year College. I am most interested in New Historicist criticism of Shakespeare, though feminist criticism is still important for me as well. HAMLET and the accession of James I are my current research interests. =============================================================================== *Brod, Brooke My name is Brooke Brod. I recently received my Bachelors degree from New York University. I was told about the Shakespeare list by my teacher, Louis Scheeder. I am a young director and am interest in having access to dialog and research about Shakespear. I am particularly interested in research about Elizabethan culture and how it is reflected in the plays. I am also eager to learn how other directors translate theory into stagecraft. =============================================================================== *Brodeur, Paul Paul T. Brodeur: I wish to subscribe to SHAKSPER for the simple fact that I studied English Literature in my undergraduate days at Fitchburg State college in Mass. Although my degree has not led to a carrer in Literature, I like to say it has given me a very good hobby to persue. After graduating from F.S.C.in '84, I spent a good year and a half deciding what to do with my life. My decision rested on the words of my father. In late '85 I wanted to go on a 2 month excavation to Israel. To do so I would have had to sell my car to finance the trip. Asking my dad what he thought about it he said "If you want to see the world, you should join the military." That was said on a Friday. The next Monday I was in the recruiter's office! I enlisted in the Army and was sent to Seoul, Korea in Feb '87. In Nov of the same year I married a Korean (Myong [pronouned Me-Young] Suk). We stayed in Korea (and the Army) until July '89. Our first child, Sarah, was born a week before I left the military to get a job working at one of the many english language institutes in Seoul (the Korea Herald). I was with that company until '94 and moved on to the Min Byong Chul institue for one year. Returning to the states just before Thanksgiving last year, -- with two children, our second, a boy whom we named Jesse, having been born in '93 -- we migrated to San Diego (rather than Mass. How I miss the New England weather!!). I was employed by a financial consultant firm. Working on commission and putting close to $800 into tests for the job, our savings were running out. Result? I now have two hobbies -- Literature and the stock market. I re-enlisted in the Army in April of this year. We have been with Co A, 306th MI [Military Intelligence] BN [Batallion] at Ft Huachuca, Az since July. In short, I desire to subscribe to SHAKESPER as a means of self-study; for a love of literature that has stuck with me all these years. Dante, Dickens, Milton and, of course, Shakespeare are my favorites. (my children love Dr. Seuss!) =============================================================================== *Brody, Roberta Brody Information Services, 24 South Maryland Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050 (516) 767-1961, Fax: (516) 767-7814 I am a business librarian who owns her own company which supplies research and research support services to the business community. I am also a part-time student in the Ph.D. program at the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University. My main focus there is on information retrieval and classification research. My interest in Shakespeare, is personal and dates back to a time over ten years ago when I received a fellowship in English Literature. I have been interested in Shakespeare's imagery ever since and would like to explore the broad area of text analysis with a focus on computer-aided analysis. EDUCATION: 1971 BA in Humanities, Hofstra University 1978 MS in Secondary Education, Hofstra University 1981 MLS Palmer Graduate School of Library and Information Science - Long Island University ============================================================================= *Broennimann, Werner I would be greatly interested in joining the SHAKSPER electronic conference and to participate in its exchange of ideas. Several colleagues in Switzerland have drawn my attention to your service, praising its valuable contributions to their work. My particular interests are Troilus and Cressida, which I have edited and translated as a bilingual text in the series Englisch-deutsche Studienausgabe der Dramen Shakespeares, and King Lear, which I am currently editing for the same series. My academic affiliations are with the Universities of St. Gallen and of Basel; I teach English literature in both places. =============================================================================== *Bromberger, Nava Name: Nava Bromberger Title: Master's Candidate Department: Liberal Studies Institution: New York University Electronic Address: NQB1621@acfcluster.nyu.edu Snail Mail Address: 85 E. 3rd Street #6A; New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 529-3891 Previous Education: BA, UC Berkeley, History of Art Biography: I am currently in the Liberal Studies department at New York University. My original intention was to take critical theory courses along with art history courses as a means to studying art history from a more contextual and critical perspective. However, I have discovered that I have a much stronger interest in the literature and literary theory courses than the art history course that I have taken here. And so, my plan has been altered. I now want to continue studying literature and literary theory from a contextual perspective rather than continue with art history. My interest in this discussion list is simply that I haved always enjoyed William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. I will finish my master's degree in Spring 1993 and, hopefully, will then be working toward a Ph.D. in the Comparative Literature department here at NYU. ============================================================================== *Brookes, Tim Although I teach in the English department at UVM, my interest is not specifically scholarly. I'm writing a novel set in 1594 and I'd very much like to discuss various issues that might arise in the novel, as well as ask people for suggestions of sources for eyewitness accounts and contemporary descriptions. ============================================================= *Brookfield, Kathleen Kathleen Kathleen Brookfield, although I prefer to be called "Kate". EDUCATION: England. Teacher's Certificate, Diploma in Advanced Education (Reading) Taught in England from 1960-1969 at which time I came to Canada. After raising our two children, I returned to academic studies and took an Honors BA in English at the University of Guelph (1987) and an MA at McMaster University (1988-9). Although, I am no longer an active member of any academic institution, I would like to continue to associate with Shakespeare scholarship. At present, I am self-employed doing free-lance editing and Desktop Publishing. =============================================================================== *Brooks, John B. Full name: John B. Brooks Title: Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 I recently retired after teaching for 28 1/2 years at UW-Oshkosh. Before that, I taught at the University of Pennslvania (Ph.D., 1965, M.A. 1959), at Pennsylvania State University, at the University of North Dakota, and at the University of Calgary (Alberta). My B.A. is from the University of New Hampshire (1953). My doctoral dissertation, published by Garland in 1980, was a critical, modernized edition of Thomas Middleton's "The Phoenix" (1607). I concentrated in research and teaching on the younger contemporary of Shakespeare, Middleton, until around 1980; after that I switched to Shakespeare. I have been asked to teach a course in Shakespeare during the January, 1995, UW-Oshkosh interim three-week term, and feel a need to get re-connected to what's going on in Shakespeare scholarship. Selected publications, etc.: (1) "Are Shakespeare's Plays Sexist?" - 12 pp. paper read at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters annual conference, 25 April 1992, abstract included in conference proceedings publication. (2) Panelist on "Justice in Shakespeare" panel at Midwest Modern Language Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 4, 1989. (3) Panel discussant and reviewer of college production of "King Lear," Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI, Feb. 20, 1986. (4) Co-Editor of MLA Variorum edition of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for several years; resigned when I retired in January, 1993. Middleton publications: (1) Editor of "The Phoenix," by Thomas Middleton: A Critical, Modernized Edition (New York: Garland Publishing, 1980). (2) "Thomas Middleton," chapter in "The Popular School," ed. T. P. Logan and D. S. Smith (Univer. of Nebraska Press, 1975): 51-84. (3) "Recent Studies in Middleton (1971-1981)," in "English Literary Renaissance" 14 (Winter 1984): 114-128. (4) "Middleton's Stepfather and the Captain of The Phoenix," "Notes and Queries" 8 (October 1961): 382-384. I have been a member of MLA, MMLA, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society, and a longtime subscriber to "Shakespeare Quarterly." I am currently interested particularly in the 5 plays I have chosen for the interim course: Midsummer Night's Dream, 1HenryIV, Measure for Measure, King Lear, and Tempest. =============================================================================== *Brooks, Lane Lane Brooks: I teach English at King & Low-Heywood Thomas School in Stamford, CT. Previously, I have taught English at Woodward Academy (Atlanta, GA), New Canaan High School (New Canaan, CT) and S. Connecticut State University. I received my undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and my MA from Connecticut State University in New Haven. My interest in joining the Shakespeare mailing list stems from, I suppose, my interest in feeling as if we're all in this together -- to correspond with my colleagues about Shakespearean and Renaissance matters, including, perhaps, Christopher Marlowe. I just finished teaching/exploring Much Ado and R&J and plan to do A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Spring. My principle areas of interest include Textual Studies, Performance, Gender Studies and New Historicism - which I realize is a great deal. My last paper, "Reading The Tempest", was recently presented at a colloquium where I teach and we plan to follow that up with a trip to NYC to see Patrick Stewart as Prospero on Broadway next week. =============================================================================== *Brookshire, Cathy I would like to join the Shakespeare list. My name is Cathy A. Brookshire, my Equity name is Cathy Leigh Agrin. I am the founder and director of Shakespeare Live!, a touring company of high school students from the Shenandoah Valley. Since 1992, Shakespeare Live! has toured each year to area schools with one hour adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. We use no sets, minimal costuming, and the language is 17th. century English. We provide workshops and teacher's packets in addition to our shows. Over 3,000 students and teachers saw last year's production of "Romeo and Juliet". We are currently in production for this year's tour of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Artist - In - Residence - HArrisonburg City and Rockingham County Public Schools Acting teacher - Performing and Visual Arts Northwest, Winchester, Va. Adjunct professor, Theatre and Dance Department, Fall, 1993, James Madison University. I have a BFA in Theatre from the University of Georgia. Member: Actors Equity since 1973 Educational Theatre Association American Alliance for Theatre and Education Ki Society, VA. chapter Interests: Theatrical combat, theatre sports, improvisation, Theatre for Young Audiences, My snail-mail address is: 32 Monument Ave. Harrisonburg, VA. 22801 703 - 434 - 7516 =============================================================================== *Broome, Lisa I am a Ph.D student at University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. I received my MA from the University of Alabama, and my BA from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. My primary academic interest is in British and Italian Renaissance poetry. I may also pursue psychoanalytical theory as a special field of study. =============================================================================== *Broome, Lisa I am currently a PhD student at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. I received my MA in English from the University of Alabama (where I first learned of and subscribed to Shaksper) and my BA in English from the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. My two primary fields of interest are British and Italian Renaissance poetry. I may also study psychoanalytical theory as well. One project on which I am currently working is a comparative study of Shakespeare and Dekker's works (primarily Dekker, Chettle, and Haughton's _Patient Grissil_ and Shakespeare's _Taming of the Shrew_). Additionally, I am fascinated by the complaint genre (and what a broad category that is, really), and I may examine several instances of them--Spenser's _Complaints_, Shakespeare's _A Lover's Complaint_, etc.-- in my dissertation (though that's some years ahead...). =============================================================================== *Brotons-Goodney, Toni Toni Brotons-Goodney 1011 Arrowhead Dr. #6 Oxford, OH 45056 513-523-4814 I am currently a graduate student seeking my Master of Arts in Theatre at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I earned my Bachelor of Science Degree in Theatre at Northern Michigan University in 1990. While at NMU I had the oppportunity to act in two Shakespearean productions and two more in summer stock theatre. My roles ranged from a servant in R and J to Lady M. herself. Because of this experience, I have found Shakespeare to be one of my favorite playwrights. This is because of the world I am allowed to enter when- ever I've done one of his shows and seen them. It is a world of beautiful language and enormous insight. My goal is to teach theatre at the college level once I get my doctorate. I can only hope to pass on this passion I have to my students. In regards to research, I have done an extensive, semester-long dramatugical analysis of Measure for Measure. That is it so far. My other research interests lie in a feminist approach to Shakespeare's work. While I am not of the school that believes Shakespeare's female roles should be played by males because that is who they were written for, I do think that looking at his work from a female eye would prove interesting results, not to mention much discussion. =============================================================================== *Brough, Jamie I'm currently a college student in the UK studying English Lit. and would like to become a member of SHAKSPER. ============================================================= *Brown, Eric Eric C. Brown, Doctoral Candidate at Loui siana State University, Department of English. I am currently completing a dis sertation on Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson and their views on time. I have t wo B.A. degress, both from the University of Maine: one in zoology, the other i n English. WHile living in Maine, I read little of Shakespeare until the last couple years of college. Since then he has been the primary focus of my studie s. I currently have articles uner consideration on Othello and Richard III. I also have an article forthcoming in The Yeats Eliot Review on another of my f avorite writers, T.S. Eliot. The article looks at Eliot's treatment of murder, and touches on Hamlet and its influence. I am present;ly working on The Merchant of Venice, and teaching an intro. to drama course here at LSU. =============================================================================== *Brown, James E. My name is James(Jim) E. Brown, Jr. and I am a student at North Carolina State University(NCSU). I am 48 years old and a retired Air Force Master Sergeant. I am married, my wife's name is Noriko, and I have twin daughters, Jennifer and Mary, who are 21 and also attend NCSU. My present position is as a training coordinator with Kinko's Copies of North Carolina and I work out of the branch office located in the Research Triangle Park in Durham. This semester, I am taking a course in English Literature and I have discovered the Internet. It is this combination of events that has led me here. My interests in Shakespeare are still very generalized and I am not doing any reseach at this time. =============================================================================== *Brown, Kenneth Kenneth Brown: I teach acting at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and have an ongoing career as a writer, actor, and director. One of my current projects is the establishment of the ESP, or Edmonton Shakespeare Project, the purpose of which is to see that every play of Shakespeare's is either performed or given a staged reading between now and the turn of the millenium. =============================================================================== *Brown, Mitchell J. My name is Mitchell Brown and I live in the Hyde Park section of Chicago, not far from the University of Chicago. I can't satisfy your requirements for the biography submission, since I am not affiliated with any educational institution. My involvement with Shakespeare has been an on going labor of love. I have read the majority of the plays many times over and have begun to explore the vast body of criticism. I have been particularly enjoying the work of Northrop Frye. I hope that my non-academic standing will not exclude me from the list. I am thrilled to find a network on the Internet dedicated to the 'upstart crow' and am excited about benifiting from the scholarship and experience of the subscribers. =============================================================================== *Brown, Pamela Allen I'm a PhD candidate at Columbia (although I'm living in Turkey), working on gender and jest. =============================================================================== *Brown, S. I'm very sorry. I'm still trying to learn how to use e-mail. I am a professor of voice and text at Miami Univ. in Oxford Ohio. My area of speciality is contemporary Shakesperean performance. I am very interested in becoming a member of the Shakespeare network. with which you are affiliated. My mailing address is Miami Univ Theatre 131 Center for Performing Arts Oxford, Ohio 45056. =============================================================================== *Brown, William Bailey *Name: William Bailey Brown (Ley) *Institution: Brentwood Academy *Department: English *Title: Department Chair *Email: BROWNL1@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu *Phone: (615) 791-7909 *Address: 606 Spokane Court, Franklin, TN *Postal Code: 37064 *Country: USA *Biographical Sketch I received a BA in history at the University of Mississippi in 1983. In 1992 I completed the requirements for my MA at BreadLoaf School of English @ Middlebury College. Since 1984 I have taught English at the secondary level in three prep schools, and I am presently serving as department chair for English at Brentwood Academy. In that capacity I am privileged to share in the experience of the next generation's contact with Shakespeare in discussion, analysis, and, of course, performance. Purpose in joining this list - to maintain a dialogue with scholars around the world who share my fascination with Shakespeare and can provide insight into the state of Shakespeare studies today. =============================================================================== *Brown, William Bailey *Name: William Bailey Brown (Ley) *Institution: Brentwood Academy *Department: English *Title: Department Chair *Email: dickersn@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu *Phone: (615) 791-7909 *Address: 606 Spokane Court, Franklin, TN *Postal Code: 37064 *Country: USA *Biographical Sketch I received a BA in history at the University of Mississippi in 1983. In 1992 I completed the requirements for my MA at BreadLoaf School of English @ Middlebury College. Since 1984 I have taught English at the secondary level in three prep schools, and I am presently serving as department chair for English at Brentwood Academy. Purpose in joining this list - to maintain a dialogue with scholars around the world who share my fascination with Shakespeare and can provide insight into the state of Shakespeare studies today. =============================================================================== *Browne, Dayna J. I graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a BA in English. I took a couple of Shakespeare courses there with Richard Abrams. At the time he was very interested in the Elegy to William Peter and all of its implications. We also dabbled with beta versions of Shaxicon. After graduation, I forsook all that I knew to be good and pure and went to law school. Now that I have graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, I want to engage in thought and conversation about things of interest once again. I am toying with the idea of writing a modern adaptation of The Tempest just to retard the decay of my brain cause by three years of "thinking like a lawyer." I thought this list would be a good way to ease back into that mindset. Since I am not a scholar, I will probably keep my comments to a minimum unless I have something really profound to say. ============================================================= *Browne, Herschel Although for many years employed as a computing professional, I received a Master of Arts degree in English history from American University in 1985. During my studies, I had the honor of being a registered reader at the Folger Library here in Washington, and was able to make use of its treasures in my research. My principal periodic concentration was the era of the industrial revolution (approximately 1760-1820), but my studies included fairly extensive work in the Tudor-Stuart period as well. Methodologically, I was (and am) especially interested in the use of literary evidence within the historical discipline, which is, of course, fraught with many dangers and pitfalls, but which can offer surprising rewards as well. ============================================================= *Browne, Malika M. I must admit that I was more than a little intimidated by the biographical statement requirement specified when I first tried to subscribe to SHAKSPER, but I've decided to take time out, and at least give it a try. I am a double major in English and Philosophy here at Lafayette. My area of concentration within the English major is Renaissance Drama. Though I am still an undergraduate, I have been privileged to study Shakespeare under Dr. J. P. Lusardi, and to spend a semester in London studying the same with Penelope Martin. Though I am a junior, I have already completed all of the requirements for the English major and my area of concentration. This status allows me some freedom of choice as to my focus and direction for my last 4 semesters. I am basically allowed to explore whatever interests me in the areas of literature, its interpretation, etc., until I graduate. Being an African (I refuse to use the terms African American, Black, etc.) woman I have recently become very interested in the philosophical and conceptual framework of AFROCENTRICITY, and its implications in the literary realm. It has become a new and different way of reading, in much the same way that the way I read changed once I discovered, and became an avid "fan" of Shakespeare. I would like to offer this new and different perspective of mine, as a possible "selling point", in my quest to become part of this ongoing discussion. I appreciate your time and consideration in this matter. ============================================================================== *Brownell, Robin-Taine My name is Robin-Taine Brownell. I currently reside in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have been married for nearly 6 years and have a 2 year old daughter. I was first introduced to Shakespeare in high school, and to my utter surprise, found I really loved it. Since high school, I have often found myself picking up various plays to read and often borrow video productions from our local library. I would not consider myself an academic as I am not a teacher or a student, and certainly not an expert! However, I am planning to return to university after my husband is finished his schooling, to study English Lit. In the meantime, I believe that learning is a never-ending process, and until I am able to study full-time, I am trying to learn as much as I can on my own. I have already found that email lists can be a wonderful way of meeting people with common interests, who often have as much to teach as to learn. I am looking forward to a similar experience on *this* list. ============================================================= *Bruce, Yvonne The professorship at the Citadel is my first full-time teaching position; I am teaching a Shakespeare course, a British literature survey, and two sections of composition, while finishing my dissertation, "' . . .to do Rome service is but vain': The Rejection of Virtue in Shakespeare's Roman Plays." My graduate work was done at Rice University in Houston, and I received my undergraduate degree from Webster University in St. Louis. Interests include all aspects of Shakespeare scholarship, particularly Shakespeare's classical influences; the Senecan dramas of the Pembroke circle; the writings of medieval women mystics; and modern and contemporary British and American poetry. I have also become extremely interested of late in the teaching of composition. ============================================================= *Brunner, Elizabeth Howell *Biographical Sketch: I am currently pursuing a Master's Degree in English in beautiful San Luis Obispo of Central California. My undergraduate degree is in "The Study of Men and Women in Society" from USC. I worked as a grantwriter for nonprofit organizations for eight years before returning to school. I'm currently taking a seminar on Shakespeare from Professor Steven Marx. =============================================================================== *Bruno, Ian Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. I gained my first degree (BSc Hons) in Chemistry at Durham University (UK) in 1990 and am currently in the final year of a PhD in Computational Chemistry and Chemical Information Systems at the University of Sheffield, UK. Since this has little to do with Shakespeare, on it I will not dwell. I came to Sheffield in 1990 and since then have been involved in various productions including: o stage manager for MISS JULIE (August Strindberg) o stage manager for CLOUD NINE (Caryl Churchill) - a semi-professional production at the Sheffield Crucible o production manager for HIGHWAY 1691 (James Botten) - a piece specially written for members of the cast of CLOUD NINE o assistant director for PRESENT LAUGHTER (Noel Coward) - although I only set out to be stage manager as a favour for a friend... As yet, no Shakespeare. I am particularly interested in theories of performance and in exploring the relationship between a play and its audience. I am also interested in the position and role of theatre in the age of electronic media. This interest, of course, includes Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Bruster, Douglas Douglas Bruster is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago. He is the author of _Drama and the Market In the Age of Shakespeare_ (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), and textual editor of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's _The Changeling_, forthcoming in the Oxford works of Middleton. His current research involves work on Shakespeare and his sources, and a study of gendered speech in Renaissance drama. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1991. Surface Address: Dept. of English; 1050 E. 59th St.; Chicago IL 60637 =============================================================================== *Bryant, Craig I am a studying Computer Science at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, and a complete amateur in the world of Shakespeare scholarship. I can only claim to be a devoted fan of his works, with perhaps one or two interesting things to say about them now and again. I have played a number of smaller parts, and _Hamlet's_ Claudius once at Georgia State University, and am working with Georgia Tech's DramaTech Theatre to prepare a production of _Macbeth_ for Winter of 1995. My interests are fairly broad, covering the content of the plays, acting technique, and a rather curious interest in Apocrypha, even those clearly (or comically) not Shakespeare's own (have been trying for some time to locate a copy of Ireland's _Vortigern_ for the sake of humor). =============================================================================== *Bryant, Gloria Levine After graduating from Mt. Holyoke College (B.A., 1976) and obtaining my Master's in Education (UC Berkeley, 1982), I became a teacher and educational writer. For the past ten years, I have been writing the teaching guide for Scholastic's high school literary magazine, LITERARY CAVALCADE and producing teaching units for NOVEL UNITS (a Chicago-based company). Included among these are guides to several works by Shakespeare, including THE TEMPEST, HAMLET, and AS YOU LIKE IT, TAMING OF THE SHREW, and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. I also write monthly book reviews for KLIATT (a book review service in Masssachusetts) and for SIGNAL (the International Reading Associations's adolescent literature special interest group). ============================================================= *Bryson, Rhett I am Rhett Bryson, Professor of Drama at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Mailing Address: Department of Drama Furman University Greenville, SC 29613-0426 (803) 294-2126 (803) 294-3509 FAX Undergraduate B.A. from Florida State University M.F.A. from The University of Georgia I serve as scenic and lighting designer for the department and as technical director for the productions. I teach classes in these areas as well. The most exciting teaching experience of my career is the "Ideas In The Arts" course that I helped design and have taught for the last 15 years. It is an interdisciplinary class in Art, Music & Drama. A professor from each of the subject areas is in the class and contributes each day. I am involved at the present time with a major research project which is attempting to photo document scenic painting techniques in scenic backdrops painted from 1900-1950's. The only remaining repository of this type of scenic art is found in Masonic Temples all across the country. A photo illustrated handbook of techniques to assist with the teaching of the painting techniques should result from this project. I am especially interested in issues related to the staging and lighting of the classics - including Shakespeare's works. I have been an actor, designer and director for Shakespearian productions for over 25 years. =============================================================================== *Bubenzer, Mary Elizabeth My name is Mary Elizabeth Bubenzer. I am a graduate student in the school of Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsisn- Milwaukee. I have a bachelor's degree in English from Cardinal Stritch College, also here in Milwaukee, a small Franciscan school. I also studied theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. I have always loved Shakespeare, from childhood on. I do not have much formal training in Shakespeare studies, but my parents took me to the plays and read them to me, and at Cardinal Stritch College I had excellent Shakespeare courses from Mary and Peter Blewett. I especially love the sonnets with all of their intricate wordplay. I come to the list with humble interest and a desire to learn. =============================================================================== *Buchanan, Douglas Doug Buchanan,B.a., M.a., Professor of Theatr History, Dawson College Professional Theatre Program (Dome Theatre). Author of (with John Lucas) "One Classical... A Shakespeare audition Handbook" pub. by Dawson College. Currently en redaction du these at the U. of Montreal Phd. program. Interested in the relationship between theatre architecture and both acting styles and dramaturgy. Also related areas such as Eliz. theatres (Globe(s)). =============================================================================== *Buchanan, James I do wish to become a member. I am a High school teacher at Taft HS in San Antonio. I am the theatre director and have produced a full Shakespeare production in this school for the last ten years. In addition, I have acted professionally in the Oklahoma, Dallas, and Ft. Worth Shakespeare festivals and have directed at the Globe in Odessa and at the Okla. Festival. I also have taught Humanities at the Navaho College at the Navaho Reservation in Arizona. I look forward to this group immensely. =============================================================================== *Buchanan, Particia I would like to join Shaksper, and I apologized for not responding sooner, but I have access to e-mail only at my college; and this weekend was a major holiday in Massachusetts. I was a bit daunted by your request for a bio because The main things I have say about my interest in the list are that I teach at a small state college in Massachusetts and I am a Ph.D candidate at Tufts writing a dissertation on Shakespeare's late romances. So I have two separate reasons for looing at the list. First, I'd like ideas for teaching the plays to undergraduates in a survey course. Second, I'd like a sounding board for my dissertation topic. In particular, what's out there on the Romances [specifically Cym, Per, TW & Tem] and Jung, or Folklore, or feminist analyses especially regarding incest or parent/child relationships? =============================================================================== *Buck, Thomas Thomas C. Buck Graduate Assistant Department of Theatre Michigan State University I am currently a second-year M.F.A. acting candidate at Michigan State University in East Lansing. I hold a B.A. in theatre from the University of Georgia (1992), where I first began my interest in the performance of Shakespeare's works, and how they relate to a contemporary audience. During my undergraduate training, I had the opportunity to work with an excellent American Shakespearean actor who introduced the class to a basic understanding of scansion and text-related devices in the works of Shakespeare. This study of the technicality of Shakespeare has led to the starting point of understanding and truthfully performing his works. I have performed in several of Shakespeare's plays including *A Midsummer Night's Dream* and *The Merchant of Venice*. In the fall of this year I will be touring with the "Simply Shakespeare Tour;" a group of four actors/actresses who tour various high schools in Michigan and perform various scenes from different plays. After the performances we conduct workshops in acting, text work, and general knowledge/history of Shakespeare--the man and his works. Thomas C. Buck 149 Auditorium Bldg. Dept. of Theatre Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824 =============================================================================== *Buckridge, Patrick My name is Patrick Buckridge. I was born and grew up in Brisbane,Queensland, Australia, and I now teach - Australian literature, mainly - at Griffith University in Brisbane, where I am a Senior Lecturer in Australian Studies. My Ph.D., however,is in Renaissance literature, from the University of Pennsylvania which I attended from 1970 to 1975. My dissertation was on John Marston, and I have published bits and pieces of it in Australian journals since, though the bulk of my publishing has been on Australian literature. (I recently completed a book on an Australian novelist and journalist of the interwar years, Brian Penton, which is being published early this year). My main interest in Shakespeare studies now derives from my 'conversion' to the 'Oxfordian theory', that is, the view that the writings we know as Shakespeare's were written by Edward De Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford. It is my impression that the theory is gaining momentum worldwide, and I shall be interested to see if the SHAKSPER contributions provide any evidence of that. My address: School of Australian and Comparative Studies Griffith University Nathan, Brisbane, Q. 4111 Australia. E-mail: P.Buckridge@hum.gu.edu.au =============================================================================== *Budd, Christopher OCMR Box 326 Oberlin, OH 44074 (216) 775-0067 My name is Christopher Budd. I am a senior at Oberlin College. My major is comparative religion, and my minors are Anthropology and History. I have an unofficial minor in theatre, theory and aesthetics, and a more than passing interest in art history, philosophy, psychology, and literature. I fear that I have no professional credentials to present to you, save that I am an undergraduate. Shakespeare is one of my larger interests, which is what attracted me to your board. I confess that until I received your follow- up note that I was under the impression that this was a board for Shakespeare scholars only. I am 21 years old and originally from Arlington Va. I have some practical theatre experience, both in technical and acting, but I confine myself now to theory and aesthetics, and have an interest in philosophical issues in theater. ======================================================================== *Budra, Paul Dept. of English Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC Canada, V5A 1S6 My work number is 604-291-3008; home is 604-925-3613. I did my PhD at the University of Toronto under Bill Blissett. Alexander Leggatt was a second reader. I finished in 1987 and was hired to Simon Fraser University in 1989. I'm the only Shakespearean, the only 16th century lit, and Renaissance drama person, on the faculty. My special interests, besides Shakespeare in general, are Marlowe and the relationship between history and tragedy in the 16th century. My last publications have been in these fields: "The Mirror for Magistrates and the Politics of Readership" appeared in SEL 32 1992; "Doctor Faustus: Death of a Bibliophile" appeared in Connotations 1.1 [1991, with a follow-up in 1.3 1992, "Doctor Faustus: The Play-text or the Play?" Presently I'm working on a book on non-dramatic tragedy in the English Renaissance. This has taken me firmly in to the realm of historiography. At the Atlanta meeting I took part in Alexander Leggatt's seminar on popular culture, presenting a paper on popular conceptions of history in Richard II. I've also been asked to write the Shakespeare Data Bank entry on the Mirror for Magistrates. I'd be particularly interested in talking to anyone with an interest in the narrative forms of history in Shakespeare and the surrounding literature. =============================================================================== *Bugno, Karen Karen M. Bugno Actor and Director For the past six years I have been involved in theatre in the Washington, DC area. I was a fairy in the Alliance Theatre Workshop's _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ and a maid and the messenger in Trinity Players _Taming of the Shrew_. I've taken a few courses on acting through Shakespeare Theatre. I also just directed my first play at the Source Theatre's Washington Theatre Festival. It was a short piece that I adapted for stage from a Larry Neal Award winning essay by Tully Sullivan called _The Renewal_. It was well recieved by Source's Dramaturg, and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop's (CHAWS) Director of Educational Programs. I was invited to take the piece to CHAWS for part of their "Works in Progress" series. So my Directing career just started with a bang. The professional organizations I belong to include: the Actors' Center, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Theatre Communications Group, AFTRA (under the stage name Kara Mattingly), and The She Company (a multicultural nonprofit women's arts organization). I graduated from Westminster College in Pennsylvania with a BA in Political Science. I minored in History and was one of the first students to participate in a demanding two year Humanities program called Quest. My main focus was on the Soviet Union a place I visited twice. I really think of myself as a historian. Yet coming from the social sciences I have some very useful analytical skills. After spending ten years in DC my interest in politics has waned but my interest in theatre and the arts has blossomed. I'm really an artist at heart. It even showed while I was in college dreaming of the day I'd take the Brookings Institution by storm. Some of my projects include developing stagings for Largo Desolato, R.U.R., Marlow's Doctor Faustus, and an Ibsen play set in the mountains of Western Maryland. I want to learn more about Shakespeare. I find his work fascinating. Yet with my twentieth century mind (which has been conditioned by both my intellectual curiosity and TV) I do not know as much as I would like about the Bard. Then perhaps I can act his work with finesse and will not be afraid to direct it. I want to learn more about Shakespeare. =============================================================================== Miller, Paul I received your correspondence last week. I am an Honours student at Ballarat University studying Shakespeare's tragedies at present. I am a member of the Humanities Department studying Literature and am in my fourth year. The university also has a Performing Arts Department that regularly presents a Shakespearean play. Last December they performed "Twelth Night" outdoors in the botannical gardens and they recently did a performance of "Richard III." Both plays were well performed and popular with the general public. I don't know if you are aware but Ballarat was only the second city in Australia to erect a stature of the Bard. Ballarat has quite a history of Shakespeare appreciation and if you are interested I can send you newspaper reports of the unveiling of the statue 30 or 40 odd years ago. Today kids on skateboards regularly recreate around his feet. My conversion to Shakespeare came about through reading works by John Russell Brown and by doing some research into the Globe theatre (which included watching Olivier's Henry V). I now imagine the plays as they would have been in Shakespeare's time and I look upon Shakespeare more as a human being than as the upper-class drudge he was always presented as. =============================================================================== *Buhler, Stephen *Name: Stephen M. Buhler *Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln *Department: English *Title: Assistant Professor *Email: smb@unlinfo.unl.edu *Phone: (402) 472-1784 *Address: 202 Andrews, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE *Postal Code: 68588-0333 *Country: United States of America *Professional Associations: Modern Language Association of America, Renaissance Conference of Southern California, Renaissance Society of America, Shakespeare Association of America, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference *Biographical Sketch: I received my doctorate in English from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1989. My dissertation, Spenser and the Epicurean Traditions, was written under the direction of Michael J. B. Allen. Past publications include "Marsilio Ficino's De stella magorum and Renaissance Views of the Magi," Renaissance Quarterly 43 (1990), and "Kingly States: The Politics in Paradise Lost," Milton Studies 28 (1992). Articles are forthcoming on "The Agon of Materialist Thought in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar," "Jubilee in Scripture and History: Reading Milton's 'At a Solemn Music,'" and "Pre-Christian Apologetics in Spenser and Sidney." A book-length study, developed from my dissertation, of Epicureanism in The Faerie Queene and Renaissance culture generally is nearly complete. I participated in the 1992-94 humanities institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library, "Shakespeare and the Languages of Performance," directed by Lois D. Potter. That experience has increased my interest in performance issues: connections between Renaissance texts and music; film adaptation and appropriation of early dramatic materials. Music is also an emphasis in my ongoing work on Milton and his relation to the prisca theologia. =============================================================================== *Bunn, Pamela My name is Pamela Bunn at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. I am a member of Libby Smigel's Performing Shakespeare course. This is my first year at the colleges and I have not yet declared a major. I am looking foward to exploring Shakespeare in greater detail, both the reading and performing aspects of it. =============================================================================== *Bunn, Rex E. Name: Rex E. Bunn Position: Lecturer B Department of Theatre Studies University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Australia. Phone (067) 73-2047 (bus), (067) 75-3729 (home) I have been a lecturer in theatre studies for only two years, having previously been employed by the University of New England as a Theatres Technician. I have published a book on Theatre Lighting (RPractical Stage LightingS, Currency Press, Sydney, 1993). I graduated from U.N.E. as B.A. in 1987 and B.A. (hons) in 1988. My honours thesis dealt with the tragic plays of Federico Garcia Lorca. I am currently in the final stages of a Ph.D. on the plays of Patrick White. I am convenor of the TS 200-2 course at U.N.E.: THE DIRECTOR AND THE CLASSIC PLAY, which deals with plays from four periods: 1 - Ancient Greek & Roman, 2 - Elizabethan/Jacobean, 3 - Neo-classic, 4 - Nineteenth Century. The course focuses on research, analysis of text, and the development of an appropriate modern production concept in relation to plays from these periods. Examination of the methods of a wide range of modern directors is included. A student production is also a feature of the course, the 1993 production was Ben JonsonUs RTHE ALCHEMISTS. Other research interests include: tragic theory, modern tragedy, analysis of text, epistemology of interpretation, Balinese theatre. I am also involved in theatre as actor or director from time to time. =============================================================================== *Burchard, Laura Hayes I'm not a professional Shakespearian in any way, merely an anthropology major with a lifelong love of the Bard. ======================================================================== *Burdick, Elizabeth Kent Elizabeth Burdick: After 20 years of acting around the United States, I am returning to school to work on my MFA in Directing at the University of Hawaii. This also means returning to my childhood roots since I grew up here, graduating from high school in 1969. From here I attended Mills College in Oakland, California, receiving my BA in Theatre from them. Then off to New York City where I attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre for a year, receiving instruction from Sanford Meisner. Since then, I have worked in theatres in Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul and New York, as well as touring all over. I have worked in many classical productions, but, alas, not much Shakespeare. I even spent a summer with the Texas Shakespeare Festival, doing not one Shakespearean role! For the last eight years I have been living in New York City. I ventured there from Seattle to attend the National Shakespeare Conservatory and stayed on to take advantage of the many theatrical opportunities the area offers. I am hoping to center my first semester research paper around Shakespeare in some way, but have not yet found a topic that satisfies me and hasn't had volumes written about it. A history class piqued my interest in how, when and why Shakespeare has been adapted prior to the 20th century, but when I started looking at the library, I found that the subject was more than adequately covered. =============================================================================== *Burget, Kevin P. While not an academic in literature, I majored in English at Yale and have subsequently gone on to the graduate film program at NYU, where I received my MFA. I have made several award-winning films and am currently writing an independent feature production to be launched within the next year. I read and discuss Shakespeare recreationally, have staged Shakespeare's Macbeth, Measure for Measure and A Winter's Tale, and look forward to the day when, once something of a career is established, I can add to thelegacy of Shakespeare on film. =============================================================================== *Burke, Robert R. Robert R. Burke, S. J. Professor, Department of English Rockhurst College 1100 Rockhurst Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110-2508 (816) 926-4032 - office FAX (8160 926-4666 Professional Memberships Modern Language Association Shakespeare Association South Central Renaissance Conference Publications "Touched with Hallowed Fire: The Christmas Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes", Christian Scholars Review (1977) Forthcoming: "Fathers and Friars in Much Ado About Nothing", Explorations in Renaissance Culture. During the latter part of a recent sabbatical, I saw the need for a definitive study of the Friar in English Renaissance drama. I presented a shortened form of the paper on "Fathers and Friars", at the South Central Renaissance Conference in New Orleans in April, 1991. My summer study in England, both in London and at the Terry Museum in Kent, will contribute to this effort. I received a Master's degree in English from Fordham University and a Ph. D from the University of Toronto. I have come to Shakespeare scholarship only within the past fifteen years, though my doctoral work was in Renaissance rhetoric. I have published an article on the rhetorical figures in the sermons of Lancelot Andrewes (cf. above), and have recently been involved in conferences on Shakespeare, developing material researched during a sabbatical four years ago on the role of the friar in Much Ado About Nothing. Since I have received a grant for 1993 summer research in England, I plan to study the interpretation of Ellen Terry and her response to the friar in the play. =============================================================================== *Burnard, Lou or Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN, UK tel. +44 (865) 273200 fax 273275 I went to university at Balliol College Oxford (1968, 1st class Hons in English; 1971 M Phil 19th C English Studies). I taught English for two years at the University of Malawi, but was seduced into computing in 1974. I have worked at OUCS as a programmer consultant since 1975. I set up the Oxford Text Archive in 1976. I have consulted on more academic computing projects than I care to remember (notably the Wells-Taylor Shakespeare) and published widely in the general areas of database, text processing, literary and linguistic applications. I am currently working half time as European editor for the Text Encoding Initiative project, half time as a consultant at OUCS, and half time on the British National Corpus project.( Hmm. Something wrong there.) ========================================================================= *Burnell, George F. My early research interests were directed to the Victorian and Edwardian poets, especially Hopkins, Browning and Rossetti. Unfortunately, after a few years of teaching undergraduate courses, I succumbed to the lure of officialdom and served in a series of administrative positions whose demands made it impossible to keep abreast of the scholarly publications in the field. Now retired, with the leisure once again to read and reflect, I find my interests increasingly shifting in the direction of Elizabethan poetry and drama. I believe that SHAKSPER will be a valuable resource in this regard. ============================================================= *Burnham, Robert Scott I am in my fifth year of an honours BA / B.ED concurrent program at York University in Toronto, Canada. I major in humanities with a minor in English. My Bachelor of Education program is a three-year concurrent study alongside my Bachelor of Arts program. I "got into" Shakespeare with a fourth year course on the 17th century entitled "The Century of Genius" by a respected member of the York University faculty here, Professor Bob Adolph. ( A good joke in the course was a paper entitled: _Shake and Bake: a comparison of Shakespeare and Bacon_) Currently , I am enrolled in a survey course covering about twenty of Shakespeare's works. A recent paper of mine was very well recieved and I was prompted to attempt to get it published. I guess I tackle literature (at the moment) through a New Historicist approach a la Greenblatt. I use Kristeva and Irigaray to drive ideas concerning the containment of female sexuality and erotic power in three of Shakespeare's comedies in this latest paper. Thus, I have not been published as of yet. I am looking forward to contributing on this list with scholarly and thoughtful approaches. =============================================================================== *Burns, Gail I am afraid I do not snazzy academic credentials. I am a graduate of The Brearley School in New York City, where I had the pleasure of studying Shakespeare under two fine English teachers. I never encountered their like again! I hold a B.A. in Children's Theatre and Early Childhood Education from Sarah Lawrence College and have done graduate work in Educational Theatre at Hunter College C.U.N.Y.. At Sarah Lawrence I studied Shakespeare with Louis Barillet and did extensive reasearch on the romance plays. I have been active in youth theatre since 1971. I feel that working with young people in the theatre mandates that I continue reading and learning about all aspects of the art in order to teach them well. I hope that a person like myself, who is not a professional academic, but is working in the theatre and has a true love for The Bard might be considered worthy of inclusion on the list. =============================================================================== *Burns, Robert M. or Oakland University, Rochester, MI Please consider me for a subscription to SHAKSPER. While I am not technically a researcher of things Shakespearean, I have a keen interest in the works of Shakespeare as they relate to the music of his time. My wife and I are performers of Early Music and both she and I spend much time researching our music so that the finished product will be as close to the original as possible. We specialize in the popular music of the 16th and 17th centuries and often we refer to the works of Shakespeare for clues as to the words and music mentioned there. We are also the fortunate possessors of the microfilms and unpublished index of the late John Cutts, professor of English here at Oakland University. He was working on an index to the songs and music in and related to the works of Shakespeare. I believe that I would benefit greatly from the information that is distri- buted on this list but I would contribute only very little, I'm afraid, as formal research is not our main goal. With this in mind, if you think that you could allow me to subscribe to the list I would grateful. ========================================================================== *Burrow, John Randolph I am a 42-year-old high school teacher and head of the department of English, speech and drama in a very small town in eastern Iowa, Andrew High School, between Davenport and Dubuque. I have been here for twenty years now, having graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1975, teaching first in the Ft. Madison (IA) Community Schools. I teach sophomore English (composition and genre studies), American Literature, Advanced Composition, English III (TechPrep Communications), Speech, Drama, Mass Media, Advanced English (English and World Lit). I also direct two plays a year for the school, coach large group and individual speech (a *major* activity in Iowa), sponsor Quiz Bowl/Academic Pursuit and a weekly school radio broadcast.Professional memberships include MLA, NCTE, AIA, STC=8A Publications include the IOWA JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK (poetry) and CRITICAL THINKING/CRITICAL WRITING (University of Northern Iowa); I've been a two-time award winner for my criticism in the latter. I also write (among other things) full-length and one-act plays, produced both locally (at Andrew and in a nearby community theatre) and in other educational theatres, which are--alas--so far unpublished. Married, I travel frequently (my wife's a travel agency manager) throughout the US and the world--including the Stratford Festival most summers. My reading interests include (besides Shakespeare, Elizabethan theatre, and Shakespearean biography and criticism): theatre, Joyce, Romantic poetry, Spinoza, Anthony Burgess, science fiction and fantasy, Chaucer, film and media studies, classical Greek tragedy and comedy, Dickens, Twain, mysteries, and Impressionist art. I have tried to be selective with those topics, indicating areas of personal research (on at least a slight level). As a result of my departmental roles, I also work and write in pedagogy and curriculum. Most of my work goes directly into class studies and activities (and therefore ROMEO AND JULIET, HAMLET, MACBETH, and MIDSUMMER tend to receive most of my attention), but Shakespeare is a major personal interest (and MLA group membership) for me. Two university festivals (Wisconsin/Platteville and Illinois) and American Players Theatre of Spring Green, WI, provide summertime performances to attend nearby, and I am working my way through an annotating reading of all the plays (this year, the histories, which I admit to having skipped lightly in college). I am working on several essays these days, one dealing with "Love's Duties" in HAMLET (through the opposed worldviews of Hamlet and Claudius--*originally* opposed, I should say, eventually intersecting as Hamlet accepts duties and Claudius may suffer the waning of Gertrude's love), another exploring crowd- or patron-pleasing aspects of Shakespeare's plays (about which, I just read, a new book has been published). I have also been roughing out evidence (for myself) that the Henry VI plays really are some of his very earliest work. Other writing concerns kabbalah in ULYSSES, Shelley's "philosophy", and the nature of the Impressionist revolution (the last for a class). =============================================================================== *Bursey, Victoria D. I'm Vicki Bursey, an English instructor at Cuesta College, a community college in San Luis Obispo, a college town on California's Central Coast. I received my BA from Cal State Northridge and my MA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. For the last ten years I've been teaching literature and composition at Cuesta. I became an English teacher because I love literature, not (as some of my students suspect) because I have an inordinate compulsion to correct the world's comma and apostrophe errors (although I confess that I do). My research interests include almost anything that relates to literature, but my greatest literary joy is reading, analyzing, and talking about Shakespeare. Fortunately, I get to teach _Hamlet_ almost every semester. A few years ago I even got to teach the Shakepeare class. A couple of my colleagues have raved about SHAKSPER and its interesting discussions. Please allow me to join in. I'd love to read the postings and promise to contribute whenever I can. ============================================================= *Burt, Richard Richard Burt is Associate Professor English at the University of Massachusetts, Amhersst. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of _Licensed by Authority: Ben Jonson and the Discoruses of Censorship_ (Cornell UP, 1993), editor of _The Administration of Aesthetics: Censorship, Political Criticism, and the Public Sphere_(UMinn 1994), and co-editor of _Enclosure Acts: Sexuality, Property, and Culture in Early Modern England_ (Cornell UP, 1993) and _Shakespeare, the Movie: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, and Video_ (forthcoming from Routledge, 1997). Burt has published articles on censorship, Shakespeare, film, and queer theory in _ELH_, _Theatre Journal_, _Criticism_, and in numerous anthologies. He recently was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, Germany where he was affiliated with the Free University and the Humboldt University. He is currently completing two books, _The Professional Unconcious: Academic Celebrity and the Institution of Criticism_, and _Unspeakable Shakespeares: Dissonant Re-mixes, Queerer FX_. =============================================================================== *Burt, Tara Hi! My name is Tara Burt and I am a fourth year student at York University. I'm in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Fine Arts. I am also taking Peter Paolucci's Shakespeare tutorial...hence my desire to join the SHAKSPER conference. I've been studying theatre for about 9 years and have acted in a few of Shakespeare's plays myself. I look forward to learning more about Shakespeare through this conference. =============================================================================== *Burton, Gideon My scholarly work is primarily in the area of Renaissance rhetoric and specifically humanist pedagogy, the subject of my current book manuscript, _Imitation in Renaissance Europe and Humanist Pedagogy_. My most recent publication has been on Renaissance letter writing manuals. I have created and maintain a website on rhetoric, "Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric" (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm). Following Sister Miriam Joseph, this resource refers to the rhetorical manuals common in Shakespeare's day (Peacham, Puttenham, Sherry, Hoskins, etc.) and illustrates how the discipline of rhetoric is evident in Shakespeare's works. At the Shakespeare Association of America I have recently presented papers entitled "Greek Rhetoric in _Troilus and Cressida_" and "The Generative Strategies of Renaissance Rhetorical Pedagogy: Progymnasmata in _1 Henry VI_." With Nancy Christiansen I am currently chairing the 1999 SAA seminar on Shakespeare and Humanist Pedagogy. ============================================================= *Burton, Kila I, Kila D. Burton, am a student at the University of Maryland at College Park. My only scholarly writings wre written under the influence of Michael Olmert. My main focus --as actor -- is on the mindsets of the characters, by way of circumstance, historic research, Shakespeare's text-influenced hints. =============================================================================== *Burton, M. S. M. S. Burton Cataloging Div., FM-25 University of Washington Seattle WA 98103 B.A., English UW 1977 Master of Librarianship UW 1978 I am particularly interested in Shakespeare in performance -- and in being able to regularly read reviews, analysis, interpretations of international and domestic productions. I would like to be on the net for the opportunity of "spontaneous informal discussion, eavesdropping" rather than "peer review". I haven't written a 'scholarly' paper since the '70s, and my only published work to date has been a biographical column in a film magazine; my strong suit is research, not literary effort (and undoubtably why my Master's is in Librarianship, not literature.) =============================================================================== *Burton, Summer I'm a teenage girl in Austin, TX and Shakespeare's my favorite author. I've acted as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Autolycus in The Winter's Tale, and I'm now rehearsing as Ophelia, my biggest fascination, in Hamlet. I'm also working on a comprehensive Ophelia web site and I've been doing a lot of research on her and on Hamlet in general, for my part and for the web site. I love acting, studying & Shakespeare. I'm homeschooled, allowing me lots of free time for projects like this and allowing me daytime rehearsals for my acting. I've seen other productions on stage of Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant Of Venice, The Winter's Tale and the original version of Hamlet. I participated in a 2 1/2 hour discussion group on The Merchant Of Venice, and I've significantly researched both Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter's Tale for my parts. I am young, but I consider myself a devoted Shakespeare scholar eager to learn more, and I'd like to try the mailing list out. ============================================================= *Burtt, Brian My name is Brian Burtt. I am a junior at Michigan State University who has just changed my major to English. I am interested in, and may pursue graduate study in, the literature and linguistics of the Germanic languages. I'm rather new to literature as an organized pursuit, but am hoping this list will be one oppportunity for learning. =============================================================================== *Busby, Leticia Leticia L. Busby: I'm a PhD student in Spanish, and I'm studying theater. I would love to receive any messages generated about Shakespeare! =============================================================================== *Bushman, Mary Ann I have taught here since 1980, when I bravely left UC-Berkeley for what I thought would be my first full-time job. IWU is a small liberal arts university with no graduate programs, so my teaching responsibilities include two courses on Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and poetry, lit. classes for the liberal arts student (my current invention is a course called Could it be Satan?), and freshman writing. I do all my own grading. During my years here, I have chaired the English department, administered various programs, chaired administrative review committees and search committees, and reviewed restaurants, music and theater for the local newspaper. At present I've happily retired from all the distractions and am working at a book. My research interests include gender studies, rhetoric, early modern poetry and drama, and espionage novels. I'm currently working on the topic of identity, agency and gender in revenge tragedy. I attend and give papers at the SAA as often as I can. I confess to avid interests in gardening and the history of gardens, herbs and herbal practices, and the history and practice of cooking. ============================================================= *Bushnell, Rebecca W. Rebecca Bushnell, Associate Professor of English and Graduate Chair, Dept. of English, University of Pennsylvania 124 Bennett Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6273 Office phone: 215-898-7349 Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Princeton University M.A., English, Bryn Mawr College B.A., Swarthmore College Publications: (books): Prophesying Tragedy: Sign and Voice in Sophocles' Theban Plays (Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1988) Tragedies of Tyrants: Political Thought and Theater in the English Renaissance (Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1990) Works in Progress: A book on the ambivalence of humanist poetics and pedagogy in sixteenth century England Annotated bibliography of King Lear and Macbeth =============================================================================== *Butler, Aaron I received my B.A. in English and History from Wayne State College of Nebraska in 1988, worked for two years in Washington, D.C., and since then have attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina. I received my M.A. in 1992, having written a thesis entitled "Passion and Disorder in _Hamlet_ and _Richard III_." I am currently working on my dissertation under the direction of Professor Alan Dessen. As a teaching assistant, I have taught a Medieval to 18th Century survey and a section of Introduction to Drama, as well as several composition courses. I have had an article published in _Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia Selected Papers_, Volume 18 (1995), entitled "Masks and the Search for Identity in _Richard III_ and _Hamlet_." My current research concerns scientific imagery in Early Modern drama (including Shakespeare), Shakespeare's poetry, Shakespeare and film, and 17th and 18th century women authors. ============================================================= *Butler, Brian J Hello, my name is Brian J. Butler, and this is my autobiography. I am a 25-year old second-year graduate student attending the University of Akron in the literature major. In 1991, I graduated from LeTourneau University with a B.S. in Aviation Technology / Flight, with a minor in English Literature. I decided to continue my study of literature first because I have a true love for literature, particularly medieval and renaissance literature, and second because I found the aviation job market to be closed. I plan to finish my M.A. at Akron U within the next year and to begin doctoral study soon thereafter. My current Shakespearean interests include: religious aspects of Shakespeare's works (particularly heterodox doctrine); cultural materialism; and performance aspects of the dramas. =============================================================================== *Butler, David Technical writer for Ziff Communications. BA Economics UCLA '81 USN Data Processing Technician 1973-1977 Graphic Arts Editor, Westwind Freelance photographer and writer I want to better understand the characters in the Merchant of Venice because I'm thinking of developing the play into an adventure game for kids, sort of literature through the backdoor. =============================================================================== *Buttery, Amy I am a graduate student at Emory University, although I live in Boston. I am ABD and struggling mightily with the completion of my dissertation, which deals with the metaphor of the Book of Nature in the mid-17th century. I am teaching at Framingham State College part time, and last term I had the pleasure of teaching a Shakespeare course, a teaching experience which is unparalleled in my years as a TA of Freshman Comp and Intro to Lit. Teaching that Shakespeare course renewed my determination to finish my degree, so I can get into the literary classroom on a regular basis. I taught some of the problematic plays (Measure for Measure, Coriolanus, etc) rather than the Greatest Hits, and was thrilled with the responses I got from these students. I am hoping to get some of these students interested in the Internet, and specifically in SHAKSPER if it turns out to be what I hope. =============================================================================== *Byles, Joanna Joanna (Joan) Montgomery Byles was born and educated in England. She received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University, New York. She has published articles on psychoanalytic interpretations of Shakespeare: American Imago, (1979, 1982, and 1989), the University of Hartford Studies in Literature,( 1980,) Psychology and Literature ( 1981, The Journal of Mental Imagery,( 1983,) and in Shakespeare Bulletin,( 1990.) She has also published articles on poetry in Syracuse Scholar on Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath( 1984.) In ( 1985) she published in International Women' Studies Forum. She also has chapters in the recently published New Approaches to Hamlet, AMS Press, 1994, and in the 1994 New Bedford Reader, ed. Michael Meyer, St. Martin's Press. In 1996 she published in Travaux de la Maison de L'Orient Mediterraneen, Universite de Lyon, France. In 1995 her book War, Women and Poetry: 1914-1945: British and German Writers and Activists was published by University of Delaware Press, and reprinted in November 1997. Joanna Montgomery Byles is a pracitising poet, listed with Poets and Writers, New York, and, as a writer, she is also a member of PEN International. She currently teaches in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, at the University of Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, where she is Vice-Chairperson. ============================================================= *Byrne, Virginia M. I studied with Shakespeare &CO. in Mass in Summer 1990 and got totally turned on.I director Shakespeare plays on the local level a well as at myall girl's sec school).I do workshops for Teachers of Shakeseare through the New Eng Th Conf, Huntington Theater. Arts in Progress(Boston) I am an artist in res at the local Arts mag elementary school Shakespeare 2-6th grades....I;'ve directed many adult age productions as well as all girl productions...want to be on your mailing list...also teach Acting Shakespeare =============================================================================== *Byrnes, James J. I am a specialist in European literature and history with an active interdisciplinary research interest in the Theater and the History of Ideas. My thesis on the tragedies of Pierre Corneille grew out of a comparative historical and literary study of Shakespeare, Racine and Corneille and reflects my interest in 17th-century European drama and both modern and traditional approaches. I have taught several levels of literature, language, and civilization in both the US and France. During the 1991-92 academic year I was a member of the faculty in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at The University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. I am a Ph.D. candidate (ABD, scheduled to finish and defend my dissertation this July) in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at State University of New York at Buffalo. My B.A. in English is from SUNYAB as is my M.A. in French. I have studied and taught Shakespeare and European drama in both the US and France. From August 1989 to June 1991 I directed the Study Abroad Program of the State University of New York at the Universite Stendhal in Grenoble, France. I taught concurrently from 1990 to 1991 as a Lecturer in English at the Ecole Normale Superieure d'Informatique de Grenoble. During the 1989-90 academic year I taught full-time at the Universit tendhal handling courses that included: Shakespeare. Employed part-time at the Universite de Grenoble I (Sciences), I led a year-long seminar at the E.N.S.I.M.A.G. From October 1985 to July 1986. I lectured in English and American Literature and taught as an Instructor of English grammar and composition at the Universite de Paris VII. I've also taught at Saint Bonaventure University and Buffalo State College and have had extensive work experience in management outside of Academia. I am a member of the Modern Languages Association and NAFSA: Association of International Educators. =============================================================================== *Byrnes, Jarrett My name is Jarrett Byrnes. I am a simple high school junior in Baltimore who has developed a passion for the bard and his work. To date I have performed only in Taming of the Shrew as Baptista, and I am hoping to land a role in Comedy of Errors this spring. I am heavily involved in the theatre, and read Shakespeare voraciously when I have the time. I have written several analysis of som of his works, including Othello and Much Ado about Nothing, all of which recieved very high marks, though I don't know if you want any. I plan to continue persuing my intrest in reading and performing Shakespeare, and am trying to subscribe to this list because I also love reading other people's work about Shakespeare's writings. The entire scholarly community and their thoughts and reflections on Shakespeare in these modern times is something I devour up, and want to read more. =============================================================================== *Byung Chae, Chung I live in Seoul, the capital of Korea with my wife and two daughters. I entered the Department of English Language and Literature, College of Humanities, Seoul National University in 1982, and graduated from the same with B.A. degree in 1986 and M.A. degree in 1988. The title of my M.A. thesis is "A Study of Shakespeare's {Coriolanus}: the unification of the historical and the tragic." I finished the Ph.D. course and qualification examination, and am at present in preparation of the Ph.D. thesis. The tentative title of the thesis is "Shakespeare's Thinking on Man and Modern Civilization." These days I have been reading the works of Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida, and I hope they will be of great help to my thesis. I am a member of the Scholars for the English Studies in Korea(SESK), which consists of young and progressive scholars majoring in English and American Literature. =============================================================================== *