Faber, Ben My interest in the SHAKSPER list is primarily a pedagogical one: I teach a full-year, upper level course on Shakespeare. Since completing my D.Phil. in 1992 with a thesis on popular satire in the 1640s, my research has been in the following three areas: Milton, Elizabethan popular culture, and mysticism. At the 1997 Conference on John Milton, I will be presenting a paper on theodicy and the characterization of Eve in Book 5 of _Paradise Lost_; I argue that Eve demonstrates the ability to govern appetite by reason, exonerating God from the charge of having created a flawed Eve. At the 1998 meeting of the Popular Culture Association, I will be giving a paper on the role of popular satire in the 1590s, particularly the attempt by conservative forces to redefine Martinist satire in criminal terms; the title of the paper is "Pasquil or Libel?: Defining Popular Satire". I have also continued my interest in the radical sects of the mid-seventeenth century, and recently gave a paper at a local conference on the influence of Jakob Boehme on Henry Alline, a Newlight preacher and hymn writer in Nova Scotia in the 1780s; this paper demonstrated that Boehme's brand of mysticism, mediated through William Law, had a significant impact on exegesis and hymnody in the Newlight movement in eastern Canada. ============================================================= *Falconer, Sara My name is Sara Falconer, and I have been the Artistic Director for the Warehouse Living Arts Center in Corsicana, TX for a year and a half. I hold a BA in Dramatic Art from UC Santa Barbara, and a MA from University of Colorado, Boulder, with an emphasis in Shakespeare and Directing. I have worked behind the scenes at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, with Tony Church; and as an undergraduate, I was fortunate enough to spent a week with several actors from the RSC in a conservatory-type training program. I am currently, in fact this very evening, holding auditions for this community's first ever Shakespeare production...THE TEMPEST. As this is a SMALL town with a SMALL library, I have been doing most of my research at SMU, which is quite a drive from here. I have compiled a fairly comprehensive production history of major productions of this show in the 20th century, and have been learning more and more with every moment spent with the script. I am new to this online world, and without a local access, I have been racking up the phone bill crawling through the WEB looking for pertinent information, and trying to keep my scope as narrow as possible! I look forward to hearing from SHAKSPER soon. =============================================================================== *Falkiner, Charlene Joan Hi. My name is Charlene Falkiner, and I am a university student just completing my third year of graduate studies in the college of Arts and Science. My major is English. When I have completed my BA, I intend to apply for graduate studies in English, with hopes to specialise in Shakespearian studies. I feel this list will help me to learn all I can about Shakespeare. I attend the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. =============================================================================== *Falzoni, Jill My name is Jill Falzoi and I am an ABD in the department of Performance Studies at New York University, TISCH School of the Arts. My interest in this list is primarily in Renaissance Studies. I have studied with Laura Levine, and I have a particular interest in gender studies in Shakespeare, and more generally, in texts contemporary to the time period related to women, "witches" and religion(s). I teach "writing" in a Fellowship at NYU, and I have also been hired as an adjunct lecturer in Anthropology at SUNY College at Purchase. My primary focuses in Performance Studies have been in contemporary feminist performance (art) with theoretical inclinations toward critiques of New Historisism, to gender theories, performance theory, queer theories, and current work on trauma, death and writing. (A little of everything in an interdisciplinary program.) Since Chaucer and Shakespeare classes as an undergraduate (in another interdisciplinary program, "Creative Studies", (equally elusive) I have been "bit" by the Renaissance and it will not let go. I am very interested in pursuing my interests, and this list feels to me to be one appropriate way to enter the current dialogues. =============================================================================== *Fane, Brian L. I am interested in receiving SHAKSPER, but have very little to contribute to the list except for an interest in Shakespeare's plays. Brian Fane Indiana State University matrojn@indsvax1.indstate.edu ccfane@amber.indstate.edu =============================================================================== *Fanella, Nicholas Nicholas R. Fanella: No academic affiliation. MBA University of Chicago 1974 Avid amateur Shakespearean Banker for 35 years =============================================================================== *Farabaugh, Robin My address is: Dr. Robin I. Farabaugh Department of English University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21228 Phone (410)455-2384 Home (410)744-4938 Internet: rfarabau@umbc.edu My current research is on the use of history by Fletcher. =============================================================================== *Fargas, Laura Laura Fargas. I am a working poet; my interest in the Shakespeare forum is based on that, rather than a strictly scholarly approach. I have a BA (Comparative Literature/ Classical Greek) from Berkeley; MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. My published work includes An Animal of the Sixth Day (Texas Tech, 1996), and Reflecting What Light We Can't Absorb (Riverstone, 1993); individual poems have appeared in publications ranging from the Paris Review and the Atlantic Monthly to the New England Journal of Medicine. I give workshops in Creative Writing and Poetry at the Writers Center in Bethesda, MD, and teach occasionally as an adjunct in the Literature Dept of American Univesity in Washington DC. I also hold a law degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, and make my living principally as a lawyer for the government, doing appellate litigation of occupational safety and health cases. =============================================================================== *Fassler, Chris Currently Instructor, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (English), 1992 Dissertation: "Coriolanus, Community, Theater, and Seventeenth-Century Commonwealth" -- Juxtaposing the organic political metaphors and the discourses of inclusion/exclusion in Coriolanus with those of many other contemporary (c. 1610) documents, the study argues that the professional theater of the Globe and its contemporaries wedded itself to a commonwealth characterized by contingent and usually strident, but wholly necessary, alliances among all of its heteroglot components. By the same token, that theater saw commonwealth threatened by assertions of radical personal autonomy, demonstrations of raw political might (by one or many), articulation of sharp class boundaries--in short any force that seems to emphasize the separateness of the elements that constitute the commonwealth. For the professional theater, this "community spirit" was not founded on naive idealism, but on the recognition that the theater enterprise was built in the interstices of conflict and cooperation among crown, city, commerce, and commoners. Other research: With James Saeger (MIT), reconstructing the author-positions available amid the early modern theater, both with and against the prevailing Foucauldian tendency to locate the nativity of the author in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century. In conjunction with this problem, we have begun a systematic study of extant title pages and prefatory material (in quarto) in an attempt to understand the history of printed attributions (of author and company). Also interested in twentieth-century scientific and scientistic (anything from creationism to infomercials) literature and in the inter-Anglo religious conflicts among the earliest American colonists. Mailing address: 10227 Bon Meade Lane, Huntersville, NC 28078 =============================================================================== *Faulkner, Michael Where to begin? I first played Shakespeare's words at the age of 13 on the professional stage of SHAKESPEARE SANTA CRUZ in 1983. I was Donalbain in the Scottish Tragedy and William Paige in "Merry Wives". I went on studying theater throughout High School and College (again, at the University of California, Santa Cruz - I was stuck as a homeboy for a long time - where I appeared in another 4 seasons of the summer festival). Now I am an actor in Chicago, soon to be attending Grad school (I was accepted to Rutgers in NJ for 1995-95), and, fittingly, my first role here was "Demetrius" in Midsummer's. I am a strong proponent of the need to understand the way Shakespeare wrote, embedding directions in the rhythm of the text, and I am continually amazed at the discoveries to be made by immersing oneself in studying his use of shared lines, half lines, and I find that, contrary to popular belief, such study does not lead to any kind of a "definitive" interpretation of his work(s), but rather, to the true student, opens up a whole world of interpretations previously unheard of. I don't hate "concept" Shakespeare, nor do I hate "formal" productions. I only hate "deadly" (to use Peter Brook's term) Shakespeare. My preferred way of working is actor-heavy, low on tech and costumes, and as such I have had the pleasure of playing Leontes and Petruchio especially. =============================================================================== *Feiertag, Ruth Elizabeth English Department Campus Box 226 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0226 At this time I can claim no publications , and am not sure what the difference between a major project and a current interest is. I am a member of the Graduate Student Caucus of the MLA. My current interests and research topics are the issue of bastardy in Shakespeare's plays, its relation to systems of legitimation and to women's roles in those systems, especially as the bestowers of legitimation. I have recently developed an interest in the relation of women to knowledge and the way despite the story of Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, a number of authors, Shakespeare among them, explore the dangers of trying to keep women and knowledge away from each other. I also have an abiding interest in performance issues, and how those of us who teach Shakespeare in literature courses should learn to respect his texts as theatrical blueprints. I have been unsure how to learn about this issue and still keep up with the requirements of my program and my life outside the program, and am hoping that being part of the SHAKSPER conversation will help me develop my sense and knowledge of this issue. I earned my BA in English Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1986, took off six years while my husband went to school and we had a child, and entered the CU Boulder in 1992. I will graduate with my MA in August, and have just been accepted into the PhD program. =============================================================================== *Feinman, Richard Professor of Biochemistry State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Dept. of Biochemistry, SUNY Health Science Center 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 270-2252 My professional interests are in protein chemistry and neuroscience. In the latter area I study learning and memory and, although I am intersted in behavior in its widest application, I have to say my interest in SHAKSPER is as an "interested bystander" and theater goer. (There have been unusual productions in which Brooklyn has lived up to its reputation). ============================================================================ *Feinstein, Sandy *McDermott, Kristen *Ford, John *Lloyd, Megan Sue Here is my long delayed biography. How about we call it a group biography. I am writing now with and amidst the NEH Institute on Staging Shakespeare. All the participants (including myself) would like to be members: Kristen McDermott kmcdermo@etta.auc.edu; and John Ford (no joke) at jford@dsu.deltast.edu; and myself. We can tell you that we have all performed the first 60 lines of _Hamlet_ (Kristen was Horatio; John was Marcellus, and Sandy Feinstein was Ghost--but we were not all in the same group). Megan Sue Lloyd would also like to join this listserv and her address is mlloyd@urgrgcc.edu . She also played Marcellus. We had 5 groups playing the same scene: a Rashomon approach to Shakespeare. What else would you like to know. I (Sandy) have published on Donne, Chaucer, Medieval Romance--but not (yet) on Shakespeare. Kristen has published on Ben Jonson. John Ford has given papers on Shakespeare, Herbert, and Country Music. Megan has given papers on Shakespeare and Marlowe. We hope you accept our unconventional way of subscribing and contributing a biography. If you do, the other 20 participants will subscribe; if you don't,"sneck up" and "go shake your ears." =============================================================================== *Felger, Susan I am Susan Felger BA in English Lit from Indiana University, Bloomington, 1992 Currently writing in the corporate world, e.g. employee communications, sales materials, etc., for an insurance company in Indianapolis. In addition, I am entering my second year of Law School at IUPUI (evening division). Birthdate 10/19/65 e-mail address SNEHER@indyvax.iupui.edu SnailMail: 6107 Winthrop Ave Indianapolis, IN 46220 =============================================================================== *Feliu, Diana I am currently pursuing a Masters degree in English Literature. My emphasis is in Shakespeare and I am currently researching my thesis, which will be on the representation of witches and witchcraft in Shakespeare as well as other British Renaissance literature. I have been very interested in the uses of occult folklore in the literature of the Renaissance and hope to continue my research after my Masters by seeking a Ph.D. ============================================================= *Fenn, Robert Robin Robin Fenn: I am an English PhD student at UBC specializing in the drama of the Renaissance. I have a BA from Lakehead U in Thunder Bay, Ont., and a MA from the U of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Sask. My candidacy exams at UBC in Vancouver were on the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries and on the genre of drama. I am currently editing William Percy's Faery Pastorall (1602) as my doctoral dissertation. When I began my university career, I took a special English class for physical education students who planned never to take another English class because English was always my least favourite class in high school. An exceptional professor changed my mind, however, and when I returned to university after some years away, I majored in English. While doing my Honours year at the U of Sask., I discovered the poetry of Donne and Herbert, and decided to work in the seventeenth century. I discovered William Percy while looking for a thesis topic for my Master's degree and became interested in the drama of the period. My research interests are in the literature of the Renaissance, especially the drama, but I also retain my enjoyment of the metaphysical poets. I am also interested in textual criticism and the history of the theatre, especially around the late 16th and early 17th centuries. I have taught a class as a Teaching Assistant at UBC and parttime for two years at Trinity Western University at Langley, BC. =============================================================================== *Fenton, Bruce I am fairly new to the world of Shakespeare, it is only in the last year that I have begun to study the works during my space time. As owner of a small investment firm I do a good deal of writing and public speaking. I believe my quest to become a better writer and speaker is one of the roots of my intrigue with Shakespeare. It is my belief that mastery over one's vocabulary is one of the greatest skills one can have. By developing a tiny fraction of the command of language that Shakespeare had we can explain ideas, convince, make people laugh, make political changes, sell ourselves and our ideas and share our enthusiasm effectively. =============================================================================== *Ferguson, Bill My name is Bill Ferguson although my parents named me Gordon William Donald Ferguson. I think they had a fear that I might be the only male child in the family and wanted to make sure that they satisfied all the male relatives who were hoping to have their names live on after them. Anyway,I have a BA degree from Simon Fraser University and a MEd degree from University of British Columbia in Written Composition. Currently, I am a high school English teacher in West Vancouver British Columbia teaching at West Vancouver Secondary School 1750 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver B.B. V7V 2G7 (604) 981-1100, FAX (604) 981-1101. I have an avid interest in Shakespeare. In teaching Shakespeare to my English 11's,12's and Literature 12 students I have constructed a stage complete with lighing in my classroom. Students have such a ball with studying the Bard when you make his creations stand up and breath through them. This year we have studied King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, and Twelfth Night. I hope to read and respond to ideas on Shakespeare both scholarly and how Shakespeare can be more meaningful for Senior high school students. =============================================================================== *Ferguson, Ray As a relative newcomer to the cyberworld, and as a somewhat absent-minded professor, I seem to have lost the form letter describing what is wanted in this brief autobiography as it is presented for membership purposes in the SHAKSPER Global Electronic Conference. I shall write what I hope will be appropriate for the situation. My wife and I have long been interested in the theatre, and particularly in the works of Shakespeare. We have been regular in attendance at the Stratford Festival since 1964, have seen a majority of the productions there (and virtually all of the Shakespeare offerings), have been Festival Members at various levels since c. 1972, and for the past few years have been at the Associate Member level. We often attend the Shaw Festival as well. I am Professor of Music and the Associate Chair of the Department of Music in the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University in Detroit, and established the first link between Wayne State and Stratford by bringing Nicholas Pennell and Marti Maraden to Detroit to appear on a Community Performing Arts Series which I formerly directed. I made arrangements with the University Theatre Department at that time to engage these two actors for the first of what would become in later years several workshops in the Theatre Department both by Pennell and Maraden and by other Stratford actors. Ultimately on my Performing Arts Series I brought Pennell/Maraden and Barry McGregor twice each, and Eric Donkin, Graeme Campbell, and John Neville once each. With particular regard to Shakespeare, Barry McGregor of the Shaw and Stratford Festivals and I have devised and presented a program in which he gives readings from diarists of Shakespeare's time interspersed with appropriate and related harpsichord pieces from the period which I perform. We have been invited to give the program in several venues in three states, including a performance at the Cleveland Art Museum, and I have also presented the program with Graeme Campbell and Richard Curnock reading Mr. McGregor's lines. Although I am a musician and not a Shakespeare scholar, I teach harpsichord music of the period. I hope that my research into music of that time as well as a general interest in matters Shakespearean will qualify me for membership in the Global Conference. =============================================================================== *Fernandez, Shalini Teresa Shalini Teresa Fernandez: I graduated with a M.A. in Literature in 1993, specialising in English Renaissance Lit. Since then I've been lecturing at University of Malaya. My area of interest is mainly Shakespeare and feminist studies, and this is what I basically teach. As we are a small department, with a limited number of staff, I also teach 20th century women's lit, writing, european literature and occasionally modern drama. I enjoy all of the above and wish to find a way to balance teaching the Renaissance with other fields. I am especially interested in a few of Shakespeare's problem plays, namely "All's Well That Ends Well" and "Measure for Measure". I am interested in studying the polemics of power and representation of both male and female patterns of power in these plays. Apart from this I enjoy studying and teaching the sonnets. I am also interested in discovering the works of women writers, (poets and playwrights) of the English Renaissance, but am unfortunately lacking in research material here. I will be attending the International Shakespeare Conference in L.A.(my first) in April and be presenting a paper for the Feminist Appropriations of Shakespeare in the 20th Century seminar. =============================================================================== Askar, Ziya I did not make any research about SHAKSPER,I am just a reader! Is it enough to join the list? If not,thanks for your attention =============================================================================== *Ferrari, Lisa Anne My name is Lisa-Anne Ferrari, and I am currently a 26 year old graduate student at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. I received my BA in English from Framingham State College, and I have always enjoyed the literature and culture of the Renaissance, particularly in England. During my first two years as an undergraduate, I attended Boston University as a vocal performance major (where I studied mainly Renaissance music from all over Europe) and an English minor. I have always been a devoted literary Anglophile, so when I transferred to Framingham State College it was logical to focus my study on British Literature. I have had an avid interest in Shakespeare since forever, as most students of British Literature do, and I was able to take several courses dealing with different Shakespearean works as an undergraduate. As a result, I am most interested in becoming a scholar of the History plays. Upon discovering SHAKESPER, I became excited by the idea of being able to discuss the Histories and Shakespeare's other works with other people. I am currently working on my writing sample for my official entrance into the MA program here at Northeastern. I have chosen to discuss Shakespeare's Henry VIII, but I find that I am having some difficulty obtaining criticism on the subject and I would like to avoid the authorship issue, as I feel it is somewhat irrelevant to my intent. If there is anyone out there who would like to discuss Henry VIII with me, particularly graduate students and faculty, I would be greatly appreciative. =============================================================================== *Ferrigan, Helen I am not a scholar; merely a Shakespeare fan with a computer, interested in reading the list. I would not be a contributor. ============================================================= *Ferron, Donna My name is Donna R. Ferron. I have a BA in English and Philosophy from Villanova University in Pennsylvania. I am currently a graduate student at Eastern College, also in Pennsylvania. =============================================================================== *Ferry, John I am an active reader of Shakespeare and various interpretations of his work. My undergraduate education includes a B.A. in English and B.S. in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University. I have an M.B.A. in Statistics and Finance, cum laude, from the University of Chicago. While at Chicago, I also did coursework in the University's Divinity School. I am employed as a portfolio manager at Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors in San Francisco, California. I currently manage approximately $2 Billion in domestic and international equities. Study of Shakespeare has become a primary component of my "spiritual" life. In a consistently contradictory, unbelievable world, I have achieved my closest approaches to sensible harmony through my experience with this great man's art. =============================================================================== *Feuer, Lois Lois Feuer, Professor of English California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson, CA 90747 (310) 516-3322 I teach a variety of literature and humanities courses at a mid-sized urban southern California university. My teaching interests include, in addition to Shakespeare, drama, classical and biblical literature, literary theory, and interdisciplinary humanities courses. The classes themselves range from freshman composition to graduate seminars. Among my recent professional interests is the work I have done with public school teachers to improve the teaching of the humanities in grades K-12 as a Fellow in the American Council of Learned Societies Teacher Curriculum Development Project. Through this work, I have also become interested in the teaching of Shakespeare in the public schools and in teacher education. Prior to my work with ACLS, I directed the Honors program of my campus for nine years, and I have been active in campus governance. I have written on Shakespeare and Nabokov ("The Unnatural Mirror: `Bend Sinister' and `Hamlet,'" Critique, Vol. XXX, No. 1, Fall 1988), on Shakespeare and the Joseph narrative in Genesis ("Happy Families: Repentance and Restoration in `The Tempest' and the Joseph Narrative," Proceedings of the California State University Shakespeare Symposium, 1992), on Atwood ("The Calculus of Love and Nightmare: `The Handmaid's Tale' and the Dystopian Tradition" forthcoming in Critique), and on "Shaping the Multicultural Curriculum: Biblical Encounters with the Other," ACLS Occasional Paper 23, among other topics, and have delivered papers to the Western Association of Women Historians, the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, and the Southern California Renaissance Conference. My current scholarly interests involve Shakespeare (I have underway a paper on Shakespeare's depiction of the masterless man) and the Bible (I plan a larger project on providential intervention in the Bible and other literature, and I continue to be interested in Shakespeare's use of biblical narrative structures and images. I obtained my PhD from the University of California, Irvine in 1972, and am a member of the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Association, MLA, NCTE, SSA, the Natl. Assn. for British Studies, and the Natl. Assn. for Humanities Education. =============================================================================== *Field, Bonnie E. Bonnie E. Field is a graduate student at Arizona State University. She is working on a Master of Arts degree in Literature with an emphasis in dramatic literature, particularly Shakespeare. She is a member of the Shakespeare Association of America and the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association. Being interested in performance criticism, she has written on a number of Shakespeare productions, most notably Henry V and Cymbeline. Her current pursuit is a study of the relationship between Cymbeline and Medieval Romance and how contemporary dramatic theory can provide an effective means of presenting this relationship on stage. =============================================================================== *Field, Mike Mike Field Staff Writer, The Gazette Johns Hopkins University 212 Whitehead Hall 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD. 21218-2692 (410) 5216-4470 FAX (410) 516-5251 e-mail pmf@jhuspo.ca.jhu.edu 1980 graduate of U. Va.; dept. of english honors for thesis "And All This Evil Turn to Good: Divine Providence in the Miltonic Christian Cosmos" Currently enrolled in Hopkins' Master of Drama Studies program. Of recent note, I was one of a team of writers on Maryland Public Television's "Literary Visions" series, now in nationwide distribution. A playwright and director, I am interested in Shakespeare's works as living texts, especially making them accessible and of use to new and non- traditional audiences. I am the head writer of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, an outdoor event that annually draws more than 200,000 visitors in eight weekends. We pursue a storyline based on Henry VIII and his court and his fictional visits to the tiny English village of Revel Grove. Each year the storyline advances to a new wife (1994 will be Anne of Cleeves). We bend history enough to include presentations of abridged versions of Shakespeare on a to-scale replica of the Globe theater stage that has been constructed on the site. As director of some of these shows I am particularly interested in communicating with individuals with expertise in the plays as they were originally performed, and the acting styles that evolved to play such a space. My wife, Carolyn Spedden, writes and directs a troupe that also performs at the Festival called Shakespeare's Skum. A "fractured fairytales" approach to Shakespeare, the troupe is renown for it's versions of the Bard's best, including "Macbeth in Twenty Minutes or Less," "Leave it to Hamlet" and "Tag Team Wrestling Romeo and Juliet." The group has toured the east coast, performed in public schools throughout the state (as part of the Young Audiences program) and recently had a limited run off-Broadway in the 45th Street Theater. Each year, the Renaissance Festival (where my wife is artistic director) holds state-wide auditions among high school juniors and seniors for its "Young Actor's Ensemble." Fifteen or sixteen of Maryland's most talented students are selected for a week-long intensive workshop followed by 4 weekends of performance at the Festival. I teach "Shakespeare and his Stage" on the Globe theater, with particular emphasis on acting Shakespeare, then and now. =============================================================================== *Findlay, Alison I studied at York University for my B.A. and The Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) for my M.A. and PhD. My main research interests are in drama (including practical and performance work), feminist approaches to Shakespeare, and women's writing from the early modern period. I am the author of *Illegitimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama* (Manchester University Press, 1994) and an article '*Hamlet*: A Document in Madness', in *New Essays on Hamlet*, ed. M. T. Burnett and John Manning (AMS Press, 1994) and I have edited the Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists unit of *Biblioteca Elizabethana* (Keero Microfilms). I have a particular interest in the work of Richard Brome. I am currently working on a book entitled *Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama* which uses women's writing from the period to interrogate mainstream dramatic texts (including work by Shakespeare). The book will be published by Blackwells. I am reviewing books on Shakespeare's life, time and stage for the next three volumes of *Shakespeare Survey* (1996-9). I am co-director of an inter-disciplinary research project, *Women and Dramatic Production* which investigates the interface between women's writing and performance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We have held several conferences featuring productions of early modern plays by women. As directors of the project, Gweno Williams, Stephanie Wright and I have contributed an article on our productions to the Autumn 1997 issue of *Women's Writing* and we are now writing a book *Early Modern Drama by Women* for Longman's. I have recently written an essay on *The Concealed Fancies* (c.1645) by Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley for the forthcoming volume *Enacting Gender on the English Renaissance Stage*, ed. Anne Russell and Viviana Comensoli. In the future, Jane Milling (University of Exeter) and I hope to prepare an edition of the collected works of Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley. I am especially interested in using practical drama and performance study as a way of teaching Shakespeare. I have experience of teaching in a school as well as in higher education and I have just written a piece for the summer edition of *Folio* (the journal of the Shakespeare Society of the Netherlands) entitled '"Linguistic Flesh": A Feminist Approach to *A Midsummer Night's Dream*' which discusses practical approaches to Shakespeare's language. Before joining the English Department at Lancaster, I taught at Bretton Hall College (University of Leeds). At Lancaster I teach undergraduate courses on Shakespeare, on critical theory and on women's writing and I supervise postgraduate work on Shakespeare. I organised a conference on 3 May at Hoghton Tower (where Shakespeare possibly spent his "lost years"). ============================================================= *Finley, Priscilla Priscilla Finley, box 141 English Dept., SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000. E-mail priscilla@aol.com Ph.D. candidate, SUNY Binghamton, pending completion of examinations M.A. in English, SUNY Binghamton, 1992 B.A., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1990 Currently working as a copyeditor and typesetter for Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, a non-profit scholarly publishing program with over 120 titles. Call (607) 777-6758 for a free catalog! Today I am particularly interested in the romances and non-Shakespearean popular romances, both dramatic and non-dramatic; I am happy to entertain most critical approaches, especially any that might lead me closer to a dissertation topic. =============================================================================== *Fiorini, Debra Ann My name is Debra Ann Fiorini, I am the Recruitment and Communication Specialist for the Graduate Office at Marywood College which is a private, Catholic, liberal arts college of 3,000 students. I received a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Communication/Journalism with a minor in history from the University of Scranton where I am pursuing an M.A. in English. When possible I plan to pursue a 2nd master's in Communication Arts and then hopefully move on to my desired goal - a Ph.D. in English. I enjoy working with students now, but would like to teach on the university level in the future. My interests in English are: Shakespeare, creative writing, and contemporary fiction and poetry. In 1993, I lived and studied in England and had weekly classes in Stratford-upon-Avon. =============================================================================== *Firek, Hilve A. Hilve Firek, hfirek@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu Southside Virginia Governor's School for Global Economics and Technology Route 1, Box 15, Keysville, VA 23947, (804)395-2055, FAX (804)736-0719 My name is Hilve Ayers Firek, and I teach English at the Southside Virginia Governor's School for Global Economics and Technology, a magnet school in rural (and I mean rural) Virginia. My students are Gifted and Talented juniors and students from six surrounding counties. I am a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and a former member of the Scholastic Journalism Association. In the summer of 1991 I was fortunate enough to receive a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to attend the Shakespeare-Milton Institute at the University of Arizona. Under Dr. Peter Medine's guidance I wrote a unit plan for a summer Gifted and Talented seminar on Shakespeare for high school students in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 1992 I received a Mellon Foundation grant to attend an AP Teaching Institute at the University of Central Florida. This past spring I presented a workshop titled "A Critical Analysis of the Present through the Novels of the Future: _1984_, _Fahrenheit 451_, and _Brave New World_" at the national convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. I am interested in all aspects of Shakespeare scholarship, but particularly issues concerning pedagogy. I look forward to receiving posts from your list soon. =============================================================================== *Fisher, Barrett Barrett Fisher is an Associate Professor of English at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota. After earning his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1987, he taught at Calvin College for a year before moving on to Bethel, where he currently serves as department chair. His dissertation focussed on Joseph Conrad, and he has published in Conradiana. His major areas of scholarly interest include the novel, literary theory, spiritual autobiography, Victorian literature, and Shakespeare. He attended the Shakespeare Institute at Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1992 and 1994. He is a member of the Conference on Christianity and Literature, to which he has contributed a paper. He approaches Shakespeare largely as a teacher; Shakespeare: The Art of the Dramatist is a regular part of his yearly load. As a teaching assistant at Cornell, his enthusiasm for Shakespeare was stimulated by serving under Ephim Fogel in teaching "Shakespeare and Politics." In the fall of 1993 he took a group of 22 students to the British Isles, a trip which included a week in Stratford, where he saw outstanding productions of Lear, Merchant,and The Tempest. The visit included a week at Robert Smallwood's Shakespeare Institute. Fisher is especially interested in performance approaches to teaching Shakespeare, in Christian interpretations of Shakespeare, and in a wide range of cinematic appropriations/adaptations of Shakespeare. He has explore some of the connections between computer technology and Shakespeare instruction (e.g., "Shakespeare on Disk" for text, "The Theatre Game" for performance, and the CD-ROM "Twelfth Night" for background information). =============================================================================== *Fisher, Mark Mark Fisher: I cover theatre for Glasgow's Herald and am the managing editor of Theatre Scotland magazine. Until earlier this year I was theatre editor on The List magazine (Glasgow and Edinburgh's events guide) and I was one of the co-editors of Methuen's recent Made in Scotland collection. I've also been published in the Guardian, Observer, Scotsman and Daily Telegraph. And I'm a judge on this year's TMA Regional Theatre Awards. =============================================================================== *Fisher, Maurice During the last 14 years I have been publishing books for teachers and parents on educating gifted children. One of my primary areas of emphasis has been publishing books on humanities education for the gifted in such areas as literature, theatre & drama, philosophy, ethics and logic. Two of these books are concerned with teaching Shakespeare to gifted students, and they have been used by school districts across the nation. For the last five years they have been included in The Shakespeare Resource Catalog issued by the Writing Company of Culver City, California. The titles of these books are: *Teaching Shakespeare to Gifted Students, Grades Six Through Twelve: An Examination of the Sensibility of Genius* by Michael E. Walters, Ph.D. -- *Warp Zone Shakespeare! Active Learning Lessons for the Gifted, Grades Six Through Twelve* by Betty Eidenier, M.A. I would like to join this mailing list to learn about some of the current problems and issues of teaching Shakespeare in the public schools and in colleges/universities. I have a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in educational psychology with emphasis on educating gifted children, cognitive development and educational research. =============================================================================== *Fisher, William Will Fisher University of Pennsylvania wfisher@mail.sas.upenn.edu My name is Will Fisher and I am currently a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania and will be writing a dissertation on Renaissance culture. =============================================================================== *Fister, Barbara I would like to enter the conversation on SHAKSPER. These are the particulars you asked for: name: Barbara Fister title: bibliographic instruction librarian (it's not as bad as it sounds) dept: library institution: Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter MN USA 56082) publications etc.: my publications and memberships are all to do with libraries, so are probably not of particular interest to this group. The only article I've done that is remotely literary is a bibliographic essay for _Choice_ entitled "For Our Silent Sisters: Third World Women's Literature," which appeared in September 1991 (vol. 29, pp. 39-47). I am also directing a project to compile a database on third world women's literature, which may come out in CD-ROM format some day (a project in the conversation stage) and may become part of the basis of a reference book, a sort of companion to the literature (a project in the prospectus stage). The only concrete results of a hidden, smoldering passion for Shakespeare is a master's thesis, _Shakespearean Subversions: Carnivalization and Improvisation in Hamlet, King Lear, Troilus and Cressida, and The Tempest_. I set out to do a thesis on Margaret Drabble, but on the way got waylaid by a mean combination of Hamlet and Bakhtin, and couldn't help myself. Actually, my approach is to examine the first three plays in the title using the Bakhtinian concepts of carnivalization, dialogic discourse, and the chronotope, and then demonstrate how Shakespeare's strategy changes in the Tempest to one of what Greenblatt calls improvisation when the aesthetics of carnival are coopted by the court for its own purposes. I had a ball with it, but cannot claim to be anything more than a dilettante. How I wish I could earn a living teaching, reading and writing about Shakespeare! Do you let imposters like me lurk on this list? If you would, I should be very grateful indeed. I am up for tenure this year and so have behaved myself pretty well lately, but perhaps once I'm more certain of my position I will depart from the path of writing for my field and follow up on the passionate interest I indulged while wrapping up my recently earned masters in English. (Too many irons; not enough fire!) =============================================================================== *Fitzpatrick, Meg Currently, I am a master's student at the University of Cincinnati where I concentrate (as much as possible) on Medieval and Renaissance studies including, of course, Shakespeare. I will complete said degree in June, 1998, after which I plan to go on for a Ph.D. in literature, also with an early modern concentration. I'm hoping to do enough interdisciplinary work so that I will be qualified to teach survey courses pulling in many aspects of said period with a decided slant toward history and literature. What I am most interested in at the moment, thanks to Stephen Orgel, is questions of sexuality on the Renaissance stage. I do not yet know how far that interest will lead, but I imagine it will carry over, in some form, to my dissertation topic. I'm also very interested in the notion of how that stage deconstructs itself in that there are no referents at all, merely references, ============================================================= *Flanagan, Eileen" I am a curatorial assistant in the Prints and Photographs Department of the Chicago Historical Society. After many years, I finally received a BA degree in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. During my time there, I took English and Drama classes in Shakespeare. I continued my interest in Sh. by participating in Chicago's Newberry Library adult education classes called the Lyceum. I studied there with Prof. David Zesmer, author of a Barnes and Noble introduction to Shakespeare. The classes went through all of the canon in sections; Comedies, Histories, etc. I am a recent member of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, the Chicago equivalent of the Tony awards. I attend about 150 plays a year and am a subscriber to the Shakespeare Repertory Company. During a trip to the UK in 1993, I visited Stratford-Upon-Avon. I visited the Shakespeare library at the birthplace center and became an American Friend of the Royal Shakespeare Company. During their recent visit to Chicago this year, I had the opportunity to meet members of the cast at the British Consul General's home. I am not a great writer, obviously, but I do love the works of WS and take every opportunity to see local, national and international productions of his plays. I collect Sh. criticism, in particular on HAMLET and film and TV productions of Sh. plays. I'm sure I would enjoy the chance to read and communicate with other fans of Sh. =============================================================================== *Flanagan, Michelle I teach 9th and 10th grade English at Brandywine High School in Wilmington, DE. Romeo and Juliet is part of our 9th grade curriculum...Julius Caesar is part of the 10th grade curriculum. I also incorporate many of Shakespeare's sonnets into my teaching. I am always looking for new ways to motivate my students. I am currently working on my masters at the University of Delaware. I am taking a class entitled "Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications." One of my assignments is to sign up to several listservs and evaluate them for quality and merit for the classroom teacher. I typed in "Shakespeare" and your name appeared. ============================================================= *Flannagan, Roy Professor of English, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701. Editor Milton Quarterly. Under contract to Macmillan to do a complete poetry and selected prose of John Milton. One of the editors of the Renaissance Textbase, a large-scale project for collecting authoritative texts from about 1560 to 1680, together with reference works and commentary, all encoded according to SGML standards and cross-referenced so as to make information retrievable via hypertext links. Most recent work: Milton and Italy, ed. with Mario DiCesare, about to be published by Medieval & Renaissance Texts and Studies. Interested in the performance as well as the text of Shakespeare. ========================================================= *Flech, Susan Susan M. Felch Assistant Professor of English Department of English Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 49546 PhD. Catholic University of America 11/91 (616) 957-6591 Current Interests: Reformation literature; Anne Vaughan Lok; John Foxe; literature of the 1550s and 1560s; Shakepeare. Teach: Shakespeare, 16th cent. lit., literary criticism, British lit. survey, various introductory courses Relevant Publications: "The Rhetoric of Biblical Authority: John Knox and the Question of Women," forthcoming in The Sixteenth Century Journal. "The Intertextuality of Comus and Corinthians."Milton Quarterly 27 (1993): 59-70. "Rehearsing 'Everich a Word': Chaucer's Linguistic Investigations in the Canterbury Tales." Medieval Perspectives 6 (1991): 144-53. "The Collar." Amelia 3.1 (1986): 91-95. =============================================================================== *Fleck, Andrew I am a doctoral candidate working on a dissertation on English nationalism. My focus is on the role of Dutch characters in English drama and poetry as part of the process of developing Englishness. ============================================================= *Fletcher, Linda K. I am an enthusiastic amateur Shakespearean with no papers or scholarly works, just an insatiable hunger for more, ever more, words and opinions and ideas to mull over about anything and everything Shakespearean. I read and very much enjoyed Shakespeare years ago in school but it was not until I happened upon his Sonnets that I become interested in him and his work to the point of obsession. I have reread all my old favorite Shakespeare plays and discovered all the rest that I had missed. Then I discovered books written about him, his time and his work -so many! Grouchy Dr. Rowse, Mr. Burgess, Dr. Spurgeon.. The 400 years worth of actors who have brought his people to life on the stage is also a fascinating subject. My name is Linda Fletcher, I work as an equipment technician in the Physics and Astronomy Department of Iowa State University. I am looking forward to the opportunity to listen in on this list. ============================================================= *Flinn, Dennis Dennis Flinn: Some of us take far longer than others to find their places in the great scheme of things. I found mine only when a friend asked me to adjunct a course in remedial English a couple of years ago. When I made the switch from business to humanities, life took a definite turn for the better. I also rediscovered Shakespeare, whom I had left behind in college when I took a course from a newly immigrated Irishman at UT-Austin. The man's accent was so thick no one could understand him, his voice so monotone no one could stay awake. I failed the course and changed majors. Now I am back. I teach pre-freshmen at the GED and college remedial levels. My courses usually cover heavy doses of grammar and basic computer skills, and I inject as much as I can of art, architecture, music, dance, and drama. Fortunately, the college has an excellent drama department. For the last five years it has produced a Shakespearean comedy during the summers. Two years ago the selection was THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. I forced my poor students to read the play and see the production several times. Preparing for the teaching of TMOV, I found little that reflected my own ideas of what Shakespeare was trying to do in and with the play. Pursuing those concepts has brought me to the point of needing much more in the way of scholarly support. =============================================================================== *Flower, Ann I am a PhD candidate at New York University working with Leonard Barkan as my advisor on a Renaissance Drama thesis. =============================================================================== *Flummer, Douglas I am a relative novice, a person who has enjoyed reading Shakespeare's plays and sonnets since I was 11 years old, and I have always enjoyed learning new things about W.S., and the era in general (I have something of a background in history). While I must confess that I might never be published, I would still enjoy having a subscription to the listserv. =============================================================================== *Fogell, Sherry My name Sherry Lynn Fogell and I am currently attending Northeastern Illinois University as an undergrad student in the honors program. This semester I am enrolled in an honors Shakspeare course titled, "Women and Outsiders in Shakspeare." We are supplementing our limited class time with e-mail. I think that reading and participating in Shaksper discussions will enhance my learning. I don't have much of a biograpy YET! I am majoring in elementary education and minoring in earth science. One of my hobbies/interests is in jewlery, particularly Celtic and Reinassance. I type rather poorly but will try to watch the type-os. I am looking forward to joining the group and am anxious to read others opinions and ideas. =============================================================================== *Folan, Bernie I would very much like to become a subscriber to the Shakespeare network. My name is Bernie Folan (Ms). I work for an academic publishing company and that is where I receive and send my electronic mail form but I am an undergraduate student of English Literature in London at Birkbeck College. I am very involved with many Shakespeare texts and plan on using much Shakespeare in the selection of my course units for the remainder of my degree. I don't know whether students are welcolmed on the network but I know it would be very useful for me if I could be involved. Please let me know how you feel about this. Ms Bernie Folan SAGE Publications Ltd Home Address: Flat 1, 73 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, London N6 5HS Tel: +44 81 348 8659 Email: folan@sageltd.co.uk =============================================================================== *Folan, Bernie I am currently studying various Shakespeare plays as part of my English degree and would like access to current discussion and conference notices relating to Shakespeare's work. =============================================================================== *Folkerth, Wes Thank you for your response to my subscription request. My name is Wes Folkerth. I'm a PhD student at McGill University in Montreal. I'm currently working on a project that will feed into my dissertation on the senses in Shakespeare. The gist of it is I'm working on the cultural construction or alignment of the senses in the Elizabethan period, as manifested in Shakespeare's drama and poetry. I'm looking into contemporary Galenic understandings of the physical workings of the senses, as well as contemporary music theory and any other extra- literary sources I can come across. My address is 4336 rue Berri #1, Montreal, PQ H2J 2P8 CANADA. My phone number is 514/499-2079. As for degrees, my BA is from the California State University at Chico (1988), and my MA is from McGill (1992). =============================================================================== I'm a Senior Lecturer at Helsinki University here in Finland, and I've been wanting to join a Shakespeare discussion list, to try to keep up with what's happening elsewhere in Shakespeare research, and to hear calls for papers, etc. One of my friends gave me your name and e-mail address, and said I should contact you about joining. =============================================================================== *Foll, Scott Scott Foll, Professor of English Amarillo College, P O Box 447, Amarillo, Texas 79178 Voice (806) 371-5179, FAX (806)371-5370 I am a professor of English at Amarillo College. My doctoral work was in Dickens, not Shakespeare. However, I have an abiding love of the Bard and have taught introductory courses in Shakespeare. Currently I teach two or three plays a year, either in Introduction to Literature classes or in English literature surveys. I am a regular traveller to the UK and always see at least one RSC production. (In 1983, I studied in Stratford for three weeks with the University of Birmingham.) While I may not have the credentials of a Shakespeare scholar, I am very interested in Shakespeare's life, works, and times. Therefore, I would like to join the discussion group. By the way, did you read how Al Pacino is considering teaching Shakespeare in the high schools in order to show the students that the plays can be interesting? =============================================================================== *Fonnesbeck, Chris My name is Chris Fonnesbeck, a resident of Vancouver, British Columbia. I am the Artistic Director of Shakespeare Vancovuer, a brand new classical repertory theatre company in the city. I was educated at the University of British Columbia, and I am a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). I am new to the Internet, and your group interests me greatly. =============================================================================== *Fook, Kon Pak I am currently studying for an external diploma and degree in English from University of London. We have covered some of Shakespeare's works in our first year of our diploma program. We will be lokking at Renaissance Comedy as one of our modules for the coming year. I will definitely be covering more of Shakespeare later in the degree program. I am doing my degree externally which allows me to work at the same time and support my family. I would be interested in looking into the Shakespear List and read the various contributions on Shakespeare. I do not believe that I can share any scholarly insights since I am at the bottom of the rung in this area but I would be delighted to learn. =============================================================================== *Forbes, Cheryl My names is Dr. Cheryl Forbes, a new Ph.D. from Michigan State University with a minor concentration in Ren. drama. I worked with Randal Robinson there (also my dissertation director) as well as Doug Peterson. I am currently teaching part time in the English department at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. and looking for a full-time position (me and lots of others). My office, though, is in the science building (no room....). I am a member of MLA, NCTE, CCCC, and the Michigan Academy of Arts and Sciences. At its recent yearly meeting I presented a paper on Bel-Imperia and Annabella. I am interested in gender issues, male and female discourse structures, the role of reading and writing in Shakespeare, letter-writing and letter-writers, among other things. Among my current projects are a paper on chronotope in LLL, subversive women who can read and write, and Othello's narrative strategies. My surface address is 3179 60th St., SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. ============================================================================ *Forbes, Gerry 1st year drop-out, University of British Columbia, 1974 1 year Certified General Accountant The combined effect of which is to make me appreciate what I missed, not only academically, but by living in a century where motives are petty and superficial rather than noble and ignoble. The "hand" of the market has been mostly exposed, leaving only an invisible finger which signals the destruction of the human race as the inevitable extermination of a voracious parasite and cares not that Shakespeare, Bach and others are lost to the universe Several articles in various chess magazines, none concerning Shakespeare (sorry! Lewis Carroll is as close as I got) ============================================================= *Ford, Marilyn I am working on my doctoral degree in English at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. I plan on specializing in Medieval, Renaissance, and Seventeenth-century British Literature. One of my principal interests is exploring the Renaissance concept of self-the development of individual self-consciousness-and the emergence of autobiography as a genre in the seventeenth century. The sheer theatricality of Renaissance tragedy and metaphysical poetry also fascinate me. Currently, I have the good fortune to study Spenser and Shakespeare with Dr. Mary Villeponteaux. Before working on my doctoral degree, I taught English at Victoria Community College in Victoria, Texas for five years. I earned my Master's and Bachelor's degrees in English at Texas A&M University, where I had the privilege of studying with Dr. Harrison T. Meserole (World Shakespeare Bibliography) and Dr. Z. J. Kosztolnyik (History). These exemplary scholars have blessed my life with their teachings. As a Rotary International Foundation Scholar, I studied at the University of Durham's Centre for Seventeenth Century Studies in Durham, England. Representing Texas as a goodwill ambassador for Rotary International has been the greatest experience of my life. After studying overseas, I dedicated my future to an academic career rather than science writing for industry. I thoroughly enjoy teaching; assisting young people to expand their personal and intellectual horizons is the most challenging and gratifying of callings. ============================================================ *Fordham, Randolph Shakespeare Interests: I have studied Shakespeare plays since high school. I am especially interested in educational CD's which would teach Shakespeare in a multimedia setting using hypertext links, sound, pictures and text. Included in this CD would be a thorough study of the Globe Theater and the customs of Shakespeare's day. In addition, my daughter is attending BYU and will spend next winter in London studying Shakespeare. Finally, I have seen several BBC productions of Shakespeare plays and would eventually like to study the entire set. =============================================================================== *Forguson, Thomas My name is Thomas Forguson. I am 46 years old. I am working on a second bachelors degree. My current paper is about the use of the internet to teach Shakespeare. Any help you can supply is appreciated. I am a student at the University of Oklahoma. My first degree was at Southeastern Oklahoma. ============================================================= *Formichelli, Jennifer My name is Jennifer Formichelli, I am 21 years old, and I recently graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Literary History. I wrote my undergraduate thesis on T.S. Eliot, and have studied mostly Eliot, but also Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, and a few of the minor Elizabethans. I am currently writing on the creative connection, or borrowing, especially intratextual, between Marlowe and Shakespeare. This involves work on allusion, versification, and comparative passages; as well as exploring the poetic instinct for revision and self-borrowing. I was reintroduced to Shakespeare by Eliot, and therefore I am interested in Eliot's criticism of him and some other Elizabethans, especially Middleton, Webster, and Marlowe; as well the relation of Eliot's poems to Shakespeare. But I am also interested in Shakespeare's ability to borrow, and to achieve the third dimension in his writings, by way of character but especially by way of drowning. Since I am doing the Marlowe-Shakespeare piece currently, I am a working scholar in the field. Another of my interests is, by the way, the way Shakespeare uses humour and especially how he does so in the tragedies, transposing the comedy against the horror so as to deepen the horror. I shall be pursuing my PhD at the U. of Cambridge, England, in the fall, and think perhaps I may write my thesis on blurbs, beginning with the Elizabethan prologue in the theatre as a predecessor of the modern blurb. ANd I do not think Shakespeare is the author of 'A Funeral Elegy'. =============================================================================== *Forrestal, Juliene My name is Juliene Forrestal, and I am an associate professor in the Dept. of English at Olivet Nazarene University. I completed my B.Ed. at Illinois State University in 1971, having planned to teach high school English and speech. But I enjoyed my undergrad course work so much that I decided to pursue an M.A. (completed in 1974 at Univ. of Ill. at Chicago Circle). My experiences as a teaching assistant caused me to reconsider a high school teaching career in favor of teaching at the college level, and I began work on a Ph. D. (a generalist degree with a linguistics concentration) at Northern Ill. University, where I also taught composition and rhetoric from 1973 until 1997. I completed my course work nd a teaching internship at Rock Valley College before leaving academia to have my first child. I became a stay-at-home mother, occasionally working as a substitute teacher. From 1985 until 1988, I worked for Respect Incorporated, providing writing, editorial assistance and research for their health education curricula. During part of that period, I also taught composition at the local community college. In 1989, when my fourth child was about a year old, I took a teaching position at Olivet Nazarene University, where I have taught basic and traditional composition, creative writing, linguistics, history of the English language, and early Brit. lit. For the past four years, most of my comp classes have been taught in a networked computer lab, so I am now considered a "techie" by department colleagues - but not by the computer center staff. A few weeks ago my 1998-99 teaching schedule was revised to include Shakespeare (fall semester) and late Brit. lit (spring semester). I am thrilled to have the opportunity to teach the literature I love, but I'm also dismayed to have only these few weeks to prepare for the Shakespeare course. I am interested in answers to some very basic questions about how many plays to teach, which plays to include and in what sequence, how much and what kind of criticism to include, how to incorporate technology in ways that will enhance the course (My students will have access to the Internet, e-mail, and *Macbeth* on CD ROM.), and how to help a variety of students (Eng. majors & minors, prospective teachers, and a few curiosity-seekers) "connect" with the material and get what they need from the course. SHAKSPER sounds like a fine place to begin to look for answers. ============================================================= *Forse, James H. Forse, James H.: PhD Univ. of Illinois, 1967. Professor of History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Phone: 419-372-6991 rt Imitates Business: Commercial and Political Influences in Elizabethan Theatre. Bowling Green: BGSU Popular Press, 1993; 2. "Romeo and Juliet: A Play for all Seasons," Selected Papers. Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia, 16 (1993); 3. "Extortion in the Name of Art," Theatre Survey, 31 (1990); 4. "Armenians and the First Crusade," Journal of Medieval History, 17 (1991); 5. Bruno of Cologne and the Networking of the Episcopate in Tenth-Century Germany, German History, 9 (1991). Accepted by Journal of Popular Culture: "Arden of Feversham and Romeo and Juliet: Two Elizabethan Experiments in Comedy-Suspense." Current research interests: 1. Elizabethan acting companies in the Provinces; 2. Elizabethan playscripts as historical sources; 3. relationships among acting-companies and aristocratic patrons. Teach: Medieval and Renaissance history, Theatre history, ancient world to English Renaissance (jointly with Theatre Dept.), World history to 1500. Have directed for community theatre the following Shakespeare plays: Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure, Tempest,Taming of the Shrew; directing this Spring (1994), Twelfth Night. Memberships in: Ohio Academy of History, Shakespeare Association of America, Mid-West Association of Medievalists, West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissanced Association. =============================================================================== *Forsyth, Brian Hi, I'm Brian Forsyth, an English graduate student and teacher at Humboldt State University, Arcata, Ca. I received a BA degree in English with a specialty in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University in 1991. I had one undergraduate course in Shakesperare at the University of Oregon, and am currently enrolled in a graduate Shakespeare class at HSU. (And have seen a number of the plays performed, of course.) I teach an introductory composition class, and have almost completed my English Master's degree in composition. My current Shakespeare class's focus is gender and sexuality. I'm just finishing a paper that examines the good guys in King Lear. I chose to focus mainly upon the Lear-Cordelia and Lear-Kent relationships--why should the villains, dastardly riveting as they may be, get all the attention? =============================================================================== *Forsyth, Jennifer My name is Jennifer Forsyth, and I am working on my English Lit PhD in Early Modern drama at the University of Nevada, Reno. As of this moment, I have not yet chosen a dissertation topic, but the omens are propitious that this will happen soon (a combination of a rhetorical approach to narratology and Cymbeline may be the general area in which I will work). Other areas of interest include editing and patronage. =============================================================================== *Forsythe, James James Forsythe Assistant Professor and Head Drama Program Brandon University Brandon MB CA R7A 6A9 204-727-9662 204-726-4573 (Fax) I am a professional actor and teacher currently teaching Improvisation, Musical Theatre and Scene Study at Brandon University. Shakespeare forms a major part of my Scene Study course. I am a member of both Equity and ACTRA. And my primary interest is in Shakespeare in performance and in the use of Shakespeare in the teaching of acting. In 1993 I attended the National Voice Intensive at Simon Fraser University which rekindled my interest in the opportunities and the avaliabiltiy of Shakespeare's verse for the actor. My current research project concerns the spiritual influences of non-western cultures in the training of actors. And I have just finished performing in Oleanna here in Brandon. =============================================================================== *Fortin, Jean-Francois I am currently a student at a high school in Beaumont, Alberta and I am in grade 12. Our year long class has recently finished studying Hamlet of which I did a bit of outside criticism reading. Having read Hamlet, I am wondering about electronic searches of material that you have available. I am by no means as educated as a professor nor do I intend to study Shakespeare for the rest of my life. I am merely a casual onlooker to see if I can get some more useful information in a medium which is generally easier to search than books. My full name is Jean-Francois Fortin . I was orignally born in Quebec, moved here in Alberta in grade 4 and, after having "assimilated the english language," as my dad likes to put it, I will be moving back, with my family, to Quebec at the end of this school year. I am generally a high achiever and I do try to strive for excellence as best I can. I used to be very much intraverted for several reasons, but this is now decreasing and I am becoming more freely expressive, happier and generally in better health. I was born 10/20/77. I would by no means call myself a Shakespeare fanatic although I find his work quite interesting, I have not gone so far, yet, as to read it for pleasure. I am currently reading psychology, self-help type books and I find them a valuable resource, along with friends, family, councillors, and others for the increase of general happiness, fulfillment and satisfaction. I do not claim to have found the meaning of life yet, but I am looking! :) Since I am as is merely a high school student, I think it would be considered normal for me to have no publications to date except my high school essays which were "published" to my teacher for marking. Although of french speaking tongue originally, I did follow the AP route for English 10 and 20, but chose to stick with regular English 30 when it came to choose between university first year english and normal grade 12 english. I would be quite curious to see what there is to offer in this Shakespeare association at the U of T and I look forward to seeing what is out there. =============================================================================== *Fortunato, Carl My name is Carl Fortunato. Although it is obvious that most people on this list are degreed, I am not. I am a very interested layman. I first read Shakespeare when I was 7 years old, and have read every thing by him as well as a host of related material. I am also an actor and co-director of a New York City company called the "Great Egress Theatre Company." This fall we are doing a production of Twelfth Night in Central Park (a small production), and I am playing Feste, as well as directing. I hope that it will be the first of several Shakespearean productions. So my current interest (obviously) is the theatrical presentation of Twelfth Night, but it is not my only one. I am interested in practically everything related to Shakespeare. I mainly want to join this list so I can learn, and study, and because I love Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Fortunato, Michelle Michelle Fortunato Dept. of English, Univ. of Pennsylvania BA Univ. of Pennsylvania, MA Columbia Univ. Presently I am in my second year of graduate study. I am currently working on an examination of the problematic representations of procreation in Milton's Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce and Paradise Lost. =============================================================================== *Fossen, Mark Mark A. Fossen: I am a San Francisco - based Shakespearean actor and director (and amateur scholar). =============================================================================== *Foster, Donald W. or Box 388 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 tel. (914) 437-5634 Ph.D., English, University of California at Santa Barbara, December 1985 Asst. Prof. of English, Vassar College, 1986-1990 Assoc. Prof. of English, Vassar College, 1990-present Scholarship: Essays and reviews in Review, Renaissance Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, PMLA, ELR, Philosophy and Literature, Explicator, Notes and Queries, Times Literary Supplement. Book: Elegy by W. S.: A Study in Attribution (AUP, 1989); Books in progress: Women's Works: An Anthology of British Literature, A.D. 900-1640. An Annotated Bibliography of Writings by Women of the British Isles, A.D. 900-1640. (monograph) The Origin and Transmission of the First Folio Text of King Lear (edition) The New Variorum Poems (MLA) Professional organizations: AAUP, MLA, RETS, SAA, STS ======================================================================== *Foster, Dutton I graduated with a BA from Dartmouth in 1961 and and MA from Middlebury in 1968. I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa. I have taught English and drama in independent schools since 1961: Maumee Valley Country Day in Toledo (1961-68), Colorado Rocky Mountain School (1968-85) and St. Paul Academy and Summit School in St. Paul (1985-present). I am currently Director of Studies, Instructor of English (very part time), and Director of Upper School Drama. I taught elective courses in Shakespeare here for many years, until taking the administrative post. I was honored in November, 1995, as an Outstanding Educator by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. I have not published scholarly material, although I am a published playwright with three extremely non-serious plays in print with Dramatic Publishing. I wish to subscribe simply because I have a continuing interest in Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Fourmantchouk, Anatole Anatole Fourmantchouk, Ph.D. in directing (Russian Academy For Theatre Art /GITIS/ 1995. ' Hamlet ó the tragedy of the Youth'.) studied with Dr. Bartoshevich, & Dr. Anikst.Worked as Artistic director for the State Youth Theatre, Theatre under The trees (Kyiv 1988-1991), Learned Monkey ( Moscow 1992-1994). Awards: Golden Lion festival - ( Lviv 1986 "Outcry" by T. Williams); International Chekhov festivaló (Yalta 1987 "The Seagull"); Munich Intern. Fest.ó1989 "All That Fall" by Beckett, "The Picture" by Ionesco; Bradford intern. fest.ó (UK 1994 "R & J"); as a professor ( acting, directing ) at Kiev State Theatre Institute, Russian Academy For Theatre Art (Moscow), Vachtangov Theatre institute ( Moscow), Bredford University (UK). Have staged over 60 productions in New York, London, Madrid, Munich, Stogholm, Kyiv, Moscow, etc.. Presently : Artistic Director of New York Art Theatre (off-Broadway); teaching at Michael Howard Studio's', Circle In The Square Theatre School. Yorkshire Post & The Guardian highly praised production of Romeo & Juliet with international all/male cast playing original full version for two hours, as requested by the Author. They called it " The best Juliet in recent memory", however Juliet was performed by athletic with no boyish features man, with his natural man-like voice. I'm working now on the American version of this project ó it's not easy, due to lack of knowledge & skills in real Shakespeare acting style among very talented but pretty ignorant American actors, & lack of interest in such things among producers. However, New York Art Theatre keeps trying to bring this project to life, & believes that exploring Neo-Platonic structure of the early Shakespeare work won't do any harm. ============================================================= *Fowler, Stephen Boyd My name is Stephen Fowler and I am currently enrolled in the Undergraduate Honors English Program at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My personal literary interests are in Twentieth Century Fiction and, oddly enough, Shakspearean Drama. I have no publications and precious little expertise in the field of Literary Criticism. In fact, I am sorely in need of the necessary background with which to pursue this avenue. I wish to subscribe to SHAKSPER in order to see what topics are currently under discussion, learn learn what contemporary critics have to say about Shakespeare's works, as well as reading what has been written in the past, and, eventually, join in the discussion myself. ============================================================= *Francis, Jason <91595@tayloru.bitnet> Box 434-Morris Hall, Taylor U., 500 W. Reade Ave., Upland, IN, 46989-1001. 998-5728 I am a freshman student at Taylor University in Upland, IN. (My home state is NC). Currently, I am double majoring in both Theatre and English Literature. I have no formal published works. In all honesty, I am a new babe to the intellectual studies and considerations on Shakespeare. But I am no stranger to the amazing love and utter respect for the man and his works, I have performed in two plays (abridged - both King Lear and Macbeth holding the student roles of King Lear and MacDuff respectively.) I want into this list to learn. I want to expand the little I know into the wealth of knowledge others have and are willing to share. I know my credentials at the moment are shabby, but with the help of this list, all of that can change. My interests are not only in the literature study, but also the performance of Shakespearean works. I will be studying Shakespeare in detail next semester in an honors course. I hope to use this list as a vast and welcome resource. =========================================================================== *Frank, Leah D. Leah D. Frank Columbia University GSAS snail mail: 370 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10024 E-Mail: LDF2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu Phone and Fax: (212) 874-1157 Currently Drama Critic for the New York Times Long Island Regional section, and regularly writes feature stories on theatre and entertainment for many publications. In 1978 was funding editor of Other Stages, a bi-weekly newspaper dedicated to off and off off Broadway theater in NYC. I've been an actress and stage manager, and have studied voice, acting and fine art. Member of the Board of Directors of Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. Member of Board of Advisors of Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center. Member of National Board of Advisors of Center for American Cultural Stuides, Columbia University. Recipient of a 1978 Fellowship from the Eugene O'Neill National Critics Institute. Currently working toward Doctorate in American Theatre History at Columbia University. BA from Fordham University, CLC - Summa Cum Laude. Lecture extensively on the subjects of theatre criticism and American Theatre History. Have taught Critical Writiing in the MFA program at Columbia's School of the aArts, and have taught "Women in American Drama," "War Drama," and "American Civil War Drama," mostly at Columbia. Also on the Board of Directors of the League of Professional Theater Women--New York. Editing and writing the introduction for "Facing Forward" a collection of one act plays and monologs by American women playwrights at the crest of the century. I would like to monitor the Shakesper List, and be able to pop in if I think I know something -- or even if I don't. =============================================================================== *Frankel", C. David C. David Frankel, Visiting Instructor of Theatre, University of South Florida; Adjunct Instructor of Communication, University of South Florida; PhD student, Department of Communication, University of South Florida These multiple titles result from the closing of the theatre program at Saint Leo College in Florida where I taught from 1984 - 1994. Finding myself at loose ends even though holding a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I'm now attempting to tie off a few of those loose ends by persuing a PhD in Communication. I plan to focus on the intersecting areas of performance, media, and cultural studies, thus building on my interests and knowledge established in the course of my teaching and directing theatre. Although I haven't published anything about Shakespeare or his plays, I've directed _Macbeth_ and _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ (both at Saint Leo College), taught classes on acting Shakespeare and on the plays as theatre (both at Saint Leo and USF), and acted in some of the plays (mostly at Hofstra University where I received my BA; twice on the 5/6 scale model of a portion of the Adams reconstruction of the Globe). My most specific interest in Shakespeare at present relates to the course I'm teaching at USF, and will be teaching again in the spring, "Shakespeare for the Theatre." This course, offered by the theatre department (although my section is primarily for non-theatre majors taking the course as an upper-level liberal arts course), focuses on understanding the relationship between text and performance; it includes the use of performance as a means of understanding and critiquing the text. Consequently, anything that sheds light on the performative dimensions of the text or performances that illuminate the text, catch my eye. =============================================================================== *Franklin, Brian My name is Brian Franklin. I'll be a senior this fall at the University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign), a devoted double major studying English Lit and History. On a personal note, I'm an aspiring playwright, that is I hope to make a living writing for the theatre one day. I adore Shakespeare. I'm taking an advanced seminar entitled "Gender and Politics in Shakespeare" this fall, thus hoping to consider other perspectives via this online medium. And besides, I'm curious... =============================================================================== *Franks, Cynthia I'm an actor curently working toward a BFA in Theater at Wayne State Unversity in Detroit, Michigan. This year my course of study is classical all Shakespeare under the guidance of our resident Shakespearian expert Dr. Robert McGill. My research subject in characterisation in Shakespeare. I'm a playwright and won the 1996 Tompkins Award in Drama at Wayne State University. I find it interesting that Shakespeares characters are so easily understood in this day and age. Why are they so timeless? That is the question I'm seeking knowledge on. =============================================================================== *Franssen, Paul J. My full name is Paul Jozef Christiaan Maria Franssen, but as you can imagine I mostly stick to my initials for all those middle names. I work as an assistant professor (UD) at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, teaching Brit.Lit., mainly from the period 1550-1800. I have a Ph.D. from Utrecht University. My professional interests are mainly in Shakespeare and his contemporaries, but also in Shakespeare reception. I am currently working on the use of Shakespeare as a character in drama and fiction. Publications so far include various articles on such diverse authors as Shakespeare, Sterne, Marvell, Herbert, Oscar Wilde, and Milton. Some of these are in Dutch, most in English. My full address is Department of English, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. tel. 030-536665. =============================================================================== *Franze, Janet M. My name is Janet Maloney Franze and I am a first year MA (Lit) at Virginia Commonwealth University. I will be assisting Dr. C.W. Griffin in his undergraduate Shakespeare class this fall, my first semester as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, hence my interest in this list. I received my BA in English from Ohio University in 1982 and in the interim have been a public relations and marketing professional and most recently a full-time mom (boy, age 5 and girl, age 3). My plans are to continue my English studies on the doctorate level, although the sobering employment situation does give one pause. Still, the only thing that truly makes my blood sing is the study of literature, so I will most likely persevere. As far as SHAKESPER is concerned, the lurking mode is most attractive to me at present -- I have a strong need to absorb as much academic info/atmosphere as possible. =============================================================================== *Frazee, David 795A Clayton, San Francisco, CA USA 94117-4002 Stanford University, Feminist Studies (B.A., June 1993) Interests: 1. gender, sexuality, and race in Shakespeare's works and times. 2. the use of cross-dressing as a theatrical and dramatic technique. 3. theatrical history of Shakespeare's works. 4. Shakespeare historiography: the attempt to date and reconstruct his plays and authenticate their authorship. 5. The use of computers in Shakespeare research. Works of interest: All, but with a current emphasis on: As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and the Sonnets. Plans: finish an unrelated grant project, write a senior honors thesis, and enter a Ph.D. program, presumably in that order. ===================================================================== Lyle, Joseph Lawrence (Jay) Graduate Instructor Department of English, University of Virginia For about two years I've been researching anthropomorphic architecture in English Renaissance Literature, and I've recently begun to write my dissertation on that topic. Spenser and Milton are the stars; everyone else cameos. Golf, hiking, tai chi and drawing have all been shoved to the back burner for a while. I look forward to finishing and being able to devote more time to teaching. ====================================================================== *Free, William Just getting time to do my 500 words. I teach Shakespeare twice a year (along with playwrighting, modern drama, and intro to drama). I have not published much on Shakespeare considering my 3 books, 32 articles and 60 or so papers delivered, but I try to keep up with current trends for my students and my occasional writing on the subject. I'm particularly interested in performance theory. I have directed As You Like It and acted in and done tech work on various productions. I am in my first year as editor of Text and Performance, a journal which publishes papers that have appeared at the Comparative Drama Conference at the University of Florida. Looking forward to seeing what's up. =============================================================================== *Freeman, Charlotte Here is my brief bio--I'm a 2nd year Phd candidate in the Creative Writing program(fiction) at the University of Utah. I got my BA at Beloit College(1985) and my MA at the University of California at Davis (1993). I'm working my way through my historical period requirements, and while I do not intend to specialize in Shakespeare, how can one hope to write fiction without knowing Shakespeare? I'm working on an novel, and hoping to eavesdrop on this list. =============================================================================== *French, Emma I am a first year PhD student at King Alfred's College, Winchester studying Shakespeare and contemporary media-on film, TV, the internet, and popular commercial reproductions of both his authorial image and his works. I did my BA at Oxford and my Masters at Queen Mary and Westfield College London. ============================================================= *Freund, Elizabeth I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I am the author of *The Return of the Reader* (1987) and many essays on Shakespeare, including pieces on *King Lear*, *Troilus and Cressida*, *Twelfth Night*, *Henry IV* and *The Rape of Lucrece*. I am also the author of a Student Guide to Shakespeare (in Hebrew) in the Open University programme in Israel. I teach Renaissance Literature and literary theory, and my recent work is on the language of wit in Shakespeare's plays. =============================================================================== *Frey, Charles H. Professor of English, Department of English GN-30, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 USA. Ph.D. in English from Yale, 1971. Teaching at U. Washington since 1970. Author of Shakespeare's Vast Romance: A Study of The Winter's Tale (1980) and Experiencing Shakespeare (1988). Editor of Shakespeare, Fletcher, and The Two Noble Kinsmen (1989). Articles in Shakespeare Quarterly and elsewhere. Currently working on book collection of essays concerning thematic, dramatic, and somatic engagement with Shakespeare's plays. =========================================================================== *Friedlander, Edward I graduated magna from the Honors program in English at Brown in 1973. Since then I've deteriorated into the chairman of pathology at a medical school, but that doesn't mean I've lost interest in my favorite author, William Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Friedman, Michael D. Assistant Professor, University of Scranton Home: 812 Quincy Ave. #2, Scranton, PA 18510 (717) 969-6179 Work: Dept. of English, U. of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510 (717) 941-4229. I received my B.A. in English from Tulane University (1982), then my M.A. (1985) and Ph.D. (1990) from Boston University. My article "`Hush'd on Purpose to Grace Harmony': Wives and Silence in `Much Ado About Nothing'" appeared in the Oct., 1990 issue of "Theatre Journal," and I have just been informed that the piece will be reprinted in the 1990 yearbook of the Gale Shakespeare Criticism series. Another article, entitled `The Editorial Recuperation of Claudio' will appear in the winter issue of "Comparative Drama." I have other articles currently under consideration at other journals, including "Service is no heritage: Bertram and the Ideology of Procreation" and "`For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion': Fashion and `Much Ado About Nothing.'" Currently, I am at work on another piece concerning male bonds in "All's Well" and "Much Ado," which is part of a larger book length project on Shakespeares "problem comic heroes": Claudio, Bertram, Proteus, and Angelo. What may not be clear from the pre- ceding titles is that I consider myself a performance-oriented critic, and all my work springs from my experiences researching the stage histories of the plays as well as directing productions. I am also developing a course on Shakespeare in performance which will run over the course of two semesters and culminate in a full-length production of one play. I would be extremely interested in hearing from other SHAKSPEReans about their experiences in using performance as a pedagogical and critical tool. I am a member of the SAA and a member of MLA, but I finally have a tenure-track job now so I'll probably miss San Francisco this year. I'm also very new to this international computer network business, but I'm anxious to participate. ============================================================================ *Frischkorn, Craig Greetings, my name is Craig Frischkorn, and I teach freshman writing and literature at Jamestown Community College. I am a member of MLA and have published articles on Kerouac (Aug. 1994 _American Theatre_) and Twain (forthcoming _Explicator_). Currently, I am taking a seminar in Shakespeare at SUNY at Buffalo as a part of my Ph.D. program (with Prof. Barb. Bono), hence my desire to join this listserv. My current projects are to explore the Shakespeare--Beckett connection and to look at criticism pertaining to Peter Brooke's film version of _King Lear_. =============================================================================== *Frisina, Nick and Christine Nick Frisina: Computer consultant (UNIX) with a major interest in theatre. Performer in theatre, TV, film and stand-up comedy. Christine Frisina: Librarian & film researcher with a great love of Shakespeare. Performer in theatre. =============================================================================== *Fritz, Paul BA: Capital Univ. Columbus, OH 1963 - Greek MDiv: Trinity Seminary, Columbus, OH 1967 - Exegesis MA: Bowling Green St Univ, Bowling Green, OH 1976 - Communication PhD: Bowling Green St Univ, Bowling Green, OH 1978 - Communication Current research: Discourse analysis/ethnographic studies - elders Grants: General Studies development with Ohio Humanities Council Current title and position: Associate Prof, Communication Addresses/phones: Paul Fritz, Associate Prof., Communication University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390 (419) 537-2006 = (office); (419) 471-9255 (home) ========================================================= *Froud, Margot Here is my biography. I have worked at the University of Toronto for the past 13 years. I work in a medical environment and have enjoyed Shakespeare as a hobby. In order to expand my knowledge I have attended the Stratford Festival here in Canada and have joined a tour group to London, England to enjoy the theatre there. Over the years, I have found the theatre to be increasingly expensive (at least in terms of my salary increases) and have sought different ways to keep up with theatre activities. One way is to be a volunteer member of the National Ballet of Canada. This way I enjoy the company of other ballet goers, help the building of ballet funds and enjoy the odd free ballet ticket. =============================================================================== *Fruhlinger, Joshua G. Hi, I'm afraid that my bio isn't terribly impressive. I am a junior at Cornell University, a history major, but with an serious interest in literature as a vehicle for historical analysis. I am currently studying Shakespeare with Prof. Barabara Correll, and she described this user group to me. It seems a good way to get insights into Shakespeare and get acclimated to the academic world (where I will probably end up spending a lot of time.) =============================================================================== *Frydrychowski, David I am a junior at James Madison University pursuing a degree in Political Science and Theatre. In addition to University productions (Mainstage and Experimental), I have two years of Outdoor Drama experience, playing pricipal roles in THE LEGEND OF DANIEL BOONE and THE LAST VIKING. As of this summer, I am a recognized actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. For the past year, I have been engaged in a project in the Experimental Theatre with other theatre undergraduates involving a synthesis of MACBETH and the writing style of William Burrows. The script will premiere this Spring in the Experimental Theatre. =============================================================================== *Frye, Rinda Rinda Frye: I earned a BFA in acting from the University of Utah in 1972 where I worked for 5 seasons with the University of Utah Shakespeare Players, a company formed by Dr. David E. Jones, a transplanted Welshman who came to us via the Universit y of Minnesota. The company performed 3 plays in repertory each season, with a full quarter spent rehearsing and another in performance. I played many of Shakespeare's great ladies, including Gertrude, Ophelia, Maria and Hermia, amon g others. When that company folded in 1972, I elected to continue it, along with several other actors as the Utah Shakespeare Players Inc. (in Salt Lake, not to be confused with the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City). I was co -founder and sometimes artistic director of that company for 5 years. I also acted, coached and directed many productions. I earned my Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Oregon. My dissertation was selected by Bernard Beckerman for publication as part of a series he edited for UMI Research Press in 1984: William Poel's Hamlets: the Director as Criti c. That research was also funded through a Canada Council grant. I have taught in the theatre department at the University of Louisville since 1981 where I offer several courses relating to Shakespeare studies: 4 semesters of voice for our MFA students which involves sonnet and text work, and a graduate acting workshop in Shakespeare. I also direct Shakespeare on th e season with some regularity and have just cast Alls Well for performance in March. I brought Kristin Linklater here to teach in residence in 1987 and have since taken workshops with her Shakespeare and Company in Massachusetts, and am now scheming to bring her Company of Women to campus. I act and voice coach for the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (for 3 seasons) and have offered workshops and papers on acting Shakespeare for the South East Theatre Conference and American Theatre in Education and have coached and directed for Wake Forest University in North Carolina and Westminster College i n SLC, Utah. This past summer Theatre Journal published my review of Actors Theatre's Romeo and Juliet (which I will send, with their permission, if I ever figure out how to upload documents on the internet). =============================================================================== *Fuhr, Mike <75322.3371@compuserve.com> My name is Mike Fuhr. I'm an undergraduate student in my third year at York University. I am currently enrolled in a double major of English, and Creative Writing. As you might suspect, I am a member of Peter Paolucci's Shakespeare tutorial, and am interested in joining and participating in SHAKSPER. Before I came to York University, I finished a diploma in Radio Broadcasting at Fanshawe College in my hometown, London, Ontario. My interests (which I have little time right now to pursue) include: creative writing (shortfiction & poetry), watching movies, walking and listening to music. In addition to school, I also work part time in the proof-reading department at"The Auto Trader", a weekly magazine that advertises used cars for sale. =============================================================================== *Fujisawa, Hiroyasu I am Hiroyasu Fujisawa, the lecturer of English at Akashi College of Technology. I am earning my living by teaching students (aged 16-20) elementary English, not Shakespeare. I took both of BA and MA from Hiroshima University. My special interest is Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedies. Now I am working on my Ph-D thesis concerning it. ============================================================= *Fuller, Ivan Dr. Ivan W. Fuller, associate professor, chair of Communication & Theatre Dept. at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Author of "The Play's the Thing" in STAGE DIRECTIONS. Doctoral dissertation focussed on anachronistic productions of Shakespearean texts with particular interest toward why directors choose a particular world of the production in which to place the world of the text. In the Summer of 1995 will be attending an NEH Summer Institute on staging Shakespeare at James Madison University, working with the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express. Received a MA in theatre and a PhD in directing from Bowling Green State University, 1990. BA in theatre from Butler University, 1985. Address: c/o Augustana College, 29th & Summit, Sioux Falls, SD 57197. Phone: (605) 336-5334. =============================================================================== *Fulmer, Olivia My name is Olivia Fulmer. I am an English teacher at Newberry High School, Newberry, South Carolina. This year, I am teaching ninth and tenth grade English. I have approximately 120 students (the rolls constantly change as students drop out, enroll, re-enroll, and the like). I especially enjoy teaching literature, and Shakespeare is one of my favorites. I have a bachelor's degree in English from Newberry College, and a Master's degree in English from the University of South Carolina. I had begun work toward the doctorate degree in English; however, my studies were interrupted seven years ago with the birth of my first son. I resumed a high school teaching career at Newberry High School in 1989. My areas of specialty for the masters and the doctorate were nineteenth century British literature and Renaissance British literature. I wrote my master's thesis comparing the work of Emily Bronte and John Keats. I am married and have two children--John Adam, who is a precocious first grader; and Aaron Benjamin, who is nearly three years old. I am interested in hearing from other teachers who teach these plays, as well as other plays by Shakespeare, in secondary classrooms since my teaching assignments vary from year to year. As most educators know, students are always changing, and it is necessary to find new ways to get them interested in Shakespeare. This year, my classes have just begun reading and discussing Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. I am using the PRentice-Hall anthologies for the student text and supplementing with ideas from the Cambridge School Shakespeare. The edition of Romeo and Juliet is particularly good! =============================================================================== *