Nagumo, Takako Takako Nagumo Graduate Student, Master of Library Science program Department of Library and Information Science Graduate School of Education and Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) A Biographical Sketch --------------------- Student Member, American Library Association Member, UCLA Shakespeare Reading and Performance Group The Shakespeare Reading and Performance Group was founded in the spring of 1993. Since then, the Group has produced two full productions, three scene nights, one workshop production, and is in the process of planning the next scene night for Winter Quarter 1995. During the academic year the Group holds weekly readings of Shakespeare's plays in their entirety in approximate chronological order. Since its founding, the Group has welcomed undergraduate and graduate students in everything from Astrophysics to Theater, and offered them opportunities to direct and act in Shakespeare's plays -- opportunities unlikely to be offered anywhere else. I have been involved with the Group since Winter Quarter 1994, when I joined the Reading Group. I quickly became active in the performance side of the Group, becoming one of the scene directors of Spring Quarter 1994 Scene Night. I directed a cutting of Act I, scene ii of The Tempest, and played "Desdemona" in Act III, scene iii of Othello. In the summer of 1994, I played "Jessica" in their second full production, The Merchant of Venice. This past quarter (Fall 1994), the group decided to try its hand at a workshop production -- similar to the previous "Scene Nights" but with all of the scenes coming from one play -- in this case, Richard III. I had the opportunity to direct Act III, scene vii. Although the scene called for a crowd of citizens, I could not get a "cast of thousands," so I used audience participation for the "citizens," which worked out better than I had hoped. I am currently in the process of conducting background research for directing Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. some of the things I have been doing to collect information on this scene and how it could be done is looking at theatre reviews of recent productions, looking at filmed versions (BBC and Zeffirelli), and looking at the production book of a 1955 UCLA production. I have also been reading various interpretations -- both literary criticism and commentary by actors -- of the four key characters in the scene. I have also been doing some reading on sabre fencing to prepare to work with the fight choreographer, an intercollegiate competitor in sabre on the UCLA Fencing Team as well as an active member of the Group. Current Interests and Research Topics ------------------------------------- Roots of Censorship and Related Behavior Library Anxiety and Undergraduate Information Seeking Behavior Reference and Bibliographic Instruction to undergraduates and Shakespeare production (directing, acting, costuming, producing -- all on a less-than-zero budget) =============================================================================== *Narushima, Fumiyuki My name is Fumiyuki Narushima. I was born in 1958, now I'm 37. My birthplace was Tokyo. I was educated at Tokyo Gakugei University (Of course, I'm Japanese and I was taught in that language.) I got the degree of Master of Education (English) there i I now have a seat of assistant professor in Kitami Institute of Technology, which is located in Hokkaido, and I'm teaching English and Literature. The department I belong to is called Human Sciences. My publication is still very poor, and I don't have (but one) papers written in English. But I have 10 papers in Japanese concerning Shakespeare, and I'm a member of The Shakespeare Society of Japan and also The English Literary Society of Japan. =============================================================================== *Nasson, Stewart <97NASSON@alma.edu> Stewart Nasson: I am a junior at Alma College majoring in English and Political Science. I have taken several classes in Shakespeare and I will need to gather research for my senior thesis. I would like to be added to the discussion SHAKSPER as an observer. I am interested in what directions the critical discussion of MACBETH are going. =============================================================================== *Nathan, Joseph Joseph Nathan - 44 Sullivan Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052. Phone 201-669-5626. Education: BA degree from University of Pennsylvania 1943. (Studied Shakespeare with Professor Harbeson). 1943-1945 1st Lt, Eighth Air Force 1945-present: Pursued a business career. (My own business) 1992 to present: Part time student at the New School, New York City. (Courses with Patricia Carlin in Shakespeare). Have performed in amateur productions of Hamlet, Othello, Romeo & Juliet. Currently a particpant and performer in IRP Shakespeare course at the New School.Now I find I have time to pursue the academic courses I did not get the chance to take as a postgraduate. They are concentrated in literature, and centered by Shakespeare. I do have some papers I have submitted to the New School, but I would like to see the form of those you have, and I have yet to learn how to append a file to an E mail message such as this. But I will learn that soon. I would start in the role of an "eavesdropper" but hope to contribute as I learn the format. December 27th I leave for London and hope to visit the Rose and Globe theater sites. If I do, I will report on my return. =============================================================================== *Naturale, Anthony (Tony) 219 W. Squire Dr., # 5, Rochester, NY 14623 (716) 292-6189 (Voice/TDD) I work at Nat'l Technical Institute f/t Deaf (part of Rochester Institute of Technology) English Learning Center (English Department) Interests: Linguistics, ASL-Literature, Renaissance Studies, English Poetry, Creative Writings, Aesthetics, Rhetorics. Publications: press releases from Montana State University student newspaper & radio shows; Press releases to publicize deaf production company in Hollywood; Works in Progress: Film-Scripts ( psychological thriller, New Age Detective, etc) Video-Projects: Video Anthology of Shakespeare in ASL; Poetry in Sign Language; ============================================================================= *Nava, David David Nava was most recently seen as The Prince in the Oak Park Festival Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Romeo & Juliet.. He previously appeared there in Doctor Faustus and Richard III. Mr. Nava has also worked in Chicago with the Body Politic, Court, Bailiwick, Commons, Northlight, Lifeline and Streetlight theatres. He has acted around the country in such theatres as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and The Williamstown Theatre Festival. Mr. Nava was also seen on NBC TV's Unsolved Mysteries and Missing Persons. He is an associate member of the Dramatists Guild and his plays have been produced by California's Berkeley Workshop, The Playwright's Center, Streetlight Theatre in Chicago and by Southern Illinois University's Department of Theater. His adaptation of Chekhov's Ward Six will be produced this fall by Theatre Two in suburban Chicago. Mr. Nava earned a BA in Theater from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1984. =============================================================================== *Neal, Patrick My name is Patrick Neal. I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of Vermont, specializing in political philosophy. I received my Ph.d from the University of Toronto in 1985, and have taught at Hamilton College as well as the University of Vermont. My research and publications have been in the area of liberal political philosophy, both contemporary and classical. I have published in, among others, "Political Theory," "Canadian Journal of Political Science," "Candaian Journal of Philosophy," and "Review of Politics." If necessary, I'll send a complete c.v. While I have never published on Shakespeare, I have been long interested in both his works and academic discussion of them. Next year, I will for the first time teach a new course entitled "Shakespeare and Political Theory." My hope is that this teaching interest will ultimately result in published research; surprisingly (to me at least) political scintists, including political theorists, have written very little regarding Shakespeare. My hope is that membership in this organization will help me in my endeavors to learn more and write about Shakespeare. My surface mail address is: Department of Political Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405. My phone is 802-656-3050. My electronic address is pneal@moose.uvm.edu. Thank you for your consideration. =============================================================================== *Neary, Walter I'd like to subscribe to SHAKSPER. I qualify solely as an "interested bystander." I'm a newspaper editor in Salinas, Calif. I have degrees in history in journalism from the U of San Francisco and Columbia, NYC. My wife and I frequently went to Shakespeare plays until we had children and stopped going pretty much everywhere. This situation is temporary, I hope, by the time the children are teen-agers and we only worry everywhere. Anyway, a while back, I read Gary Taylor's and Samuel Schoenbaum's books about the books. I have collected and read several biographies since then. I'm fascinated by the science/art of biography and see parallels with contemporary journalism. But those are beyond the scope of this bio and probably inane to boot. Please add me to the list. Should anyone find themselves in Salinas and wish a cup of coffee on me, the no. is (408) 754-4278. =============================================================================== *Neblett, Robert Lloyd My name is Robert L. Neblett. I am currently a first-year MA student in the Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis. My emphasis is Dramatic Literature. I received a BA in Theatre and a BA in English from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, in December 1993. As a student at ACU, I was heavily involved with the university's summer Shakespeare productions both on and offstage. I served as dramaturg for TWELFTH NIGHT and AS YOU LIKE IT. In addition, I have portrayed Malvolio, Jaques, Leontes (WINTER'S TALE) and the Doge of Venice (OTHELLO). Next summer, I am scheduled to direct MERCHANT OF VENICE in Abilene, following which I plan to study in London at the International Shakespeare Globe Centre in cooperation with Washington University. Renaissance Drama is a primary interest of mine, especially when dealing with issues of modern performance. Another area of interest that I have is that of the importance of the less popular plays in the Shakespeare canon. Along those lines, among my favorite texts is PERICLES. Although these texts may not hold up to criticism as well as HAMLET, they more often than not are good theatre, pure and simple. One trend among critics that I actively fight is the staleness of the Shakespearean text due to the elimination of the text's practical purpose - performance. =============================================================================== *Neidorff, Merri I am a voracious reader who over the past 6 years or so has attempted to learn about favorite authors in a more systematic way than just reading and re-reading their works. I have finally worked up the courage to tackle Shakespeare, whose plays I have enjoyed reading since I was a young teenager, but had not touched since shortly out of college, when work (as a lawyer) and raising a young family deprived me of any real sustained reading time. However, over the last year I have begun reading the plays and criticism, and comparing various film treatments (and occasionally live performances) and am now prepared to spend a substantial amount of time reading and learning. To this end, I hope to join an academic discussion list where I will lurk, read and (with luck) gain some real knowledge--insights into the works and recommendations of critical analyses. =============================================================================== *Nellen, Nellen Ted Nellen: I do not remember reading Shakespeare before I picked up a copy of Trolius & Cressida off a Red Cross bookshelf in DaNang Vietnam, 1969. I was eighteen at the time. I fell in love with Shakespeare. I switched schools and graduated from Skidmore College with an English degree heavy on Skakespeare. I went on to teach Shakespeare in private and public schools to 5th to 12th graders for the next 21 years. I was awarded an ESU scholoarship in 1986 and studied in Stratford that summer. In teaching Shakespeare, I chose to move the classroom to a stage. My classes perform Shakespeare and then perform one, of the comedies studied, for the school.(AYL, CE, 1H4, LLL, MND, TGV, TSh) I have chosen to teach Shakespeare's early comedies to this age group because these plays embody and capture the spirit of the students I teach. I do not consider myself an active Shakespeare scholar. I have read Shakespeare's entire canon, wannabes, and forgeries. I know the names of the scholars, read their work, and even met some. I own a very good Shakespeare library and my unfinished scholarly work on Shakespeare takes up a lot of space on my computer and in my heart. =============================================================================== *Nelsen, Paul I, Paul Nelsen, am Professor of Theatre and Drama and director of the theatre program at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT. In addition to staging productions, I teach a range of classes and tutorials in performance practice, dramatic literature, history, and criticism. My primary Shakesperean interests include performance studies and playhouse history/prractices, but I am readily drawn into investigation of other areas as well. I have been actively involved in the ISGC reconstruction project and have contributed several reports and commentaries on the Rose and the Globe, published in Shakespeare Bulletin. Curre nt projects include studies on the effects of theatrical space upon the interpretive aspects of performance, and a rewrite for publication of my '94 SAA paper, "Chedworth and the Territoriality of the Reader." =============================================================================== *Nelson, James I am an Honors English instructor at Emery High School located in the small rural community of Castle Dale in southeastern Utah. I also teach extension classes at our high school for the College of Eastern Utah located in Price, Utah. Over the past 23 years I have taught thousands of rural students to understand and appreciate Shakespeare and his works. Recently we have established an elective Shakespeare class which has been very successful. All of our Honors English classes study Shakespeare. A student graduating from Emery High School through the honors program will have studied six Shakespeare plays and may have elected to study three more plays and other Shakespeare works by enrolling in the elective class. These students go away to college and report that they do very well in the study of Shakespeare. Many only seek elective credit while a large portion choose to major in English studies. I received a BA degree from Utah State University in 1972, and I am presently seeking a Masters degree in Education from Utah State University. My masters project is developing a semester's course of study for Shakespeare. In June of 1994 I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters from the College of Eastern Utah. I have also been named Emery High School's most Inspirational Teacher and Emery School District's Outstanding Secondary Teacher. My biggest claim to fame is that I was 7'6" Philadelphia 76er star Shawn Bradley's high school basketball coach. He also studied the six Shakespeare plays in my classes. =============================================================================== *Neuhaus, H. J. Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. J. Neuhaus Westf. Wilhelms-Universitaet D-48143 Muenster, Germany Three weeks ago the VAXcluster of the Shakespeare Database project was integrated into the university Ethernet LAN. I am, of course, interested to join the SHAKSPER discussion group. Would you be so kind as to accept my application? A survey article on our project was published in LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1991, pp 187-191 ("Integrating Database, Expert System, and Hypermedia: the Shakespeare CD-ROM Project.") =============================================================================== Wimmer, Cynthia L. Cynthia L. Wimmer PhD Candidate Teaching Assistant English Department University of Maryland at College Park Off: (301) 405-3823 Hm: (301) 595-4515 M.A. English, University of Maryland at College Park 1991 B.A. English, University of Maryland at College Park 1988 Although I was unable to attend SAA this year, at last year's conference in Kansas City I presented a paper, "Schechner's *Makbeth*: Disorder and Disorientation in the Sixties," in a panel chaired by Jonathan Crewe. I am currently revising this paper to include a comparison with Schechner's current production of *Faust* entitled *Faust/gastronome* and intend to submit this piece for publication. Also in revision is an essay I have written on Fletcher's *The Island Princess.* This past spring I gave a lecture, "Mother Courage, Alienation, and Marxism," for the High School Shakespeare Institute sponsored by the Folger on March 31st, and have agreed to lecture for this program again this coming year. For my dissertation, however, I am examining expressions of women's anger in twentieth century plays by American women and focusing on the means (both linguistic and performative) used to communicate anger. My other conference papers have been generated from my interests in drama by women and in pedagogy. Thus, I have delivered papers on Maria Irene Fornes's *Sarita,* on Wendy Wasserstein's *The Heidi Chronicles,* and on a technique for students' interactive writing workshops, for which a colleague and I produced an instuctional video which is under consideration at St. Martin's Press. My primary Shakespearean interests are in modern adaptations of the plays and in performance theory. I have studied with Jonathan Dollimore, Hank Dobin, and Sandy Mack, have taught both sophomore and junior level Shakespeare courses (the latter in conjunction with Hank Dobin), and will be team teaching a senior seminar in performance theory with Kent Cartwright next spring. Memberships: American Association of University Women American Theatre and Drama Society Association for Theatre in Higher Education Modern Language Association National Council of Teachers of English National Women's Studies Association Northeast Modern Language Association Playwrights' Forum of Washington South Atlantic Modern Language Association =============================================================================== *Neuman, Michael or Georgetown Center for Text and Technology Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 202 687-6096 BA - Villanova University (1965) MA - The University of Michigan (1966) PhD - The University of Michigan (1973) As Assistant Director for Special Projects at Georgetown's Academic Computer Center and Director of its Center for Text and Technology, I am engaged in creating electronic texts in philosophy, Italian literature, and Italian Renaissance commentaries on art and architecture. In addition, we maintain a database on projects in electronic text throughout the world. Scholarly interests include Elizabethan and Jacobean drama as well as the analysis of electronic text. ========================================================= *Neuringer, Charles or Professor of Psychology, University of Kansas Courtesy Professor of Theatre and Film Psychology Department 426 Fraser Hall, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (913) 864-4131 Res.: 1508 University Drive Lawrence, Kansas, 66044 (913) 842-3764 A.B. Brooklyn College, 1953. M.A. University of Kansas, 1956. Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1960. My interests in Shakespeare are those of a intelligent reader, playgoer, and actor. I am currently working on a book about the unconscious origins of creativity and am making use of Shakespeare for illustrative purposes. I have also just concluded an empirical study of the effect of role playing on actors, using the personnel of our university production of MACBETH. [Regrettably, space does not permit reproduction of the complete list of Professor Neuringer's publications. In addition to a great many psychology books, articles, and reviews, Professor Neuringer has written the following items which might be of relevance for SHAKSPEReans. KS/ed] Neuringer, C. (1986). The Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company. In Kullman, C.H. and Young, W.C. (Eds.). *Theatre companies of the world: selected profiles.* Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Neuringer, C. (1979). Art and the Unconscious. *Register of the Museum of Art*. 5, 30-35. Neuringer, C. (1989). On the question of homosexuality in actors. *Archives of Sexual Behavior*. 18, 523-529. Neuringer, C. (In Review). Freud and the Theatre. Neuringer, C. (In Review). The social intelligence of actors. Neuringer, C. (In Review). What acting students think other students think about actors. Neuringer, C. (In Review). The theatre's ability to resist censorship in the totalitarian state. ======================================================================== *Neveldine, Mark Mark B. Neveldine Box H934 Hobart College Geneva, NY 14456 E-mail: neveldin@hws.bitnet Hello, I am a student of Prof. Libby Smigel and would like to subscribe to the Shakespeare bulletin. My name is Mark Burns Neveldine and I am a junior, who is a psychology major and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. I am interested in this bulletin not just on an academic level, but also on an acting level. The main reason for my entrance into the Shakespearean world, lies not only in attempting to become a strong Shakepearean actor, but rather to improve my acting overall. In doing so my understanding of the Shakespearean text is vital. As a psychology student I am also interested in exploring the Shakespearean characters, in their time and in ours. =============================================================================== *Neville, Stephen I am currently in the fifth year of a six year undergraduate B.A. programme with the Open University in the United Kingdom. I am employed as a caretaker in a law courts, a job I am seeking to escape in the near future. My first four years of study concentrated on history. I have studied social history in mid-Victorian Britain, the ideas behind the Enlightenment, Themes in British and American History (a comparitive study from 1760s to the 1960s) and a study of the effects of total war on European society, this last also covering the so-called 'Coca-colonization' of Europe. My interest in SHAKSPER stems from the fact that this year and next I am studying literature. One aspect of my studies this year examines the work of William Shakespeare and compares it with that of Aphra Behn. Dealing with plays rather than poetry, the course considers both text and performance. It is also heavily concerned with what I note you label as Gender Studies. This last , or at least the angle taken by the course writers toward it, is causing me some problems for which I would value some outside advice. As far as using the internet is concerned, I am something of a virgin, this being about my fifth piece of e-mail. I think you can probably guess from this that I am seeking to gain more from this subscription than I can initially contribute, but I hope you will look favourably on my application. =============================================================================== *Newbegin, John I would really appreciate it if you could add me to your mailing list. I am a student at Vassar College and am working with Don Foster. I simply want to audit your mailing list and be able to access the archives since I am doing a project on Shakespearean resources on the internet and am curious about how the nature of Shakespearean discussion changes because of the internet. =============================================================================== *Newbegin, Robin P. My name is Robin Newbegin. I currently a senior at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. My primary reason for subscribing to this list serve is to fulfill a requirement for a class. The class it titled Sr. Colloquium and is a required course for all English majors. One of our assignments is to sign up for a literary listserv of our choice. I chose the Shakespearean listserv for the simple fact that I felt I could benefit greatly from the wealth of Shakespearean knowledge unknown to me. I am also taking a Shakespearean class and felt that I could benefit greatly from observing and contributing to the discussions held on this listserv. ============================================================= *Newbould, Lisa A My name is Lisa Newbould. I am a nineteen year old undergraduate student in Manchester University studying english language and literature. Like most english citizens I began studying Shakespeare at the age of fourteen, the first play I ever read was Twelth Night. We were lucky enough to have a teacher who's enthuiasm for Shakespeare was incredible and so he led us to see Shakespeare and literature itself being more than just a story. As my home town is Birmingham, I fortunate enough to be close enough to Stratford to have seen manhy productions there - especially those by the Royal Shakespeare Company. My first play was Macbeth with a famous english actor Derek Jacobi playing Macbeth. At the time I was more concerned with seeing someone my parents knew than appreciating the Shakespeare, but since then I have seen other performances of Hamlet, Midsummer nights dream and the Taming of the Shrew. Now I am in my first year as an english undergraduate and my courses for this year have included Renaissance and Restoration drama, Renaissance poetry and Prose and perhaps more interestingly Renaissance Literature and Cultural Theory. Through this we have been discussing the writing of people like Stephen Greenblatt, Jonathon Dollimore and Lisa Jardine in relation to Renaissance literature and particularly Shakespeare. When I finish my degree I would like to continue studying and would like to go into research perhaps in the field of cultural theory or literary criticism. My other interests are music - I play the violin, Jane Austen and musicals. This is everything I can think of to say about myself and I hope to hear from you soon =============================================================================== *Newby, Carol E. Hello. My name is Carol Newby and I am a student here at the University of New Mexico. I am currently in the Arts and Sciences College until I can present my theatre design portfolio to the correct person here and they decide I am worthy of acceptance into the BFA Technical Theatre/Design curriculum here in the College of Fine Arts. I am not a published Shakespearean, just a fan. I have been lucky enough to visit his home and to see the Royal Shakespeare Company perform and I have enjoyed many productions of his work, mostly by college companies. My husband and I became engaged while working a production of _Twelfth_Night_ in college, so it has remained a sentimental favorite of ours. The closest I've come to a professional membership so far is to have become a member of Alpha Psi Omega while I was attending Longwood College in Farmville, Va. There is no chapter here though, so I am hoping to get one started at the University. In the coming semesters I will be taking classes where all we will study will be his comedies one semester and his tragedies the next. I haven't yet earned my degree, so here are the dates of my previous college attendance : 1983/84 Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Va 1984/86 Longwood College, Farmville, Va 1993 University of New Mexico (est. graduation 1994) surface mail: Carol Newby 828 West Sky Ave SW Albuquerque, NM 87121 Telephone: (505)836-5349 =============================================================================== *Newstrom, Scott I am a first year graduate student with a background mainly in 20th Century American but am slowly becoming more of a Renaissance student. Courses in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama have led to papers on rhetoric in _Coriolanus_ and economics & illustration in _Timon of Athens_. I've also worked on stage productions of _Twelth Night_, _As You Like It_, a _Midsummer Night's Dream_, and _Cymbelline_. =============================================================================== *Ngiam, Sharon Sharon I am an 18 year old studying in a junior college in Singapore. English literature is currently one of my core subjects, and I have also taken up a specialist literature paper. Thus, I am doing my own personal research of Shakespeare & Geoffrey Chaucer, paying closer attention to Shakespeare's major works and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. I am particular interested in the tragedies and I am working on a project on Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth. Shakespeare was first introduced to me when I was 14 and ever since then, I have covered at least 1 major play a year. I hope that by joining the SHAKSPER list, my interest and understanding of Shakespeare the man and his works will be heightened, especially since I have been largely left alone to do my own research, and the incredible amount of material available in the library can be quite intimidating. ============================================================= *Nicholl, James James R(obert) Nicholl, Professor of English Dept. of English, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 email: jnicholl@wcu.edu office: 704/227-7264 FAX: 227-7647 home: Rt. 66, Box 114A, Cullowhee, NC 28723 704/293-5835 Relevant Personal Data: Member: NCTE, Shak. Assoc. of America, Southeastern Renaissance Conf. Research Associate (Irony in Shak.), Shak. Data Bank, Evanston, IL Publications: "Another Time, Another Place: Imagination and Shakespearean Drama." EXERCISE EXCHANGE 24 (1980): 15-17. "The In-Class Journal." COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION 30 (1979): 305-7. (example is based in Shakespeare class) "A Shakespeare Course for Non-English Majors." CEA FORUM 7.2 (1976): 3-4. Presentations: Shak. Assoc. of America, Chicago, Mar. 1995; paper, "Playtext into Filmscript: Collaborative Student Interpretation of the Semiotics of AS YOU LIKE IT" (accepted and scheduled) NC English Tchrs Assoc., Charlotte, Oct. 1994; paper: "Devise, wit! write, pen!": Getting Students FIT to Study Shakespeare's Plays" MLA, New York, 1976; paper: "Shakespeare for Today's Groundlings" Education: Ph. D., Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1970 Major field: Literature of the English Renaissance Dissertation: The Development of Shakespeare's Artistry: Irony in the Comedies and Romances B. A. (English), Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1961 Current Interests/Research Topics: Shakespeare's Uses of Irony Teaching Shakespeare Semiotic Analysis and Interpretation of Shakespeare's Plays, especially as playtexts become performances, and screenplays become films Shakespeare and Electronic Media, esp. plays in Hypertext form =============================================================================== *Nichols, Joanna My name is Joanna Nichols, and I am a Junior at Arizona State University majoring in English. I work in a law office by day and attend classes at night. I have a great interest in the theatre, as I spent four years studying theatre arts and tutoring peers on several Shakespeare plays some time ago in high school. I enjoy reading Shakespeare's plays to study the staging techniques, and I also enjoy the plays as literature. (The sonnets are a whole other world of fun within themselves!) I have often attempted to duplicate Shakespeare's humor in writing my own plays, and often I make references to the author in short stories. I have a keen interest in the research being done by people around the world, including topics such as new pieces of information found in the plays that refer to events in Shakespeare's day, and arguments over whether Shakespeare is who we think he is and whether he wrote everything himself or had help. =============================================================================== *Nichols, Louise There are actually two people at this address: Glen Nichols and Louise Nichols. Although both are interested in Shaksper, Louise Nichols wishes to submit her biography for membership. Information about Louise Nichols is as follows: University address: Dept. des arts et lettres Universite du quebec a Chicoutimi 555, boulevard de l`universite Chicoutimi, Quebec Canada G7H 2B1 Title: Course Director Memberships: Shakespeare Association of America Current Project: The character of Henry in Shakespeare`s Henry VI plays I`m investigating the way the character has been understood (or not under- stood) in the plays` stage history. I am looking at some early adaptations of the plays as well as Bartons ada`ptation for the RSC in the 1960`s and some other recent productions (esp. Terry Hands` production for the RSC in the 1970`s). My Ph.d thesis was completed at the University of Toronto in 1992. Thesis: `Silence in the Plays of Shakespeare: Text and Performance` The thesis investigated the interpretive possibilities of silent characters and/or moments in Shakespeare`s plays when performed. Home address: 312 Pierre de la Verendrye Chicoutimi, Quebec Canada =============================================================================== *Nichols, Louise A. I am not currently researching Shakespeare (my current research interests are in 19th century women's journal writing), but I have done work in the past on Shakespeare's history plays, particularly *Henry V* and the *Henry VI* plays. My Ph.D. thesis, completed in the early 1990's at the University of Toronto, was a study of silence in Shakespeare's plays, especially the interpretation of silent moments in production. I am primarily interested in discussions pertaining to Shakespeare on the stage or in film. ============================================================= *Nicholson, Christopher I am 36 years old, and live and work in London, UK. I am a film director, co-running my own independent production company, Polite Company Ltd. I am ex-BBC and ex-ITV and have much experience in both television and film. I am currently working on my first feature film, Whitehawk (working title). This project is now well into pre-production and I am directing as well as co-writing it. It is basically a film translation of Hamlet and as such is set deep in the heart of a fictional global mutli-national corporation, Whitehawk. In the development of the script, I have gone back to 1st and 2nd Quarto as well as 1st Folio of the text for inspiration. I have also made a study of Amleth, Shakespeare's original source material for his play. I am very interested in your group as apart from a fascination of Hamlet, I am blessed with a deep love of the work of Shakespeare (it's no co-incidence that my first film should be based on my favourite play). In developing the script, I have had many a discussion with academics, actors, Bard-o-philes and just about anyone else who has even a slim knowledge of the play. I have raided as many texts as I can find and have spent hours in libraries searching for the meaning of each and every line, every image and every metaphor used in the play. ============================================================= *Nicholson, Skip I have served several times as a master tacher in the NEH-funded Teaching Shakespeare Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library and have conducted teacher-training workshops for the Folger in Washington, D.C., in California; and in Hawaii. I served as the consulting editor for five plays (Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo, Caesar, and Midsummer) in the National Textbook Co.'s Shakespeare Series of high school texts. I have just begun a four-year term as a member of the Commussion on Curriculum of the National Council of Teachers of English. Thank you for considering me. =============================================================================== *Nickels, Elizabeth My full name is Elizabeth Nickels and I am currently an undergraduate studying French and English literature at the University of Reading in Berkshire, Great Britain. After my final exams this summer I would like to undertake a Master's degree in English literature. My general research interests at the moment are feminist psychoanalytical theory (chiefly Kristeva, Cixous and feminist Lacanians) and Reader theory. As regards Shakespearean theory, I am interested in knowing more how his plays reflect Renaissance thought about man and his relation with God, and how this relates to Shakespeare's (seeming) atheism. I ought to say (as my undergraduate status no doubt shows) that I am approaching this subject with the trepidation of one who prefers to learn rather than to inform, but I hope this admission will not prejudice you against me, as I am certain I, at least, will benefit from joining the SHAKSPER electronic conference. ============================================================= *Nickerson, Chuck Shakespeare: 1) A fan; I see 30-40 productions of Shakespeare's plays in the Los Angeles area each year. I would be more than happy to contribute amateur reviews of same. 2) A writer; I am currently writing a prequel to 'The Merchant of Venice', the set of events which formed the character of Shylock present in MOV. Next on my list, Lady MacBeth. 3) An actor; to facilitate better writing, I'm taking a Shakespeare workshop from Kate Geer. So that's it; not much knowledge (yet), but a lot of enthusiasm. My primary foci would be 1) reviews; contribute and receive 2) insuring historical accuracy of my writing 3) performance notes on monologues and dialogues from my class. ============================================================= *Nicol, David I was born in 1975, and I grew up in Shropshire. I developed an interest in Shakespeare and the other Renaissance dramatists while studying for my BA at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. I followed this by studying at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, where I obtained an MA in Shakespeare Studies. The next year I won a studentship to study for a PhD at the University of Central England in Birmingham, which I began in May 1998. I am currently engaged in writing my thesis and teaching modern drama to undergraduates. I live in Stratford-upon-Avon. My thesis research is on collaborative writing and the mixing of genres in Renaissance drama, with a special focus on the work of the Jacobean actor-playwright William Rowley. For this reason my primary research interests are the popular theatre of the Jacobean era, the relationship between acting and writing, the role of the Clown in Renaissance drama, and the aesthetics of literary collaboration. I am also researching the works of Rowley's collaborators, Middleton, Webster, Heywood, Ford and Dekker. I would welcome up-to-date information on the Jacobean playhouses, and on developments in authorship attribution of collaborative texts. William Shakespeare is not central to my research, but intrudes obliquely via "The Birth of Merlin" (purportedly written by Shakespeare and Rowley); any communications on interpretation or performance of this play would be gratefully received. Aside from my thesis, I maintain a strong interest in performance studies. A particular specialisation is the uses and abuses of modern dress in productions of Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Nielson, James A former Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, I received my PhD in English from McGill in 1991, having previously completed an MA there in 1986. My dissertation, ELIZABETHAN REALISMS, reassesses the status of textual effects of realism in prose works of the 1590s (the MA was on Bakhtin's early theories of authorship). About half of the dissertation has now been published by Peter Lang as UNREAD HERRINGS: THOMAS NASHE AND THE PROSAICS OF THE REAL. Another chapter, revised, appeared in SEL (Vol. 33, No. 1; Winter 1993) as "Reading between the Lines: Manuscript Personality and Gabriel Harvey's Drafts." I did the article on Nicholas Breton for the second volume in the recent Dictionary of Literary Biography series on Sixteenth Century Non-Dramatic Writers, and--perhaps most pertinent here--have published a brief note, "William Kemp at the Globe," in SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY (Winter 1993). I am at present just completing a collaborative translation of the book GENESIS by the intellectually and stylistically refractory French philosopher, Michel Serres. I remain interested in Renaissance prose, and am also working on gender and sexuality in the Elizabethan age, on invective, on the politics of irony, and on Shakespeare, particularly textual studies and canon formation issues. If I had the free time I would also be learning Danish in order to be able to read Kierkegaard in the original and writing a mystery novel. I would like to get into editing, and also to continue the project of "un-editing" various authors, including Shakespeare. I have some curiosity about the anti-Stratfordian literature, as well, especially that of the Victorian era. I am presently teaching as a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia. I previously taught at McGill, and have conducted courses at all levels, including courses in Shakespeare, Renaissance Prose, Renaissance Drama, Literary Theory, and Media Studies, as well as composition and survey courses. I teach mostly composition here and am starved for intellectual stimulation, though extremely short of free time in which to reciprocate, I fear. =============================================================================== *Nipps, Ronald I am presently studying to become a certified high school English teacher. A professor in our English department at the University of Rhode Island suggested I contact you. I am sure that the communications within SHAKSPER would prove invaluable to me and better prepare me for profession I hope to enter. =============================================================================== *Nishinoh, Haruo EDUCATONAL BACKGROUND April, 1973-March,1977 Department of English, Doshisha University, kyoto Japan July, 1977-March, 1979 Graduage School, University of New Hampshire, Durham New Hampshire MA in Medieval English Literature, Supervisor Prof. Thomas Carnicelli (An OE Specialist) (I was going to study Shakespeare under the guidance of Professor Hapgood, but alas, he was on leave and was teaching at Osaka Univ. Japan!) April, 1979-March, 1981 Graduage School, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan MA in English Literature, Supervisor Prof. Isamu Saito (A Langland Specialist) April, 1981-March, 1984 Graduate School, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan Fulfilled all the requirements for Ph.D. except for the dissertation. Supervisor, Professor Isamu Saito PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND April, 1984-March, 1992 Lecturer in English, Department of English, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan April, 1992-March 1993 Associate Professor, Department of English, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan April, 1993-Present Associate Professor, Department of English, Institute for Language and Culture, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan July, 1987-July, 1988 Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Cambridge England In short, my original interest in scholarly pursuit was in Shakespeare, but in due course it changed into medieval English literature. =============================================================================== *Noble, Gail In 1993 I completed a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. My dissertation dealt with varieties of parodic structure in Shakespearean drama, most specifically in _Troilus and Cressida_. I am currently interested in how architectural space is staged in Renaissance and Jacobean drama. =============================================================================== *Nockolds, Peter I live in Richmond, Surrey, England. I gained my honours degree in English from the University of London (Goldsmith's College) in 1979. Subsequently I became the proprietor of a wholefood shop. I've a long-standing interest in astrology. It's now widely recognised that Chaucer constructed many of his narratives upon the positions and movements of heavenly bodies on certain dates. In 'Shakespeare's Almanac: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Marriage and the Elizabethan Calendar', David Wiles has approached one of Shakespeare's plays along these lines. I find that all of Shakespeare can be studied in this way. That shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone who has visited Shakespeare's Globe, where the symbolism of astrology is built into the very fabric of the theatre. By recognising the hidden astrology in Shakespeare we can discover a great deal about the background and symbolism of both plays and poems. I've given papers at a number of seminars on the History of Astrology and I've been invited to address this year's Thomas Harriot seminar, at Cambridge, on links between Shakespeare and Harriot. I shall be publishing some of my findings on the Net shortly at www.sonnet.co.uk/egma/ I should be very pleased to participate in this global conference on Shakespeare. ============================================================= *Noda, Takako Name:(MS) Takako Noda Occupation: part-time English instructor at Kansai University, Japan I teach English in general, i.e., reading, writing, and so forth, and I've long been an admirer of Shakespeare. Someday I'm hoping to teach Shakespeare as drama, rather than as literature to my students. Although teaching Engli sh as a foreign language is my field, I'm also a member of Japan Shakespeare Association, but strictly a reading-only-member so far (to my regret). I'm a theater-goer, and I've seen many Shakespeare productions both in Japan and overseas. What I'm interested in now is games in Shakespeare's plays, l ike a chess game that appears toward the end of the Tempest. It may be repre senting a tiny play-in-play in his theatrical space. =============================================================================== *Nolan, Kimberly Kimberly Nolan 7515 SW 59th Ave #35 S. Miami Fl, 33143 I am a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Miami. I received my B.A. from the University of Balto. in 1990. While at Baltimore I worked with Catherine Gira and Carol Peirce. I was the assistant director of the Institute for Publications design from 1991-1992 (at UB). I also served as assistant editor of Passager: A Journal of Remembrance & Discovery from 1990-1992. At Miami I work with Dr. Mihoko Suzuki. I will be presenting a paper on Webster at the 16th Century Studies Conference in December. As a side note I should add that I studied Acting in an earlier life and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York where I played Gertrude in Hamlet. As an actress I have worked on Constance in King John and HHelena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I tend to approach Shakespeare as an actor first and a scholar second which can be confusing at times. I also read Shakespeare for sheer pleasure when my other work is becoming cumbersome. =============================================================================== *Norden, Martin Martin F. Norden: I received a Ph.D. in Speech & Dramatic Art from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1977 and am currently a Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. I keep busy teaching and conducting research in the area of film, and yet I've managed to find time to act in at least one stage production per year at UMass, Smith College, and Mount Holyoke College during the past dozen years or so. Much of my current research centers on the actor John Barrymore, who as I'm sure you know offered stunning title-character performances in _Hamlet_ and _Richard III_ during the 1920s and later played Mercutio in the MGM film version of _Romeo and Juliet_. Greenwood Press just published my book, _John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography_, which thoroughly documents his work in more than 40 stage productions, 60 films, and 100 radio programs (including his so-called "Streamlined Shakespeare" radio series of 1937). I also just completed a biographical essay on him for the _American National Biography_, a major reference work due to be published by Oxford U. Press in 1998, and I am now working on an article that examines the evolution of his "star" image during his theater and film careers. My main interests, then, as they relate to this list are (1) Shakespeare as interpreted by Barrymore and his longtime collaborators Arthur Hopkins and Robert Edmond Jones, and (2) the general topic of Shakespearean plays on film, such as Akira Kurosawa"s _Throne of Blood_ and _Ran_. =============================================================================== *Nordstrom, Alan I have taught Shakespeare regularly for 25 years to undergraduates at Rollins College. I completed my doctorate at The Uni- versity of Michigan in 1976, with a dissertation called "Disingenuous Hypoc- risy: Modes of Paradox in Shakespeare's Plays," directed by Russell Fraser. Since then I have written two books-worth of essays for my students but have published very little--so far. I have written over 400 sonnets in Shakespeare'sform. I have in the works "An Interrogatory Guide to Shakespeare's Major Plays," a book of questions and essays. =============================================================================== *Norman, Jeff JEFF A NORMAN) Jeff Norman: I am a Theatre graduate of LMU in Los Angeles. I would like to subscribe to the Bard. =============================================================================== *Norman, Michael My name is Michael Norman and I am just starting the library science graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. My undergraduates degrees are in English and also History. And, I truly love experiencing Shakespeare. I believe that there has been no other individual who was more in touch with life than this person. The more I can learn about Shakespeare, the happier I will be. I have not always felt this way. For the longest time, I had an aversion toward reading his works. Finally, three years ago, I took a course in Shakespeare at Appalachian State University with Dr. Dan Hurley. I have to admit it was the most difficult class that I have ever taken. And I made a B- in the class. But, I learned so much in that class. I cannot think of any play that is greater than King Lear. Shakespeare led me to read many more dramas and now I would call the study of dramaturgy as my love and will continue its pursuit after I finish my masters in library science. In fact, I want to combine the two facets into a career where I work at a library that specializes in theatre. The first step toward that goal may be an internship working at the Folgers Library this summer. This is in the beginning stages but I hope to get it worked out. Well, there is a little about me. I would love to participate with discusses about Shakespeare, both on a literary and dramatical level. I just got through helping direct "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and loved it. I have so much I would like to share. =============================================================================== *Norris, Lisa LISA NORRIS, Producing Director, Iowa Shakespeare Project, 1700 1/2 Woodland Avenue, #3; Des Moines, Iowa 50309; USA; (515) 282-7296/800) 934-6456. Lisa is a theatre artist with experience in all elements of the production process -- she has worked as a director, stage manager, properties artisan, and scenic artist. She has designed and scenery and costumes, most recently for the Iowa Shakespeare Project's "Romeo and Juliet." Directing credits include "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Taming of the Shrew," and "Twelfth Night," also for the Iowa Shakespeare Project. Other professional credits include seasons with California's PCPA Theaterfest, Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo NY, and CTCF Theatre for Young People in Orlando FL. Lisa also teaches theatre and visual arts classes at the elementary and secondary levels, and performs with a traditional Celtic folk band. Lisa is also a playwright -- her original musical, "Ever After Anonymous," premiered in Iowa in the fall of 1992; she has also adapted scripts for theatre and video, including a number of Shakespeare's plays. Lisa is the co-founder and Producing Director of the Iowa Shakespeare Project, is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the legacy of William Shakespeare to the schools and communities of Iowa. The Iowa Shakespeare's Project's artistic mission is to create programs of quality and integrity which are accessible to diverse audiences. Its educational mission is to instill in young people not only a deeper understanding of Shakespeare and his works, but an enthusiasm for language and an appreciation of all arts and humanities. Its social mission is to provide programs which are affordable to all citizens, and to develop, nurture and utilize the talents of Iowa artists. Through collaborative efforts with other artists, schools, and communities, the Iowa Shakespeare Project seeks to promote the economic, educational and cultural development of the state of Iowa at local, national and international levels. =============================================================================== *Nortela, Mikko Hopefully I'll some distant day have something to offer to you and literature-studies in general, so that I'll send you messages from my future publications etc. Sofar I've only lectured on Joyce and touched the issue of Shakespeare in his texts, but this is not something I could be proud about... =============================================================================== *Norton, Aloysius Aloysius Norton: At present I am a Captain, USMS, and professor emeritus at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, just outside New York City on the Long Island Sound. I taught at West Point, Seton Hall University, Dickinson State College in North Dakota, Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, St. John's University, and since 1965 have been on the faculty at Kings Point. I did retire in 1980 and taught two courses at the University of Tennessee. I have published seven books, the two last being A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY LIBRARY and THEODORE ROOSEVELT, a literary biography of this learned president. I taught Shakespeare all my academic life, but only once as a graduate course. At present I am teaching a course called LITERATURE AND THE INTERNET, which has proved to be most innovative and successful. [No paper texts] I was an Air Force pilot for nine years and later flew Cessnas until I was 60. Happily, I am now 75. =============================================================================== *Nourpanah, Parviz My name is Shiva Nourpanah, and I am an 22 year-old Iranian girl. I was educated in Britain for 5 years during my childhood, and for another 4 years, between the age of 16 to 20. During this period I obtained A-levels in English Literature and History, both with grade 'A', and I became familiar with the works of Shakespeare. It was then that my great admiration for this unique playwright was cultivated, and since then one of my major ambitions was to learn as much as I could about his plays and poetry, and become as close as I possibly could to them. However my studies in English Literature temporarily took a non-academic form, as I decided to study computer science at university, mainly to please my father. I graduated last year from the AmirKabir University of Technology in Tehran in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and almost immediately gained entrance as a M.A. student of English Literature to Tehran University. At the moment I hope to complete my thesis by March, and am thinking on a research proposal for my Ph.D. My M.A. thesis is on Yeats, but my love for Shakespeare remains so strong that I hope to be be able to concentrate my Ph.D. on aspects of his drama. However, I do realise that Shakespeare has inspired the same desire in the hearts of many fine scholars, and this is where I hope SHAKSPER can help me. By getting in touch with various Shakespereans I hope to become informed of the dominant trends in Shakesperean studies, and thus be able to make a relatively original, relevant research proposal. However, even if I am not successful in this, I believe that membership in SHAKSPER will keep my interest in Shakespeare alive, and I hope that in time, I will be able to become a more useful member than the present scope of my intellectual and academic activities allow. Needless to say, academic discussion and resources are highly limited in Iran, and any chance of broadening my horizons will be deeply appreciated. ============================================================= *Novak, Andrea I'm with the Dept of English at the University of Ottawa. The recommended length of the Ph.D. program here is (an all-too-brief) four years during which one completes a course-work portion, a Comprehensive exam portion (three areas), and a dissertation portion. I shall begin my dissertation in the new year.My proposed dissertation is on the Renaissance paradox (as identified by Rosalie Colie in _Paradoxia Epidemica_). Shakespeare will form one part of my discussion. The others are More, Donne, and Marvel. I shall not likely have much to contribute to the discussions on the list. My original interest in the list was and is to learn something about current interests in Shakespearean scholarship. I am no Shakespeare scholar but merely an enthusiast. =============================================================================== *Novak, Peter J. Peter J. Novak, SJ Department of Theatre and Dance Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 408-554-4014 I teach in both the Departments of English and Theatre at Santa Clara University, a medium-sized (8,000 students) Jesuit University in the middle of California's Silicon Valley. I was born in 1965 and am in my second year of teaching as a full-time lecturer. I am currently looking for a graduate program in Theatre and Drama for my Ph.D. and hope to concentrate on Shakespeare and performance. I have a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting (Shakespeare emphasis) from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and an M.A. in English from Loyola University Chicago. I will be teaching a course entitled "Shakespeare: Performance and Criticism" at Durham University this coming summer (1994) and have strong interests in the translation of Shakespeare into American Sign Language (ASL). I have a ten-minute videotape of a portion of Act I, scene II of The Tempest performed in ASL by Deaf actors. The translation took months of preparation and is a new look at Shakespeare's language through the visual/gestural, rather than the oral/aural, dimension of language. Translating Shakespeare's language into the three dimensions of American Sign Language has been one of the most difficult, but rewarding projects I have ever encountered. I hope to continue this work in the future. I have read a paper on this subject at the Northen California Renaissance Conference and will also be reading othr papers at the Comparative Drama Conference in Florida and at the International Conference on Narrative Literature in Vancouver. I enjoy sharing ideas about Shakespeare and am willing to send the videotape of the American Sign Language translation to anyone who is interested. It makes for a good discussion. I look forward to lively discussion and reading work from all of you. =============================================================================== *Nyhoff, Jeffery L. Jeffrey L. Nyhoff is a doctoral student in Dramatic Art at the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently interested in postmodern criticism, especially that of the technological-scientific-cosmological sort, and presently he is investigating the possibility of such a dissertation topic for development and proposal. Degrees: B.A., Calvin College, 1985 M.A., California-Berkeley, 1992 Address: 6015 Bernhard Ave. Richmond CA 94805 (510) 215-1513 =============================================================================== *