Rackin, Phyllis 405 West Price Street, Philadelphia 19144 (215) 843-3799 (Home) I'm Professor of English in General Honors at the University of Pennsylvania, where I teach both undergraduate and graduate Shakespeare courses. I've published two books on Shakespeare--one on the tragedies in the seventies and one on the English history plays, entitled "Stages of History: Shakespeare's English Chronicles," with Cornell University Press and Routledge in 1990. I've also published Shakespeare articles in PMLA, Shakespeare Quarterly, Theatre Journal, and Renaissance Drama, as well as a number of anthologies. At present I'm working on a book on the English history plays for which Jean Howard of Columbia University and I have a contract for publication in a Routledge series of feminist re-readings of Shakespeare. My research interests center on feminist approaches and scholarship that contextualizes the plays in the public theater of early modern England. ============================================================================ *Rae, Simon Research Adviser, Academic Computing Service The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom phone: (0908) 652413 fax: (0908) 653744 I am not an 'academic Shakespearean', nor even an academic. My role is one of support for those academics at the Open University who wish to use the computing facilities for their work. The Open University has many student/academic societies, one is dedicated to the study of Shakespeare. Due to the nature of the Open University (nationwide student body studying via correspondence texts and regional tutor/study centre contact) the Shakespeare Society publishes a journal to keep the far-flung membership in touch. The editor of this journal ("A Groat's Worth of Wit") is not able to subscribe to your list as she is not, nor cannot become, unfortunately, a 'registered' user of the OU computer facilities (she is an ex-student and thus not eligible). I wondered if I might become her proxy? Having denied any academic interest in Shakespeare may I record a life-long interest in his plays, punctuated by many visits to the theatre at Stratford where, at one time, my wife worked at the RSC. Her interest/involvement was backstage which has tended to give us both a rather different view-point on the production of Shakespeare's plays. ======================================================================== *Rager, John John Ewing Rager Asst. Prof. of Computer Science Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Amherst College Amherst, MA 01002 413-542-5810 Professionally, I have nothing directly to do with Shakespeare. I'm a computer scientist whose research interests are in the processing of natural language. My current research is focused on neural network/connectionist models of language use and learning. Avocationally, my interest in joining the Shakespeare list stems from a lifelong love of Shakespearean language which has developed to the point that I'd like to be connected to more aspects of Shakespearean study. I am an avid Shakespeare watcher and have, at this point, seen productions of all of the plays except Henry VIII (including Kinsman but excluding More). =============================================================================== *Ragnarsdottir, Gudny Gudny Ragnarsdottir: I'm an Icelandic actress, graduated from The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England in 1986, but currently studying Library-and information science at the University of Iceland. =============================================================================== *Rahimzadeh, Kevin My name is Kevin R. Rahimzadeh. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in Renaissance literature and minoring in Medieval literature. I received my B.S.F.S. in International Affairs from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1986 and my M.A. in English literature from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1990. My Master's thesis analyzed Donne's skepticism and was titled "John Donne and the Problem of Knowing." I am currently writing--so to speak--a dissertation on the praise poetry of Donne and Ben Jonson. More specifically, I am interested in what I have called their "poetics of sincerity"--that is, the ways in which their poems argue for the sincerity of their praise yet at the same time call attention to the aura of insincerity that surrounded the praise genre. As of yet I am unpublished, but have presented conference papers on John Donne and Sir Walter Ralegh. My surface address is 108C Old Pittsboro Road, Carrboro, North Carolina, 27510. =============================================================================== *Raley, David I am a 34-year old Software Engineer with a strong interest in theater and literature. My literary interests include mythology, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical, scientific, and drama. My intestet in Shakerpere started in high school, when I purchsed one of those bargain "Compleat Works" sets and starting reading the various plays. I read through about half the plays at this time. I went to college at Hofstra University on Long Island, where I majored in Computer Science and I minored in English Literature. Hofstra proved to be a good school for a Shakespeare lover, as they produce a Shakespearean play every year in March, generally on a 3/4 reproduction of the globe stage. I continued to attend these plays several years after I graduated. After graduation, I also developed an interest in music and opera. When I moved from Long Island to the Washington DC area, I started to attend performances of the Shakespeare Theater (at the Folger, then later at the Landsburg), as well as other local theatrical groups. I also used my rather long commute on the Metro to read all of the plays, whether I had read them before or not. I am a regular attendee at the Maryland Renaissance Fair, which is set during the English Renaissance. This last year I have participated in the event as a Scottish Country Dancer during their Scottish weekend. =============================================================================== *Ramey, Mary Ann I am an Associate Professor/Reference Librarian at Georgia State University in Atlanta. I am also the Assistant Head of the Information Service Department for Reference Service. I hold an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh, an MA in English from Columbia University, and a BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh. Most of my publication in library science has dealt with bibliographic instruction, the formal classroom instruction in the use of the library and in library research which is found in most modern academic libraries. =============================================================================== *Ramsay, John John Ramsay was born in Leven, Scotland and was emigrated to Canada at age eleven. A graduate of Parkdale Collegiate, Toronto, he holds a B.A. in English from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. in English from the State University of New York, College at Buffalo. He has been a high school English teacher since 1962 and Head of English at Centennial Secondary School, Welland, Ontario, Canada from 1967 to the present. John Ramsay is the author of "Private Lives Public Voices : Drama for the Classroom", Oxford, Canada 1994. He has lived in Welland for the past 27 years and is married with children and cats. His current interest in Shakespeare is the use of Internet resources in the study of Shakespeare by high school students but he also has a general academic and pedagogical interest in Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Ramseyer, Theresa I am Theresa Ramseyer, a 28 year old who lives with her parents and animals in the Midwest. I have the best "puppy" in the entire world, and plenty of cats - each with its own personality. I make my living as an accounts payable clerk at AmeriSource, one of the top three US pharmaceutical wholesalers. I have a bachelor's degree in computer science that's about 4 years old and basically obsolete. I am a closet librarian and teacher - come from a long line of teachers. Love reading - worked for 6 years at the local library, where I'd read just about everything in the children's department and a lot of the adult's since I was small. Now I invade my local college library most every Monday night, when I sing in the Community Choir. I would really love to be a professional researcher, but that seems to be a pipe dream. I also substitute teach for my church's first grade SS class, and teach in the KIDS Church program during service time. I would love to get back to some of my other "likes" - such as playing my flute, cross stitch - a very rank beginner, it just won't turn out!, and many more. I just need more time! I love history and literature most. I spend hours reading, studying, and posting answers to emails I receive. I am on a few lists, but don't mind adding more! The one book that really got me turned on to history and literature, especially Shakespeare, was _The Priceless Gift_ by Cornelius Hirschberg. Wonderful book - I know if I dip into it, I'll be lost to the world for a while. I may offend some people, but I don't really care who wrote the plays. I'm bullheaded, impatient, a procrastinator extradinaire, and a question-asker. Definitely the latter. So far - I'm following the ordering in Hirschberg's book - I've liked Hamlet and Macbeth the most. Romeo and Juliet are ok - no I haven't seen the "current" movie. Othello did absolutely nothing for me. I can't say about King Lear yet - that's the one I'm working on now. I'm definitely not an "official" scholar - no papers! I write some odds and ends, but usually fiction - and I never finish. ============================================================= *Ranald, Margaret Loftus BIOGRAPHY: MARGARET LOFTUS RANALD Professor of English Queens College of the City University of New York Flushing, New York 11367-0904. DEGREES: M.A., Ph.D. (English), University of California, Los Angeles. Dissertation on Shakespeare's Comic Treatment of Courtship and Marriage (Fulbright Scholar). B.A.(English and French), M.A. (Honours in English), University of New Zealand (Victoria University College, Wellington) BOOKS: John Webster. Twayne English Authors Series. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1989. 149 p. Shakespeare and His Social Context: Essays in Osmotic Knowledge and Literary Interpretation. New York: AMS Press, 1987. 288 p. The Eugene O'Neill Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. 827 p. IN PROGRESS: Book-length study of the actor James O'Neill ARTICLES, REVIEWS, PAPERS. ETC. At least a hundred items (I've honestly lost count), consisting of articles, book reviews, theatre reviews, theatre history, papers, public lectures, audiotape lectures, study guides. The topics include Shakespeare, feminism, John Webster, Eugene O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, James Joyce, research meth- odology, computer applications, historiography, bibliography, biography, theatre history. Editorial board, Shakespeare Bul- letin, staff theatre reviewer for Shakespeare productions. CONTRIBUTOR TO: American National Biography, American Playwrights, 1900-1945 (lead article), MLA International Biblio- graphy, World Shakespeare Bibliography, International Dictionary of Theatre, Eugene O'Neill Review. Founding member and associate editor, International Bibliography of Theatre (8 vols to date), Theatre Research International (Glasgow). LEARNED SOCIETIES -- MEMBER: American Society for Theatre Research, Eugene O'Neill Society, Modern Language Association, International Federation for Theatre Research, Renaissance Society of America, Shakespeare Association of America. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Vice President, Eugene O'Neill Society. Former Vice President, American Society for Theatre Research. National Secretary, ASTR. Delegate to numerous conferences, member of the Constitutional Commission, International Federation for Theatre Research, Shakespeare Biennial, Stratford-upon-Avon, International Shakespeare Association. Have delivered papers at meetings of all these professional meetings. =============================================================================== *Ranson, Nicholas Associate Professor of English The University of Akron Akron, OHIO 44325-1906 USA BA MA Cambridge University, PHD Case Western Reserve University My major interest is renaissance prose and drama; I teach Shakespeare in our undergraduate & graduate program. I am currently completing two texts of Robert Greene (The Spanish Masquerado and Greenes Vision) for the Renaissance English Text Society, using disk and concordancing procedures. I use OCP, Wordcruncher QuickVerse on a 40 meg Epson Equity II+; I prefer Word over Wordperfect. I am interested in authorship attribution questions, especially Greene's. ======================================================================== *Rao, Nadia My love of Shakespeare began in 1981 when I read _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ for the first time at high school. From that point on I enrolled in any course (at school or at university) that offered intensive studies of the Bard's work. In 1991 graduated with BA from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, with a double major in Professional Writing and Literature. In 1992 I enrolled in a Postgraduate Diploma course at the University of Melbourne where I wrote my honours thesis on the language of madness in _Hamlet_. Entitled "Mask or Mirror: Madness and Madspeak in _Hamlet_, it was a 12,000 word study of the public and private language Hamlet employs to 'feign' madness and to express his real inner torment. In 1994 I enrolled in a Master of Arts degree, again at Melbourne uni, where I began research into the novels of Samuel Beckett - yes, it was a real change of gears. Maybe too much of a change because at the end of 1995 I dropped out of the course. A combination of factors lead to me leaving and this is not the time or place to go into them. I currently work for a special effects house for film and television in Melbourne. No, I haven't seen _Romeo and Juliet_ yet. And yes, I do know that all the special effects for the film were done by a post production house (Complete Post) here in Melbourne, in fact we have regular dealings with them. Anyway, in a nutshell, that is where I'm coming from when it comes to Shakespeare. After all these years my interest in the Works has not waned, in fact it is as strong as ever. I very much look forward to becoming part of of the SHAKSPER Conference. =============================================================================== *Rapport, Jim I want to receive SHAKSPER. james rapport(fajr@nmumus.bitnet)professor, communication and performance studies,northern michigan university. degrees:a.b.(eng lit,case western reserve u. 1950);m.a.(drama,case western);phd (theatre, ohio state u.-l960).teach and direct shakes- peare productions.attended 37 shakespeare seminars.specialties history,theory,criticism. surface mail:comm and perf studies,lrc- 7a,northern michigan university,marquette,mich.,49855,usa phone 906-227-2046. =============================================================================== *Rasi, Azita Ghodsi I was born in Tehran on June 4, 1968. I got a diploma of mathematics in 1986 and a B.S. of chemical engineering in 1992. Realizing, however, that what I really love is English literature, I started studying for an M.A. of English literature. I hope to graduate in summer. The topic of my thesis is " Grapes and Wine: The Influence of the Dichotomy between the Old and the New Testaments on English Fiction from the Renaissance to the Modern Age." I got married in 1990 and have a 5-year-old daughter now. These experiences have enabled me to appreciate literature in a new way. I love life & human beings & I love Shakespeare because he is so full of life & knows people so well. Apart from the impact of the Bible on English literature, I am interested in philosophical & anthropological issues treated in literature. ============================================================= *Rasley, Alicia I am a graduate student in English at Butler University. I teach freshman lit and usually have one Shakespeare play in the mix, and several sonnets. So I'm interested in listening in on the discussion here. In the other life, I am married and have two little boys. I do freelance writing and editing, and give seminars on writing topics. Favorite tragedy-- LEAR. Favorite comedy-- TEMPEST. I'm currently reading Henry IV I. And I'm a devout Oxfordian. (Just kidding!!!!) =============================================================================== *Rasovic, Tiffany I graduated from Middlebury College last May, (1996), where I was a Literary Studies major. By the end of my four years I became increasingly interested in the drama of the Renaissance, with special focus on Shakespeare. I took classes with John Wilders, and finished my senior essay on Shakespeare's Feste and Lear's Fool in a (sort of) New Historical manner using sources from Erasmus to Enid Welsford Currently, I am awaitng responses from graduate schools in the Boston area, (BC, Harvard, and BU), for admittance into their PhD programs. I hope to study many new literatures, but intend to focus on the drama of the Spanish, Italian and English Renaissance. Ultimately, I wish to teach at the college level, try to write some good stuff, and travel as much as possible. I am married to a Montenegrin who will graduate Middlebury this spring. He is also a Literary Studies major, but he is involved in translating Yugoslavian epics and is mastering Italian. This summer we will travel to Montenegro and throughout Europe, so if anyone has any suggestions about relevant cultural or intellectual activities we might not thank of please let us know. =============================================================================== *Rasovic, Tiffany I am Tiffany Rasovic-currently I am a Masters student at Boston College's English Dept. My interests include Shakespeare, 20th century fiction, Middle and Old English, literary and cultural theory and current events. I look forward to re-joining the list-I was a member when I lived in VT and am returning after a summer abroad. ============================================================= *Ratchford, James James Ratchford: I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky specializing in Shakespeare Studies. I recieved my M.A. at North Carolina State University, where I wrote my thesis "Venetian Social Conventions in Othello" under the direction of Larry S. Champion. I recieved my B.A. from Kenyon College in 1990 , where I majored in English. A faculty member in the English department (and member of my doctoral committee), Dr. Joan Hartwig, told me about the Shakespeare list recently and recommended it highly. As I prepare to write my dissertation, the Shakespeare list would be very helpful in a variety of ways, especially through the current ideas and theories on Shakespeare which Dr. Hartwig has spoken of. My area of interest in Shakespeare continues to be the Venetian plays, (Othello and The Merchant) as well as the Roman plays and any other connection s between Shakespeare and Greek or Roman classicism. I would very much appreciate the opportunity to subscribe to the Shakespeare list. =============================================================================== *Rawson, Tom I am a 15 year old high school student living in Auckland, New Zealand. I wish to join your group as I am interested in Shakespeare as a whole (I have only studied (so far) Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night), and I would be interested in the opinions of experts on your list, and perhaps I could try and make a contribution to some of the debates (some of these I might be able to help with). I am a keen English student and would love to hear more about this wonderful list. =============================================================================== *Read, MaryEllen Maryellen Read: copyeditor, Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Creighton University; Omaha, NE 68178 BA Microbiology; MA English freelance writer, copyeditor, artist desktop publisher =============================================================================== *Reed, David David M. Reed: I try not to be interested in = everything. I have narrowed my academic interests, presently, to drama = (Renaissance) and casuistry. When I'm not reading, I like taking = pictures, hicking, and tasting wine. Cooking is also fun. I subscribe = to four academic journals, one computer journal, and one cooking/eating = journal. I read the last two more than the first four together. I dont = watch the news but I know what is going on. I think astrology is as = usefull as psychology and more fun to talk about at parties. My destiny = in life has to do with teaching, although I am not certain if I am to be = my own student. I actually like Beaumont and Fletcher as much as = Shakespeare, albeit for entirely different reasons. Michael J.B. Allen = (UCLA) once called my "soldier", and this, I think, is somewhat = obliquely releveant to this newsgroup. =============================================================================== *Reed, Deborah I am currently pursuing a Ph.D at Berkeley. My dissertation topic examines the relationship between educational theory and reading/composing texts in sixteenth-century Europe; however, I have recently been distracted by the role of female characters in Shakespeare's comedies (notably, the use of the knowing female to elicit ironic laughter from the audience: how does this shared perspective affect the gender conflict often being played out on the stage?). =============================================================================== *Reed, Frances I am definitely interested in joining the SHAKSPER group. I suppose I was a little intimidated by your request of an autobiography. I thought perhaps the membership was limited to people who had published scholarly works on Shakespeare (I am not one). However, here goes: I am a high school teacher (28 years) with a great love for Shakespeare. I teach Senior English and Advanced Placement English. These courses include Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, and another play when I can work it in. I also introduce the sonnets to my students, but I never seem to have enough time to do so properly. I have traveled several times to England and have seen several plays performed at Stratford by the Royal Shakespearean theater group. Twice I have taken groups of students with me. I hold a B.A. and an M.A. from East Tennessee State University. I am proud of the fact that I studied all of Shakespeare's works under the supervision of Miss Christine Burleson, who was one of the first women to earn a degree at Oxford. I acknowledge a great debt of gratitude to this lovely person. I teach at Sullivan South High School, Kingsport, Tennessee, in a 21st Century Classroom; basically, this means that we have $20,000 worth of modern technology at our disposal in the classroom. I am just now learning to use all of it and would appreciate any tips from people with technical experience. I also would like to have fresh ideas about teaching Shakespeare. I hope that in turn I can contribute some of my own. =============================================================================== *Reed, John My name is John Reed and am interested in joining the network. I am currently a PhD student at Purdue University in the Depatment of Foreign Languages and Literatures. I also received my B.A. and M.A. from Purdue. My area of study is Spanish Theater of the Golden Age (Renaissance), hence my interest in Shakespeare. I am not an official Shakespeare scholar but feel that I could profit from, and perhaps contribute to, network discussions. =============================================================================== *Reed, Timothy I am an amateur actor who has worked for the past 12 years with a classical theatre company in Boulder, Colorado. Our aesthetic is that of choosing plays based on literary merit and of fidelity to the author's text. We produced the first (that we know of) four-act version of "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1980. We have often restored cut passages from plays. We produce translations when available translations seem outdated. Shakespeare is an important part of our theatre company's repertoire. I have performed in Henry IV, Part I (Glendower), Merchant of Venice (Antonio), Twelfth Night (Valentine), Love's Labour's Lost (King of Navarre), and two productions of King Lear (Oswald, King of France). My theatre experience includes acting in 31 productions, and directing or assistant directing four others. My interest in Shakespeare covers more than the aspects of the theatre; I am a collector of rare documents as well. Several years ago I was able to purchase some leaves from a broken First Folio. My collection includes one leaf from Hamlet, and almost the complete play of All's Well (including the beginning of Taming of the Shrew on the reverse of the final leaf). At present I am interested in hearing some of the critical debates over Charles Hamilton's book "Cardenio." Our theatre company is in the middle of selecting plays for the 1995-96 season, and Cardenio (or rather, The Second Maiden's Tragedy) is fairly high on the list. I'd like to hear what other scholars have to say on the subject. =============================================================================== *Reedy, Tom My name is Tom Reedy, and I am a candidate for the MA in English Literature at Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas. While preparing a research paper as an undergraduate I became interested in Elizabethan paleography. In 1996 I presented a paper at the Third Annual Student Research Conference at West Texas A & M in Lubbock, "The True Hiftorie of the Contention Betwixt the Two Houfes of Shaksperean Scholars, Newly fet fforth, As It Hath Beene Lately Plaide Out in Various Scholarlie Journalls," in which I compare the handwriting of Shakespeare's will and the More fragment to the handwriting of the plays Edmund Ironside and Second Maiden's Tragedy. A year later I presented a paper at the Manuscripta Conference at St Louis University, "Shakespeare the Scrivener: A Paleographic Examination of Four Legal Documents Concerning William Shakespeare," in which I point out identical peculiarities present in the handwriting of the Marriage Bond, the 1597 Complaint of Shakespeare's parents against John Lambert, the Belott-Mountjoy Deposition, and the Will. The reception was less than thunderous. I participate in the discussion at the humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare newsgroup. I would like to subscribe to the Shaksper mail server in order to take a break from the dementia which is so rife there. ============================================================= *Reese, Alan C. Alan C. Reese/Teacher/English/Perry Hall High School As a lowly high school teacher, I have the responsibility to guide the emotionally unstable and intellectually resistant through R&J.,J.C., etc. I have conducted student trips to London and Stratford. I participated in CAST seminar at U.of MD which culminated in trip to Stratford festival in Canada. Regular subscriber to Folger in Wash.D.C. Attend all prod. at new Shakespeare theater at the Landsburg. =============================================================================== *Reese, Christopher L. My name is Christopher L. Reese. I am a junior at Delta State University where I am majoring in English Literature and minoring in Music. I have been reading Shakespeare since I was in the eighth grade. I hope to go to graduate school once I am through here and pursue a masters in Theatre with an emphasis on acting. I have already been in several amateur productions of Shakespeare. I have been Puck, Claudio, and Romeo. I don't know what else you might want to know, but if you have any questions please let me know. I look forward to being a part of this group. ============================================================= *Reeves, John Michael JOHN MICHAEL REEVES Doctoral student Department of Theatre, Film and TV Studies University of Glasgow Major Projects 1. Semiotic Analysis of the plays of John Byrne (Slab Boys, Tutti Frutti). 2. Adaptation of Sir David Lindsay's "Satire of the Three Estates". Permanent Address: 418 College Street Kingston Ontario Canada K7L 4M7 Current Address: 3A Palmerston Place Glasgow Scotland G3 8PA Degrees Held: Master of Fine Arts (Playwriting) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 1992 Bachelor of Education (Music/Drama) Queen's University at Kingston Ontario 1978 Bachelor of Arts (Music/Drama) Queen's University at Kingston Ontario 1974 ========================================================================= *Regan, Richard Richard Regan: I have taught at Fairfield since 1965, and received the Ph.D from the University of Connecticut. After a career spent in teaching and departmental administration, I am interested in pursuing multi-media approaches to Shakespeare and in a research project on Sonnet 94 involving two voices in the poem. I have been using a Mac Quadra 660av with an overhead projector and lcd display to scroll the text from a CDROM on a large screen next to a monitor where a tape of the play is running. Using a mouse, I can highlight words or sections of text as the actors speak. With a remote, it's possible to freeze the tape while we discuss the text. The CDROM also allows word and phrase searches on screen. I would like to know if anyone is doing similar work. On our closed circuit campus cable system, students can watch or tape the BBC production of the next day's play. I have been a member of SAA and ISA, and a subscriber to Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Newsletter, and Shakespeare-on-Film Newsletter, although none of these affiliations are currently active. =============================================================================== *Reickel, Eric I wish to subscribe to the Shaksper listserv. My name is Eric J. Reickel, and I have been teaching English at Linganore High School in Frederick, Maryland for the past eleven years. Beginning in the fall of 1995, I will be the English Department Chairperson at Urbana High School in Frederick County, Maryland, a new high school. I have been teaching Advanced Placement Literature for the past nine years, and I have always taught at least one play and some poetry from Shakespeare. Usually, I teach a play that we then go to see at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. I am interested in many different plays by Shakespeare, and have read almost all of them. I have taught many during the past decade, and I am always looking for fresh insights to make them even more interesting to my students. Other teachers of Shakespeare must have all kinds of interesting ideas about the plays and the poetry. I look forward to reading about Shakespeare, both as a professional educator and as a devoted reader and theatre-goer. Thank you. =============================================================================== *Reid, Nancy My name is Nancy Reid. I am twenty years old and a first year education student majoring in the Humanities. I have attended Brooks Campus of Medicine Hat College for two years now, and am presently enrolled in a Shakespeare class. I have only studied four of Shakespeare's plays as yet,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, but I enjoy studying his work. I look forward to becoming a member of SHAKSPER, and to learning more about Shakespeare in my class. =============================================================================== *Reifsnyder, David E My name is Dave Reifsnyder and I am a grad student in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where I teach acting as I prepare for my doctoral comps. I have acted with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and spent last summer as Dramaturg/Assistant Director on the Colorado Shakeapeare Festival production of _The Tempest_. That work led to an article called _Signs of Two Times_ for publication in the spring issue of On Stage Studies. It is a semiological analysis of the recoding of Shakespeare's linguistic symbols into visual and aural icons and indices for a contemporary audience. I am becoming a member of ATHE and my most pressing current project is creating a new electronic journal caled Theatre.Perspectives.International which will appear quarterly. We are planning on dedicating the issue slated for the end of September to Shakeapeare Festivals around the world. We are particulary interested in the way in which directors recode or reinterpret Shakespeare's plays for their unique culture. If I can provide you with more information or a CV, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you and becoming involved - =============================================================================== *Reilly, Terry I received a PhD in English with a concentration in Renaissance studies from the University of Miami in 1993 and accepted an assistant professor position here at the University of Alaska in the fall of 1996. My primary critical interest concerns relationships between law and the drama of early modern England. I will be participating in M. Lindsay Kaplan's seminar "Gender in Early Modern Law and Literature" at the upcoming SAA conference in Washington. ============================================================= *Reinhardt, Nancy S. Nancy S. Reinhardt Houghton Library Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Rare book librarian and Lecturer on Extension at Harvard. PhD Cornell University 1975 Teaching this year: History of the Book--Word & Image; Contemporary Theatre -- Production and Interpretation. Interested in: contemporary productions of Shakespeare; the publication and distribution of the texts (relationship between "word and image"); also, nineteenth-century translations in Germany, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands. =============================================================================== *Reinheimer, David My dissertation studies the play within the play as a means of manipulating and conditioning the audience's expectations and responses. I have published a pair of book reviews in the _Sixteenth-Century Journal_ and have an article forthcoming in _Extrapolation_ on the connections between Shakespeare and _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. In addition to the Sixteenth-Century Association, I also belong to the MLA, the John Donne Society, Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association, the University of California Shakespeare Forum, and am always on the look out for new groups to join. Currently, I am engrossed in finishing the dissertation, although there are projects on the (far) horizon. My interests lie especially with metadrama, metatheater, and performance criticism generally, with a growing interest in semiotics attached. As a still-performing thespian, I am also interested in the performance of Shakespearean drama. =============================================================================== *Relihan, Constance C. Assistant Professor Department of English, Auburn University 9030 Haley Center, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5203 (205) 844-3135 I received my PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1989. The dissertation was on the construction of authority within Elizabethan prose fiction. More broadly, I'm interested currently in the concept of the cultural Other and how early modern English texts construct and respond to the notion of the non-European. (This pursuit has led me to consider Pericles in particular among Shakespeare's plays.) I've published articles on Robert Greene's cony-catching pamphlets and on Coriolanus, and have been regularly attending the SAA for the past four years (I've participated in seminars on women's responses to Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Aliens, Renaissance women writers, and the sources of Sh's romances.) =============================================================================== *Remmers, Chyrel Greetings from arctic Nebraska! I read about this listserv in a recent edition of English Journal. I have a masters' degree in Library Science; I am employed as half-time librarian and half-time English instructor. I teach English 8, English 11, Senior Composition (for college-bound seniors) and a World Literature class (added just last year!) I am located three hours from the nearest college library; thus I am hoping that I can learn much from the members of this list. At present, I teach Macbeth in my Senior Comp. class; I'd like to teach something different. Having recently spenta year on curriculum re-writing, I notice that nowhere within the curriculum do we teach a Shakespearean comedy. I am looking forward to the professional discussion that I'm hoping this list will provide. =============================================================================== *Renear, Allen Allen Renear, Director, The Center for Advanced Scholarly Technology Box 1885 Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Internet: Allen_Renear@Brown.Edu Phone: (401) 863-7312 Fax: (401) 863-7329 Currently I am Director of the Center for Advanced Academic Technology at Brown University. This Center, which is just being established, will develop new methodology for the application of information technology to academic research, instruction, and communication. Its core areas of expertise are SGML textbases, hypertext systems, humanities computing, scholarly communication, multimedia and computer-supported collaborative work. I am also Acting Director of the Brown Women Writers Project. Founded in 1987, the WWP is a a major SGML/TEI textbase project which is encoding all texts written by women, in English, between 1330 and 1830. Already the WWP textbase supports a 200 title on-demand publishing operation for curricular material and is producing a thirty volume print series for Oxford University Press. I have an AB in philosophy from Bowdoin College and an MA and PhD in philosophy (specializing in epistemology) from Brown University. I have been involved in information technology applications for humanities computing and scholarly communication for over 15 years. Much of that time I worked for Brown University's Computing and Information Services, first as a User Services Specialist, later as a Senior Consultant/Analyst, then as Senior Academic Planning Analyst (planning campus-wide technology strategy), before assuming my current position as Director of the Center for Advanced Academic Technology. My principal research interests are in the methodological significance of information technology in the humanities. I am particularly interested in theoretical issues in text encoding and publish regularly on that topic. I am closely involved with the Text Encoding Initiative and serve on its Advisory Board representing the American Philosophical Association. =============================================================================== *Requa, Kenneth I am currently a student at Springfield High School, Springfield, IL which might be recognizable to some theater watchers due to our recent controversy over Gilbert and Sullivan. I was first drawn to Shakespeare when we studied Hamlet in my advanced English class. Shakespeare's mastery of the human spirit and the English language drew me in at once. I am an avid fan of theater and have participated many school and community productions. I performed the part of Puck in A Midsummer's... several years ago, but it meant little to me then. I have been further inspired by the film version of Hamlet and Much Ado by Kenneth Branagh as well as the near-eccentric but refreshing version of Romeo and Juliet. I would like to major in either filmic writing or film production in college, and I am arranging to direct a production of Much Ado in the fall at SHS next year. I am anxious to hear others viewpoints on Shakespeare, and hope that I have not been too wordy. Thank you. ============================================================= *Reynolds, Kate I am an English teacher at a private high school (Fieldston) in New York. As the department teaches at least one work of Shakespeare's each year, I am interested in joining this Shakespeare conference to discuss and receive ideas about how to effectively introduce Shakespeare's plays and poetry to high school students. =============================================================================== *Reynolds, William S. Having just graduated, I have none of the professional criteria mentioned in your letter with which to supply you. I received my B.A. magna cum laude in English from UCLA. I was particularly influenced (and impressed) by Professors A.R. Braunmuller and Lowell Gallagher, whom I had the good fortune of studying Shakespeare under. I have an ongoing interest in Coriolanus, the play, of course, and more specifically the eponymous hero. I see a typological manipulation in the play of Homer's heroic paradigms: Achilles, Odysseus, and Hector. I have, of late begun pursuing an interest in the inluence of the audience upon the creation and performance of Shakespeare's plays. I am currently reading Andrew Gurr's >Playgoing in Shakespeare's London, (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987)<. I intend to pursue graduate study in English Renaissance literature in the near future dependent upon admission and the reparation of my economic state. I hope this forum will me maintain my "trim" and help prepare me for further formal academic study. =============================================================================== *Rhoades, John <3JPR9@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> My name is John Rhoades and I am currently a second year Ph.D. student at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. My disseration topic is an examination of how Spenser deploys the rhetoric of appetite in his representation of Ireland. Other research interests include pastoral poetry, Romantic adaptations of Spenserian texts, and English Renaissance closet drama. After I complete my graduate studies in 1996 (God willing!), I plan to return to the United States, preferably finding a job at a university somwhere east of the Mississippi. University Affilitation: Department of English Queen's University Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Home Address: 171 Regent Street Kingston, Ontario K7L 4K2 =============================================================================== *Rhoads, Diana Akers Name: Diana Akers Rhoads Department: English Institution: Hampden-Sydney College E-Mail Address: DAR5W@VIRGINIA.EDU Publications: "Culture in Chinua Achebe's `Things Fall Apart.'" African Studies Review, 36.2 (1993): 61-72. "Literature's Clues to Good Democratic Citizenship: Shakespeare and Giraudoux." Proceedings of the 1987 Virginia Humanities Conference. Eds. Annette C. Stull and Theodore F. Sheckels, Jr. Ashland, Virginia: Virginia Humanities Conference, 1987. 146-60. Shakespeare's Defense of Poetry: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest." Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1985. Current Interests: I have just written a draft of an essay entitled "A Family Affair? Making Sense of Lear's Daughters" for a session at NEMLA this spring (1994). I am especially interested in hearing about the use of classroom performance as a means of teaching Shakespeare. I am currently experimenting on my own in a new course. Research Interests: This summer (1994) I will be working on Shakespeare and natural law. =============================================================================== *Rhodes, Paul My name is Paul S. Rhodes, am twenty-nine years of age, and,sadly, no longer officially connected with academia. I do free-lance editing, translating, and writing. Although no longer in academia, I have maintained an intense interest in the works of Shakespeare--in particular _Romeo and Juliet_, _King Lear_, and _Coriolanus_. I am especially interested in modern dress productions of the plays. I wish to join the list to "eavesdrop" on current Shakespearean scholarship and perhaps, should I muster enough courage to reveal my thoughts before the august eyes of the list's literary experts, to contribute something of my own for review. =============================================================================== *Rice, Stuart I would like to formally become a member of SHAKSPER. My name is Stuart Rice, and I am a student researcher at Kenyon College. My username is RICESM@KENYON.EDU. =============================================================================== *Rice, Stuart I would like to subscribe to the SHAKSPER group. My name is Stuart Rice, and I am English major at Kenyon College. =============================================================================== *Rich, Jim I was born in Poland (Breslau), and hold a degree in psychiatry from Harvard University. I am interested in Shakespeares works (since I was 7 years old), but do not conduct any research on the topic at this time. ============================================================================== *Richards, Keith Keith Richards is a first year Masters student in English Literature at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He received an Honours BA (English) from the University of British Columbia in 1995. His course work at the undergraduate level was quite highly focused in the field of Renaissance literature, especially the drama. His graduating essay, "S(h)ifting the Grounds of the Jacobean Popular Theatre" was an examination of the instability attendant on critical enterprises which attempt to neatly demarcate "public" from "private" drama in the period from 1603-42. Keith's primary interest is in the works of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The works (such as they are) of Henry Chettle will likely be the topic of his MA thesis. At the PhD level, Keith plans to further his research in Jacobean "popular" drama. One of his projects will consist of writing a cultural history of the Red Bull Theatre of London. Once an avowed theory-head, Keith has recently cut back on his reading of the postmoderns to concentrate on the "classics" of early modern dramatic criticism. He still, however, retains a special fondness for the work of Louis Althusser. He admits to being a great fan of A. Sinfield's work, and without too much goading will cop to sympathizing with the left. In his capacity as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate Shakespeare course at McGill, Keith has developed a course page on the WWW (which can be reached at http://www.cam.org/~sgandkr/315b.html ). He hopes to continue developing computer aided pedagogy. =============================================================================== *Richards, Rhonda My name is Rhonda Richards. I am a freshman majoring in English Education at East Tennessee State University. My first intense interest in Shakespeare began last year with "Hamlet", because my teacher was able to show her students that Shakespeare had written for all times, not just his own. As a future teacher, I hope to be able to awake this interest in my students as well as show them the beauty and appropriateness of Shakespeare's language. ============================================================= *Richards, Terry Terry Richards: I'm a Student at Palm Beach Community College; taking Eng Lit and am about to graduate with my first A.A. after 20 years of picking at it. =============================================================================== *Richards, Tim Tim Richards is an actor/director and a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. He recently spent three years working in Egypt and Poland, and is now teaching foreign students at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. He lives in Fremantle, Perth's historic port. He recently appeared in a production of 'Macbeth', jointly produced at the University of Western Australia by the Grads/Undergraduate Dramatic Societies. The production took place in the New Fortune Theatre, an open-air theatre built on Elizabethan lines, reputedly the only such in the Southern Hemisphere. The production was a full-text, traditional treatment with a large cast and used choreographed swordfights before the opening scene and during the play. It was well received by the audience in its three-week run. Tim set up a website for the play which is now functioning as a page of 'Macbeth' links, at http://www.iinet.net.au/~parallax/macbeth.html . ============================================================= *Richardson, Christopher <34YTVXS@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> I am I senior at Central Michigan Univeristy majoring in English and journalism, with a history minor. I am engaged to be married in May of 1996 and plan to eventually pursue a doctorate in either American Studies or English within three years of graduation. Put simply, I love Shakespeare. Any topic relating to his plays (and to a lesser extent his poems) is of great interest to me. My other great love (besides Kate, my fiancee) is martial arts (I am a practitiner of Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do). =============================================================================== *Richardson, John Michael *Name: Richardson, John Michael *Institution: Lakehead University *Title: Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department *Email: jrichard@cs-acad-lan.lakeheadu.ca *Phone: 1-807-343-8312 *Address: English Department, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario *Postal Code: P7B 5E1 *Country: Canada *Professional Associations: Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English, Renaissance Society of America, Spenser Society, Modern Language Association, Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies *Degrees held: HBA (University of Calgary, 1973); MA (McMaster University, 1974); PhD (McMaster University, 1983) *Biographical Sketch: Although I have an interest in virtually all aspects of Reniassance culture, my main areas of interest are Edmund Spenser, Thomas More, Renaissance Drama (Shakespearean and Non-Shakespearen), Astrology and other pseudo-sciences. My main publications are a book on Spenser entitled Astrological Symbolism in Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender, two articles in the Spenser Encyclopedia (Palingenius and Zodiac), a couple of articles in Notes & Queries on number symbolism in The Shepheardes Calender, a couple of book reviews in Renaissance and Reformation, and a collection of papers on George Orwell which I edited. At the moment my main research project is to compile a handbook of Medieval and Renaissance Astrology specifically aimed at literary critics who need to interpret the astrological content of sundry passages and want to know more than just the technical astronomical features of the passages J.M. Richardson, Department of English, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont. Ontario, P7B 5E1. jrichard@cs_acad_lan.lakeheadu.ca =============================================================================== *Richardson, Sara Elizabeth Now pursuing an M.F.A. in acting at UC-Irvine, I have been an actor, director and arts administrator for the past 8 years. As undergraduate, I spent a year at Oxford University studying theatre and Renaissance history at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies before finishing a double B.A. in Theatre Arts and History at Cornell University. Following my undergraduate work, I spent 2 1/2 years at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA as the Assistant to the Managing Director and Assistant to Casting while also performing on various Atlanta stages. I'm also a founding member of the Barefoot Players of Austin, TX (my beloved hometown), an actor-driven, grass roots theatre company dedicated exclusively to producing Shakespeare. Over the last three years we have produced successful and innovative productions of MACBETH, TWELFTH NIGHT, KING LEAR, and THE TEMPEST. Most recently, I served as the Business Manager for Project InterAct,Texas' #1 ranked touring children's theatre company from Zachary Scott Theatre (Austin). Though I have pursued a broad array of artistic experiences in the theatre, my first love remains Shakespeare and I hope to eventually channel my education and experience into building a first-rate resident Shakespeare company in Austin. =============================================================================== *Richman, David Assistant Professor Department of Theater and Dance University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 (603)-862-3043 My principal interest is in Shakespeare in performance. I have directed student and professional productions of plays by Shakespeare, Middleton and other dramatists. Recent projects include a production of "The Comedy of Errors," which toured to high schools and middle schools all over New Hampshire, and a production of the "King Lear" Quarto. This production is described in detail in "The King Lear Quarto in Rehearsal and Performance," Shakespeare Quarterly, Autumn 1986. The University of Delaware Press has just published "Laughter, Pain, and Wonder; Shakespeare's Comedies and the Audience in the Theater," which describes the emotional and imaginative responses the comedies in performance elicit in their audiences. I am currently in rehearsal with a production of "All's Well That Ends Well." ======================================================================== *Ricker, Shawnee I am a student in my first year of a two year education program. Although I concentrate in science,I am taking a variety of subjects, including a course in high school english methods. I've always liked english and I spend alot of my free time reading and writing. I am 23 years old. In 1993,I received an undergraduate degree in biology from Mount Allison University,New Brunswick. Before coming to the education program I supply taught for a year at all of the grade levels,K-12. I am currently researching the implications of using video as a tool to make Hamlet more accessible to grade eleven students. I hope I will find contacts on this list to answer some questions that I have. =============================================================================== *Rider, Philip Manager, Computing Publications Academic Computing Services Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 USA (815) 753-9520 Degrees: BS (chemistry), U. of Dubuque (1965); MA (English), U. of Toledo (1968); PhD (English), Northern Illinois U. (1977). Selected Publications: "Thomas Heywood: A Supplementary, Annotated Bibliography, l966-l975." Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama, l9 (l976), 33-36. "The Concurrent Printing of Shirley's The Wittie Faire One and The Bird in a Cage." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 7l (l977), 328-333. "The Three States of the Text of Kosinski's The Painted Bird." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 72 (l978), 36l-384. Review of The New Intellectuals, ed. Terence P. Logan and Denzell S. Smith. In Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography, 2 (l978), 63-7l. "Samuel F. B. Morse and The Faerie Queene." Research Studies, 46 (l978), 205-2l3. "Research Opportunities in the Early English Book Trade: Introduction." Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography, 3 (l979), l65-l69. Review of The Later Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists, ed. Terence P. Logan and Denzell S. Smith. In Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography, 4 (l980), 49-54. Editor, ENGLANDS ELIZABETH by Thomas Heywood. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982. 235 pp. Review of Play-Texts in Old Spelling, ed. G. B. Shand and Raymond C. Shady. In Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, 4 (1987), 297-303. A Chronological Index to the Revised Edition of the Pollard and Redgrave Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1640 (in vol. III of the revised STC), in press. Research Interests: Printing/publishing history; bibliography; textual criticism. Membership: Bibliographical Society ========================================================= *Riel, William James My name is William James Riel Jr. I am 26 years old, and I live in Salamanca, NY. I am a full-time student at Saint Bonaventure University in Alleghaney, NY where I am an elementary & secondary education major, and I have a concentrations in English and history. I am technically a junior here, but I transferred in this past winter with over 80 credit hours from part-time work at a local junior college. I hope to have my bachelors degree in May '99, and then begin work on my masters in either special education or English. I also work full-time as head chef at a local Italian restaurant. I am engaged to Alisa Smith, a graduate assistant here at SBU (special education major), and we have a four year old son, Mark. I developed my love for Shakespeare, and literature in general, in high school and have carried it into my college career. I have written papers on subjects such as Fools in the Bard's plays, and am currently beginning a unit plan for my general methods course on HAMLET. By joining the list I hope to not only discover useful information and ideas for my school-work, but also enhance my knowledge and natural appreciation of Shakespeare. I am, for the record, particularly fond of KING LEAR, HAMLET, TAMING OF THE SHREW, AS YOU LIKE IT, and THE TEMPEST. I also count myself as an admirer of Charles Dickens, John Barth, John Keats, Ambrose Bierce, and Oscar Wilde, among many others. ============================================================= *Riemersma, Robert W. My name is Robert W. Riemersma. I am a freshman at DePauw University. I am a Communications major, with an emphasis in Theatre. I am probably also an English Literature minor. I have a very strong interest in both drama and literature, especially in contemporary drama and literature, and in Shakespeare. I am mostly interested in Shakespeare from an actor/director standpoint, and specifically espouse the idea that Shakespeare always has relevance when interpreted from a contemporary perspective. I've not discovered any other playwright who is quite the same in that aspect. Being a first-year undergraduate, I've not had any papers published. My goals for the future are to go on to graduate school and get an MFA or a PhD in Theatre, and then to go on into a successful acting or directing career. If that shouldn't work out, I'd be quite content settling down in the much more stable position of a professor of Conmmunications/Theatre at some small, midwest university. =============================================================================== *Riggio, Milla I am the chairwoman of the Department of English at Trinity College. I teach and stage Shakespeare plays. I have edited Wisdom and staged that play. I have a volume of essays on Wisdom as well, along with other publications and theatre credits, including work in Persian drama. I am secretary of the MRDS, and would like to belong to SHAKSPER. =============================================================================== *Riis, Peter I am working towards a degree in English Literature at Northwestern University, although I also hold a degree in Microbiology and I earn my living in that field. I have no publications that would be relevant to this group. I have particular interest in prosody and translation studies, but my intention is simply to listen and learn. =============================================================================== *Rimler, Christine Thank you for following up on my interest in SHAKSPER. To be honest, the whole biography thing did make me a bit skeptical. It made the mailing conference appear to be one for true intellectuals and scholars. I am, however, glad that is not the case. I am currently a graduate student at Dowling College in Oakdale, NY obtaining my Masters in elementary education. I also have an Associates degree in marketing and a Bachelors in graphic arts and design. Needless to say, I have many interests and it has taken me a while to find my true calling in life; making a difference in the lives of our youth. I have not abandoned my love of the arts by any means! I am an avid museum visitor and traveler (I spent four months in Europe last year) and love to do layout designs etc. I have been in love with Shakespeare's work ever since I saw Zefferelli's version of Romeo and Juliet when I was about 8 or 9. I took some college classes that covered his work and make sure to see any adaptations of his plays when they are in New York. The most recent was the RSC's Midsummers Night Dream which was fantastic! I have been trying to get tickets for Shakespeare in the Park for the past four years and to no avail, unfortunately. It seems that every other New Yorker has the same idea! Well, I hope that this information is sufficient. If you need any other info regarding my background, please feel free to ask. I hope to be able to read any mailings on SHAKSPER soon. =============================================================================== *Ring, William Still interested in subscribing, though I'm afraid I have little to offer and will probably be more a voyeur than some other list members. I am a computer programmer and am affiliated with a few different theatre organizations in my area. I've served as an employee and as a board member in a couple of community theatres. While my particular interests are in the technical aspects of production, I found myself drafted into some twenty odd productions over the years and I guess I've been pegged as some kind of "character actor." I've played Toby Belch, Friar Lawrence, and a number of minor roles in Shakespeare's plays. I will also be acting as a vessel for info from this list to a director, a teacher, and also a dramaturg who work on productions all over New England. I'm afraid will be called upon to assume some role(s) in a production of "As You Like It" about a year from now. If I were a Shakespeare scholar, I would be interested most especially on the social and political events of his era and how they served as the genesis for some of his writing, how detect what might have been his personal frustrations and opinions vieled within his dialog, and what he might have written begrudgingly as "entertainment" just to pay the rent and appease his patrons. =============================================================================== *Rini, Julia Eka Julia Eka Rini: When I was a student of literature, I was interested in reading Shakespeare. I enjoy the stories and discussions on it. But it has been about fifteen years that I never discuss Shakespeare and I think I can just read what people send me in my e-mail. I might not be able to contribute anything for the first few months, but I do not promise you to give anything after those first few months. I just say that probably I might be able to contribute something. =============================================================================== *Rinkevich, Virginia L. individual: virginia l. urzendowski-rinkevich (ginger) institution: university of nebraska @ lincoln department: love library, (main library) circulation staff supervisor department: humble grad. student, english department bio sketch: prime interest has been with medieval studies, focus on 14 century british (gawain). recently have falling under the J. Joyce spell. current interest: gawain poet, Joyce, narrative scrimshaw (creative writing) reason for "netting": i hope to be able to pick up bits and pieces of insight and dashes of comparative application to british authors. i belong to a variety of nets and find everyone a valued piece within my learning and wing-spread. =============================================================================== *Ritchey, Joy I would like to subscribe to the Shakespeare listserv. I am currently slaving over my senior thesis on Shakespeare's sonnets and have found that the more I can engage in conversation and argument on my topic, the more smoothly my work goes and the more excited I am about it. ============================================================= *Ritchie, Bryan I am a junior high English teacher in a small, Christian school. I would be interested in "lurking" about in your mailing list to see if there is anything that might be of use to me professionally and personally. I majored in English and hold a BA in English from the University of North Texas and do not consider myself to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination. Rather, I am simply a fan of Shakespeare. Personal stuff: I live in Aledo, Texas; 28 years old; married... ============================================================= *Rixon, Penelope My name is Penelope Rixon and I am an assistant staff tutor in Arts at the Open University (London Region). I have taught specialist Shakespeare courses at various institutions, but the Open University values interdisciplinary teaching and that is the bulk of my workload at present. I teach a course on Culture & Belief 1450-1600 which uses Richard II as a major text and looks at Shakespeare's treatment of political authority in a broad context of European political thought. I am particularly interested in the subversive element in Shakespeare's plays, and also in the links between the plays and other art forms. I also have a strong interest in practical work, and have directed workshops and amateur productions. =============================================================================== *Rizvi, Pervez My name is Pervez Rizvi. I am 35 years old, male, married with a baby son. I work as a consultant for a major European computer services company. I live near London, England. My educational background is mathematics; I hold a bachelor's degree from Cambridge University and a master's from Liverpool University. I have been passionately interested in Shakespeare's plays since I was introduced to them at school over 20 years ago. My main area of interest is the study of the texts, particularly those, such as Othello, Hamlet and Lear, where there are major editorial problems arising from the existence of variant texts. I am also interested in the history of Shakespeare's biography and reputation over the preceding centuries. By joining the conference I hope to 'listen in' on discussions which will enhance my knowledge and appreciation. I hope to be able to contribute, where approproate, from the viewpoint of an interested, informed, ordinary reader of Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Roane, Diana I have raised my family and gone back to school for my degree. My major is English; and after a Shakespeare class I was hooked on the bard. Obviously, I haven't published anything. I also work full time for a major communications company. I attend Bellarmine College in Louisville, Ky. There are times I think I must be a little crazy to be doing this, but I love it. =============================================================================== *Roberts, Katherine Name: Katherine (Kay) Roberts Title: Assistant Professor Institution: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh I received my BA from Kansas State University in French literature in 1966, my MA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 1979, and my Ph.D. with a specialty in Renaissance prose and poetry from Milwaukee in 1990. My dissertation was on the works of Sir Philip Sidney. I started teaching at Oshkosh as adjunct faculty in 1979 and received a faculty appointment in 1990. I was awarded tenure in January 1995. In 1992 I published a book, FAIR LADIES: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S FEMALE CHARACTERS, based on my dissertation. I have also published an article on Sidney, as well as one on my use of a class computer journal for literature classes. I have also presented papers on Sidney at several conferences. Recently, however, I have been working on a new project, a study of classical hysteria as a literary motif in medieval and Renaissance literature. I have just had an article accepted in CLASSICAL AND MODERN LITERATURE titled "The Wandering Womb: Classical Greek Medical Theory and the Formation of Female Characters in Shakespeare's HAMLET." At the moment, I am looking at the writing of British Renaissance women in order to compare their development of female characters with female character development of male writers of the same period. Since I have just started this project, I have not yet drawn any conclusions. I expect to be working on the hysteria project for some time, although I am also doing more research on Sidney. I will be presenting a paper on his minor female characters in May at the Congress on Medievalism at Kalamazoo, and I have collaborated on an article dealing with Sidney's influence on Richardson, particularly on his development of Sir Charles Grandison that has not yet been accepted for publication. My interest in Shakespeare stems from my work on the hysteria project and from the fact that I have started teaching sections of Shakespeare. Besides, how could anyone not be interested in Shakespeare? =============================================================================== *Roberts, Randy My name is Randy Roberts. I'm an undergraduate at the University of Texas-Dallas. My major is literary studies. A forum discussing the authorial and theatrical designs of Shakespeare whetted my interest. I look forward to the critical interpretations and other information on this list that complement the pleasures of reading Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Robertson, Christina Greetings. My name is Christina Robertson and I am currently an undergraduate at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I am a Theatre Major and my primary interest has always been Shakespeare. My family has quite a history of theatre, as well as an English background, so I have grown up with Shakespeare being discussed, quoted and performed around me. I have seen almost all his works performed, and have been in two of them: Cymbeline (as Pisanio) and The Winter's Tale (as a Lady, Mopsa, and Time.) These were both done at Theater Emory, a small professional theater. Being only 21 I have not published or written any significant writings, (my only acheivement is having memorized Richard III's entire opening soliloquy at age 13) but I have contemplated Shakespeare's works and have an occasional original thought on them (I would like to think.) I am also interested in Dramaturgy, and so the more I can learn about Shakespeare in term of literary criticism and research, the better. =============================================================================== *Robertson, Jean My name is Jean Robertson and I'm in third year english at Dalhousie University. I am from Stratford, Ontario, so I have been lucky enough to see lots of stage productions of Shakespeare's plays. Last year I took a course on Shakespeare and found out that reading his plays is even better than seeing them. This year I'm studying British drama and we have just read "Antony and Cleopatra". I'm very curious to hear what other people think about Cleopatra. I find her character changeable and hard to pin down. I hope someone out there is discussing her and will let me join in. If not, well, I'll talk about almost any Shakespeare play. Thank-you and hope to hear from you soon. Jean Robertson. Year III, Honours English Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4H7 =============================================================================== *Robinson, Bill bio- father of 4, full time job counselor, part time historian; interested in Shakespeare and the Elizabethans. Have collected a sizable library over the last twenty years. Always on the lookout for more information and eager to develop some contacts over the internet. =============================================================================== *Robinson, Helen My name is Helen Robinson. I am employed as a Semior Librarian at the New South Wales College of Nursing. I am also a graduate from the University of Wollongong where I majored in Acting and Directing. My mentor was an American director, Bob Harper. The course was very comprehensive and we were expected to participate in many areas of theatre. My studies also included music and I am an experienced singer with a classical background. I have directed full-length plays such as Look Back In Anger and Dracula (I like diversity) and have been Assistant Director on productions of Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing. I am now directing The Merchant of Venice in Sydney (opening night is April 29th). I have just finished writing a full-length play which has already had a reading and will be workshopped later in the year with a view to performance. The play centres on four women in their thirties and their relationships with men and their aging parents. I have several ideas for other plays. =============================================================================== *Robinson, John I am currently a Graduate student of English Literature at SFSU. I did my undergraduate work at UC Berkley and since I live in the area I do my current research at Berkeley. My primary interest is Textual Studies--which is often just a close reading of the text--and the history of Elizabethan printed drama. I just had a paper accepted for publication at English Language Notes entitled "A Ring of Truth: An other Look at a Crux in Twelfth Night." This paper is tentatively scheduled for publication in Dec 1996. Currently I am working on a paper about some of the numerous textual problems in Hamlet which I also hope to publish. Like many of you I have developed an interest in "A Funeral Elegy"; I am particularly interested in the circumstances surrounding its publication. Occasionally, when I am not working on these projects, I find time to do my class work. =============================================================================== *Robinson, Randal <21798rar@msu> or <21798rar@ibm.cl.msu.edu> Professor of English at Michigan State University, is the author of UNLOCKING SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE: HELP FOR THE TEACHER AND STUDENT (NCTE, 1989) and of "Improvisation and the Language of Shakespeare's Plays" (NEBRASKA ENGLISH JOURNAL, 35, 3-4, 1990). He is at work on a multimedia tutorial on Shakespeare's language (scripted with HyperTalk). ======================================================================== *Robinson, Rich Rich Robinson: I am a civilian employee of the U.S. Army at Ft. Knox, working as a computer operator (before I was the data tape librarian). I am retired from the Air Force/Air Force Reserve (then I was still un-retired). My exposure to the Bard has come from being involved in several production in community theatre and have taken to it. Since I was involved in the list, I had the opportunity to perform in a compilation performance of Shakespeare in a Drama Festival touring in the Stockport/Manchester England area (taking Shakespeare to England, what an original concept!! ). I have also become addicted to several local festivals (Louisville/Lexington/Bowling Green/Nashville) and have been asked to audition for non-equity parts in Louisville and Lexington in the last two years (unfortunately, too much driving time, and not enough leave time at work). I am now reading/studying/working up to the January auditions at Ft. Knox (Army Community Theatre) for the "Scottish Play". =============================================================================== Gauntlett, Mark Mark Gauntlett: PhD (1986) from La Trobe University, Australia, on Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy. Publications relating directly to Shakespeare studies: 'The Perishable Body of the Unpoetic: A.C. Bradley Performs Othello', Shakespeare Survey (1994); 'Playing on the Margins: Theatrical Space in Othello', Essays in Theatre (1991); '"Had his estate been fellow to his mind": Ironic strategies in The Revenger's Tragedy', Cahiers Elisabethains (1992). Other publications: (with B. O'Connor) Drama Studies: An Advanced Introduction (Longman, 1995); articles on cultural policy in Australia, stage hypnotism, theatregoing and theatre programmes. Reviews of books in the area of Shakespeare studies in Southern Review (Australia). Current research area: discursive constructions of the Elizabethan stage in twentieth-century literary criticism. Recent theatre work related to Shakespeare: co-author (with B. Joyce) and director of 'A Drink on the Bard', a theatre-in- education show presenting Shakespeare as company member, shareholder, house playwright touring upper secondary schools in NSW, Victoria and Queensland during 1995/6. =============================================================================== *Robinson, Rick Donald R. "Rick" Robinson, Computer Assistant/Tape Librarian 201 Gaylene Drive Directorate/Information Management Radcliff, KY 40160 Ft. Knox, KY 40121 (502) 877-2216 (502) 624-8645 I am a GS civil servant for the U.S. Army at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. I just recently retired after 20 years with the Air Force/Air National Guard. I am a graduate of North Hardin High School (1973), Radcliff Kentucky. I do not have a complete college degree, having dabbled in Radio Journalism (UofMaryland/LA City College), Computer Operations (Watterson College & Sullivan College both in Louisville) and General Studies (UofKentucky and WesternKyU). The best that can be said is I am great at starting, but tend to bog down toward the end. To make a long story short, I am not certain what I want to do "when I grow up" . My interest in Shakespeare stem from theatre. I am a member of Army Community Theatre at Ft. Knox and have been involved in six or seven Shakespearian productions and three workshops over the past ten years. I was recently involved in a "works in progress/workshop" production tha was presented to the Kentucky Theatre Association Festival (placing seco in state) and is currently being considered for participation at an at- large participant for several Festivals. This production required exten amount of study on the part of the participants and has spurred my interest in the Bard. =============================================================================== *Robitaille, Marilyn Name: Marilyn Robitaille, Instructor Professional Affiliation: Tarleton State University Department of English Stephenville, TX 76402 Teaching Assignments: British Literature Advanced Studies in Language & Literature Rhetoric and Composition Children's Literature Research interests: Aphra Behn's prose (I'm working on my dissertation, so I don't have any other projects at present.) Publications: Nothing related to Shakespeare Several on gender issues related to magazine advertising Professional memberships: South Central Modern Language Association Conference of College Teachers of English Phi Delta Kappa Degrees held: B.A. Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX M.A. Bread Loaf School of English Middlebury College Middlebury, VT A.B.D. Texas Woman's University Denton, TX =============================================================================== *Rochester, Emma My name is Emma Rochester and I am a second year graduate student in the Department of English at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. My current research interests are in the role of maps as ideological tools in Renaissance England. My students this semester share my enthusiasm for filmic and theatrical productions of Shakespearean works; thus I am currently researching and developing effective ways to interogate the relationship between Shakspeare and popular culture in the classroom. =============================================================================== *Rocklin, Edward Edward L. Rocklin earned a B.A. in English from Harvard College (1970) and an M.A. (1974) and Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University (1981). He is a Professor of English and a member of the English and Foreign Languages Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in Pomona, California. Rocklin teaches courses on Shakespeare's plays, English drama, Renaissance literature, and graduate courses in these areas in his department's M.A. program. In addition he teaches graduate courses for teachers, and in 1994 he introduced a graduate course entitled Pedagogies of Dramatic Literature. During the 1992-93 academic year, Rocklin was one of seven people from teaching universities selected as a Postsecondary Fellow for the American Council of Learned Societies' Elementary and Secondary Schools Teacher Curriculum Development Project, a pioneering effort to bring together university humanities teachers and teachers from the public schools. During that year, he worked with eight teachers from the Los Angeles Unified School District's Humanitas Program, exploring canon reformation, multi-cultural education, and curriculum revision. He has written an essay, "Transforming Canons, Transforming Teachers," describing key aspects of the process of canon reformation, which the ACLS has published in a collect of essays entitled _Teaching the Humanities_ (ACLS Occasional Paper #23). Rocklin has presented papers at the Shakespeare Association of America in various seminars, the International Marlowe Society Conferences (1983, 1988), the Renaissance Conference of Southern California, the Institute for Teaching and Learning of the CSU, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the Wyoming Conference on English, and the CSU Shakespeare Symposium/ With his colleage Joseph Stodder he coordinate the 1993 CSU Shakespeare Symposium at Cal Poly, Pomona. Rocklin has published articles in _Shakespeare Quarterly_, _The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism_, and _College English_, as well as essays in two books. He has completed the manuscript of a book entitled _Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance_ designed for teachers in high school and college classes, and has begun work on a related work extending the model to non-dramatic literature and other humanities courses. Rocklin is also the Coordinator for a team of publich school and university teachers who are working to create a regional site of the California Literature Project at Cal Poly. =============================================================================== *Rodabaugh, Jeffrey L. Hello, my name is Jeffrey L. Rodabaugh an I was born in Ohio and raised in Stewartville, Mn. For those who have not heard of Stewartville (probably everyone) it is a small town 15 minutes from Rochester, and if that still doesn't help, it is two hours south of the Twin Cities. If you are still lost, well...I expect that you will stay that way. I am presently a Junior in Electrical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. Yes that is correct, the base of the Black hills and 30 miles from Mount Rushmore. I must admit that my Shakespearian knowledge is very limited, but I am presently enrolled in a high level Shakespeare class which hopefully will help. =============================================================================== *Rodman, Isaac I have published fiction and criticism of Faulkner. I am now working on a book about China. I plan articles on Shakespeare which will probably come closest to the rhetoric category. ============================================================= *Rodriguez, Lisa M. I am from the U.S. and graduated from Lynchburg College, Virginia with a B.A. in Education and Spanish in 1982. That year, I moved to Seville, where I´ve worked teaching English to Spanish speakers for the past fourteen years. In 1994, I completed the requirements for the Spanish "Licenciatura," a five-year degree, in English Linguistics and Literature, at the University of Seville. I am now in my third year of the Doctoral program of the Department of English and North American Literature. The topic I am working on is murder in the works of Shakespeare. To date, I have no scholarly publications to my credit, but I am participating in a workshop at this year´s SAA meeting: Gardens in the Time of Shakespeare. =============================================================================== *Roehrich, Christine Christine Roehrich =============================================================================== *Rogers, Billie Jo Hello. My name is Billie Jo Rogers, but everyone calls me BJ. I am a senior at the University of Tennessee at Martin and hope to graduate in July of 1995. My major is English with a minor in art. Currently, I amworking toward my Bachelors degree, but before I am done, I would like to have a Doctorate in English and a career in teaching college level English courses. With this as my realistic goal, I also dream of one day becoming a well known author. My interests are in the Native American people and their belief system and the cause/effect relationship of racism on the world. Although both topics seem vague, both affect my world tremendously being that I am Cherokee and have a deep desire to find out about my heritage. Basically, I am a student looking for knowledge in areas unknown. I hope this biography helps somewhat in your efforts to get to know me and I am looking forward to being a part of the Shakespeare program. =============================================================================== *Rogers, John John Rogers, Assistant Professor of English at Yale University, is currently completing a book titled "The Matter of Revolution: The Poetics of Materialism in the Age of Milton." He has published articles on Milton and Marvell. =============================================================================== *Rogers, Judith K. I am Judith K. Rogers, Assistant Professor of English at the Ohio State University. I have done papers and articles on Shakespeare and his text, and I am one of the editors of the New Variorum +Titus Andronicus+. =============================================================================== *Rogers, Michelle My name is Michelle Rogers. I am a secondary school English and Social Studies teacher. I have no specific research area but teach Shakespeare to high school students at Onetora H.S. in Boiceville, New York (near Woodstock). I am interested in SHAKSPER as a varied resource to inform my teaching and to bring me into contact with others in my position with whom I might share ideas. I am increasing my use of technology in the classroom and would also be interested in a possible electronic collaboration. From the brief description I have read, it seems that SHAKSPER would be a helpful resource. If you need further information from me, please let me know. ============================================================= *Rogers, Phil Here is my much-delayed autobiographical paragraph for membership of SHAKSPER. I am a Professor of English Language and Literature in Queen's University at Kingston (Canada), where my primary teaching responsibilities have always been in medieval literature. My final degree was from Harvard a long time ago (Morton Bloomfield and Larry Benson were my supervisors), and before that I earned degrees from the University of Texas. I normally teach Chaucer and other 14C writers to second- and third-year students, sometimes also with a first-year course in English literature or World literature in translation. I have also taught a course on Dante in our Italian department. All of my graduate teaching has been in medieval literature. I have, however, taught Shakespeare: as part of Renaissance drama in the Universite Canadienne en France, and on his own in our International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex. This year for the first time I am teaching our year-long course in Shakespeare. My research interests are normally in medieval literature and the Bible. ============================================================= *Rogers, Robert Robert Rogers: While having a deep and sincere passion for the works of Shakespeare, I do not hold academic standing. I would however, much appreciate the opportunity of becoming an 'interested bystander' to your 'SHAKSPER' group, in the hope of increasing both my knowledge and enjoyment of his =============================================================================== *Rokem Freddie I hope you can include me in the SHAKSPER-list. I am not really a Shakespeare scholar in the strict sense but teach mainly modern theatre and theoretical issues at the theatre department at the Tel Aviv university and have published two books and a number of articles in journals like Theatre Journal, Theatre Research International, Praxis and Assaph. =============================================================================== *Rolle, Kimberly My name is Kimberly Rolle and I am currently enrolled in the M.A. English program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where I also received my B.A. in Literature. I am working on a thesis on 18th-c British women writers. Shakespeare, however, is my first love and I plan on possibly pursuing a PhD in Shakespeare studies. In addition, I am also interested in Irish studies, particularly contemporary women writers. I am a T.A. and have taught freshman composition, sophomore composition and literature, and will be teaching a sophomore composition class next fall focusing on Irish studies. At the present, I am rather undecided about the future immediately after graduation, but I have been considering the Peace Corps or a similar humanitarian effort. Eventually, I would like to teach at the university level. So far, my experience with teaching has been very rewarding; I feel that knowledge is one of the greatest gifts one person can give to another. Some of my less academic interests include photography, opera, gardening, playing the violin, foreign films, and sci-fi TV shows. Embarrassingly, I'm hopelessly addicted to romance and fantasy novels, but I've managed to control it during the school year and it only surfaces during the summer now. I'm not a huge sports freak, but I do enjoy bicycling and softball, and I'm supposed to be learning the finer points of rugby this coming summer. Originally from Washington State, I've lived in Alaska for nearly six years and I'm beginning to become rather attached to the place. I live with my Himalayan cat, Sebastian, in a log cabin with no indoor plumbing or running water, but, ironically, with Internet access. I never realized before that the "rustic ideal" involved hauling so much water, but I really do love it. =============================================================================== *Rollenhagen, Frederick V. I am interested in discussing political reality or the lack of it in the History plays, especially in Richard II. I have been teaching English, including the Shakespeare Elective, for fourteen years, thirteen at Newark Academy. I have a B.A. in English from New England College and an M.A. from Middlebury where I have also begun some course work for an M.Litt in Renaissance Lit. I have not published any papers, but am interested in the serious study of Shakespeare in nearly all areas. =============================================================================== *Roman. Christopher My name is Christopher Roman. I am currently a first semester master's student at Kent State University. I am hoping to move on and work toward my PhD. at another university in Renaissance Literature, so I am going to use this list a) to see what's going on in the world of Shakespeare scholarship and b) to find out who exactly is out there and what their interests are. ============================================================= *Romein, Tunis Tunis Romein: I am an associate professor of English at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC. I am responsible for teaching courses in Shakespeare, the English Renaissance (through Milton), and English Romanticism. I teach one graduate course in Shakespeare which is a part of our Master of Arts in Teaching program. It focuses on Shakespeare plays often taught in high school, e.g. "Romeo and Juliet," "Julius Caesar," "Macbeth," and several others. I have a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas. =============================================================================== *Ronan, Clifford J. Department of English Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666 (Tel 512-245-2163 or 392-0399) I studied English at Amherst (BA '57) and Berkeley (MA '60; PhD 71). From 1965 to 1972 I taught Shakespeare at the University of Texas at Austin; since then I have taught Shakespeare and various drama and Renaissance courses in San Marcos at Southwest Texas State University, where I am professor of English. I belong to the Renaissance Society of America, the South- Central Renaissance Conference, and SAA. For the Atlanta SAA meeting this spring I am working on a paper entitled "Ethnicity, Genre, and Tone" for the seminar on "Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries." For a different conference, I have submitted a piece on political implications of Shakespeare's courtship plays along with marital implications of the political plays. Ten of my publications are in the Renaissance, mostly in English Renaissance drama. They include two pieces on Lucan in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" (Comparative Drama, and a reprint volume); the use of Selimus in Lear (N & Q), of Caesar's Revenge in Antony (Shakespeare Studies), and of various authors in Hamlet (Hamlet Review) and Troilus and Cressida (Renaissance and Reformation). I am obviously interested in dramatists' use of classical sources, but also in their responsiveness to the visual arts, particularly iconography. Currently, I am revising a book for a first reader at a university press. The working title is Antike Roman; the subject is the function of ancient Rome in Tudor-Stuart drama, with a close look at favorite images and topoi. I argue that Rome's function is ambivalent and richly symbolic: Romans stand for all mankind, especially in the exercise of power over self, possessions, and weaker individuals. I have worked repeatedly with high school teachers of Shakespeare, three times under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities. =============================================================================== *Rose, Eric or Apt. 15A, 1935 Eastchester Road Bronx, NY 10461 I am not a Shakespeare scholar. I am a Shakespeare enthusiast, and curious to encounter the thoughts of scholars of Shakespeare on his work. I am a medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City; graduated from Brown University in 1988. ============================================================================= *Rose, Mark MARK ROSE, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara. AB Princeton 1961, B.Litt. Merton College, Oxford 1963, PhD Harvard 1967. Instructor to Assoc Prof, English, Yale 1967-74; Prof of English, Univ of Illinois, Ch-Urbana, 1974-77; Prof of English, UC Santa Barbara, 1977-89; Director of UC Humanities Research Institute and Professor of English UC Irvine, 1989-94; Prof of English, UC Santa Barbara, 1994-. Major academic publications include: Heroic Love (Harvard UP 1967), Shakespearean Design (Harvard UP 1972), Spenser's Art (Harvard UP 1975), Alien Encounters (Harvard UP 1981), Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (Harvard UP, 1993). Also editor of a number of collections, including Twentieth Century Interpretations volume on Antony and Cleopatra (Prentice-Hall 1977) and New Century Views volume on Early Shakespearean Tragedy (Prentice-Hall 1994). Member MLA, Shakespeare Assoc of America, etc. Current research on copyright and history of authorship in early modern period and later (continues interests of recent book Authors and Owners). This is a subject that relates to the history of Shakespeare as a central figure in the production and dissemination of modern culture. =============================================================================== *Rose, Nathan I took my B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1987 in English and in Classics. After college I spent a year as a Watson Fellow collecting folksongs and ballads in Ireland and Scotland. Currently I am a graduate student in English at Harvard, in the process of choosing a thesis area. Though my primary interests are in medieval and high modern poetry, I'd like to keep up with questions in the study of Shakespeare. ============================================================================== *Rosen, Alan or Bar Ilan University, English Dept., 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel My interests are reflected by my work-in-progress (about to be sent off): "Celestial Seasonings: How Eclipses Figures in King Lear", which examines contemporary notions of eclipses and reads the preoccupation with eclipses in light (in dark?) of those considerations; "Cutting the Knot: King Lear and the Legacy of Dramatic Catastrophe", which examines Renaissance views of dramatic catastrophe (particularly by appropriation of Donatus and Terence) and considers how and why Shakespeare manipulates the catastrophe in King Lear ("and pat he comes like the ..."); a book-length manuscript entitled, "Versions of Catastrophe", which expands this consideration of catastrophe as well as extends it to other periods, genres, and authors (includes attention to notions of endings and reversals in Renaissance theory and practice). ========================================================================= *Rosen, Fran I am a 44 year old junior at Cleveland State University majoring in English. I am about to embark on my first course on Shakespeare's tragedies and have no other background except for seeing several performances and reading several plays. As yet, I am unclear about what I want to do with my English degree, but I find that I have somewhat of a talent for critical writing and may pursue that as well as some other types of writing. My plan is to pursue graduate degrees as well. =============================================================================== *Rosenbaum, Jason I run the national office of the Shakespeare Globe Centre (USA), the U.S. affiliate of the International Shakespeare Globe Centre. ============================================================= *Ross, Charles I'd like to join SHAKSPER. I'm an associate professor of English at Purdue University. I'll be at the SAA. =============================================================================== *Ross, Dennis Dennis M. Ross, Instructor of English, English Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. I'm a 52 year old writer who teaches writing, creative writing, literature, and composition. I've got a MA from Johns Hopkins, '71. As a writer I am interested in the greatest writer of all time. My service mail address is: Prof. Dennis Ross English Department Ashe 327 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 33124 tel. (Office) (305) 284-3090 (Home) (305) 596-7113 (Fax) (305) 596-6147 =============================================================================== *Ross, Terrence I am not a professional Shakespearian, but I hope there is room in SHAKSPER for an amateur and an enthusiast. I have read the plays, studied some of them in school, seen many of them performed, and once played several small parts in a production of Pericles. I had one speech: "Sir, there lives a maid in Myteline, I durst wager, would win some words from her." The director told me that I had the most important speech in the play. Without me, Pericles and Marina would not meet and the play would end tragically. Ever since, I have carried large chunks of Pericles in my head, and I think I could still produce a bad-quarto memorial reconstruction if all copies of the play were to disappear from the earth. =============================================================================== *Rosser, David I am much interested in the Shakespeare group. I am engaged in a writing practice and wish to learn more about Shakespeare. I want to dig a bit deeper into his works. =============================================================================== *Rossini, Manuela S. ROSSINI@ubaclu.unibas.ch Manuela S. Rossini: I would like to become a SHAKSPERean. I am a lecturer of English at the University of Basel, assiting Prof. Balz Engler. I am currently working on a PhD on the meanings of the family in Renaissance theatre (1576-1642). =============================================================================== *Roth, Robert Ph.D., Shakespearean Studies English Department Los Angeles Valley College =============================================================================== I teach Renaissance and Children's literature at U.P.E.I., and have written on John Milton, John Bunyan, and Aphra Behn. My recent publications are "On the Margins of an Unnoted Annotator of *Paradise Lost*: William Hayley's Dialogue with Richard Bentley," forthcoming in *Milton Studies* and "Postlapsarian Types and Prelapsarian Parallels: Strategies for Reading and Rereading *Paradise Lost*," published in the *Proceedings of the PMR Conference*, 1992-3. As a member of the John Bunyan Society, I edit the Society's newsletter, *The Recorder*, and I co-chair the L. M. Montgomery Institute's governing committee. My major projects at the moment are a neuro-ophthalmological survey for a diagnosis of Milton's blindness and an exploration of the presence of Shakespeare in Aphra Behn's plays. =============================================================================== *Rothwell, Kenneth S. KENNETH S. ROTHWELL PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH 300 THE OLD MILL DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BURLINGTON, VERMONT 05405-0114 Call: (802) 656-3056 (O) (802) 863-5247 (H) FAX: (802) 656-3055 Kenneth Sprague Rothwell, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Vermont, was graduated in 1948 from the Univer- sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in English following four years of World War II service as a lieutenant of infantry in the United States Army participating in the Aleutian campaign on Attu and Amchitka. He received the Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 1956, and has since taught at the Universities of Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas as well as holding summer appointments at Harvard Univer- sity and Trinity College (Conn.). Since 1970 he has been a professor, and since 1991 a professor emeritus, at the University of Vermont, serving as chairman of the English department from 1970 to 1975. He recently published (with Annabelle Melzer) Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (New York and London: Neal Schuman, 1990). He is also the co-founder and co-editor (with Bernice Kliman) of the Shakespeare on Film News- letter, as well as the author of A Mirror for Shakespeare (Burl- ington: IDC, 1982), and editor of the collected papers of the 1981 Shakespeare on Film Section at the World Shakespeare Con- gress in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (Special issue of LFQ 11.3, 1983). His articles and reviews on Shakespeare have appeared in Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare Survey, Comparative Drama, Literature/Film Quarterly, Hamlet Studies, CEA Critic, as well as in the MLA volume on Teaching King Lear (New York: MLA, 1986) and in Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault (Amherst: U of Mass. P., 1988). In addition he has presented some dozen or so as yet unpublished papers at annual meetings of the Shakespeare Association of America, the Modern Language Associa- tion, the National Council of Teachers of English and the North- east Modern Language Association. In August 1991 he chaired the seminar on Shakespeare on Film at the World Shakespeare Congress in Tokyo, Japan, and in August 1992 he contributed a paper on King Lear to the Shakespeare and Film Seminar at the Internation- al Shakespeare Association meeting in Stratford-upon-Avon, Eng- lan. He serves on the advisory committee on Shakespeare film and television to the Globe Theatre, Bankside, London; on the advi- sory committee to the M.I.T. "Interactive Shakespeare Classroom Presentation System"; and as Contributing Editor to Shakespeare Bulletin, and northern New England bibliographer for the Shake- speare Quarterly. At the University of Vermont he has been a recipient of two awards for outstanding teaching: the Kroepsch-Maurice in 1987 and the semi-annual Dean's Lecture of the College of Arts and Scienc- es in 1991. Although emeritus, he continued to teach a Shake- speare course at the university until 1993, and currently plans to work on a consulting basis. In an earlier phase of his career while Director of Freshman/Sophomore English at the University of Kansas, he published a widely adopted textbook, Questions of Rhetoric and Usage, 2nd ed. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1974). In the community he has been the gubernatorially appointed Supervisor of Buel's Gore, a Vermont wilderness area, in the administrations of Democratic Governor Madeleine Kunin and Repub- lican Richard Snelling; currently he serves as one of Governor Howard Dean's representatives to the Vermont Council of the Humanities. He is also past Registrar of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, and past vestry person and currently Lector at St. Paul's Cathedral Church in Burlington. As diocesan Registrar he compiled and edited (with illustrations by Edward P. Lyman, Jr.) A Goodly Heritage: The Episcopal Church in Vermont (Burlington: Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 1973) to mark the dedication and consecration of the newly built cathedral in Burlington. He resides in Burlington with his wife, Lyn, who is a nurse clini- cian and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Asso- ciates for Comprehensive Health Care, Given Health Care Center, Univ. of Vermont Medical Center. His four grown children are respectively Kenneth, Jr. (Asst. Professor of Classics at Boston College), Mary (Attorney for the New York City Legal Aid Society), Elizabeth (Administrator at Columbia University), and Anne (owner and impresario of Club Metronome, a popular Burling- ton jazz and dance club). =============================================================================== *Rountree, Barry 315 W. Union Apt. C., Athens OH, 45701 My name is Barry Rountree, a student of Dr. Roy Flannagan, currently pursuing a B.A. in Theatre at Ohio University. Under Dr. Flannagan's tutelage, I am writing an original-spelling concordance program for the quartos, and am looking into typeface reproduction of the original manuscripts (specifically via laser printers) in a TEI environment. My advisor is Dr. William Condee, and I hope to introduce him and the rest of my department to the possibilities of mainframes and theatrical scholarship. =========================================================================== *Rousse. Michel Michel Rousse: I teach medieval french drama at the university of Rennes in France, especially french farces. =============================================================================== *Rowan, Don I am an Emeritus Professor of English on the Fredericton, N.B. Campus of the University of New Brunswick. Over my thirty some years of teaching I have taught Shakespeare at every level and have worked with perhaps two hundred graduate students in the field; a dozen of them I have supervised to the PhD., some on Shakespeare and some on the Elizabethan playhouse. I am an active member of the Malone Society; I presented a paper on "Edmond Malone and Stage Directions" to the first ever General Meeting of the Society in Stratford in 1990; I have also edited The Lost Lady for the Society in 1988. I have two major research projects on the go: the Elizabethan Stage Directions Project (ESDP), a computer generated database of the stage directions in some 900 plays; and working as an Associate Editor of the "new" Variorum MND, with special responsibility for staging and stage history. I am also supervising one PhD doing a dissertation on "Shakespeare's Use of Doors." My major interests concern the nature of texts and the physical structure of the Elizabethan playhouse. D.F. Rowan, Dept. of English, UNB, Fred- ericton, NB.E3B 5A3, Area Code 506-453-4675. ======================================================================== *Rowe, Katherine Katherine A. Rowe Assistant Professor Dept. of English Yale University BA Carleton College, MN PhD Harvard University Recently published "Dismembering and Forgetting in TITUS ANDRONICUS," in SHAKES PEARE QUARTERLY, fall 94; two current book-length projects, THE DEAD HAND: FICT IONS OF AGENCY AND SELF-POSSESSION, and MIXED COMPLICITIES: JACOBEAN DRAMA AND AMERICAN GOTHIC FICTION. I teach and write both in 16th and early 17th century British literature and 18th-19th century American literature. Special interest in the 1590's, theories of agency, early modern drama, the adaptation and produ ction of Shakespeare in America. =============================================================================== *Rowland, Hilary My name is Hilary Rowland and I am a Ph.D candidate at McGill University, Department of English. I am intersted in post-colonial theory, theories of communicative action (particularly Jurgen Habermas), and renaissance drama generally. I am a painfully new netizen, and would be happy for your permission to eavesdrop on the SHAKSPER group for now. =============================================================================== *Rowland, Hilary I am enrolled at McGill University, Dept. of English. I am just finishing a doctoral dissertation on 19th century American Shakespeare reception. My work concentrates mainly on study groups and American editors. I received SHAKSPER at an old address some years ago, and would like to re-subscribe at my current address. ============================================================= *Rowlett, Douglas My name is Douglas Rowlett, and I have degrees from Texas Tech University (BA 1970, MA 1974) and Rice University (Ph.D. 1981) in English. My specialty is modern American poetry (Dissertation on Hart Crane), but as an English professor I have found it necessary to become more conversant with all the fields of literature besides my own narrow specialty. I currently am a professor of English at Houston Community College System's Southwest College, where I teach survey courses in British literature, American literature, World literature (really should be called Western European Lit), and (of course) Freshman Comp. I have been engaged for the last couple of years in putting together a multimedia presentation of Chaucer's General Prologue and The Wife of Bath's Tale, and I am also currently interested in Shakespeare's History plays. My current snail mail address is 3216 Regal Oaks, Pearland, Texas 77581, and my e-mail address is rowlett_d@hccs.cc.tx.us (please note the underscore between my last name and initial -- it must be there for me to get mail!). =============================================================================== *Roy, Ann-Marie I am simply a high school graduate, off to college this fall, who happens to have a passion for Shakespearean literature. =============================================================================== *Roy, John R. Born and educated in Scotland and a graduate of Glasgow University Medical School, I worked for 10 years as a consultant psychiatrist in Newcastle-on Tyne, England before emigrating to Canada in 1969. I am a Fellow of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Physicians and of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, England. Now I am a Professor Emeritus of McMaster University, Ontario, Canada where I taught Psychiatry, had a cross-academic appointment in the English department and developed a regional clinical and academic Geriatric Psychiatry Program with a specialty Clinic for research and treatment of memory disorders. I have taught numerous courses on the general theme of the interaction of Medicine and the Humanities. More specific interests have included: creative and self-affirming human reactions to catastrophe, loss, suffering and extreme life situations; privileged moments, epiphanies and other alterations of consciousness in their relation to mysticism, literature and everyday life; comparative literature and the history of ideas; the crisis of the postmodern self, involuntary affective memory, the Lacanian subject and the consoling power of literature and the arts. My interest in Shakespeare long ante-dated my medical and psychiatric experience but has frequently been invoked in interdisciplinary teaching eg in examining Othello in the context of: Shakespeare's handling of the presumed Italian source; Verdi's treatment of the text in his Otello; Verdi's lifelong passion for Shakespeare's work, his never achieved desire to write a Lear opera; his Lear-like emotional and social state and great age when composing Otello and his final very innovative, warm, sparkling Falstaff. ============================================================= Diane Hughes My name is Diane Hughes. I am 39 and have been married to Dave for nearly 20yrs! We have two daughters, Charlotte 15 and Rebecca 12. At present I am in my second year of a four year part time Integrated Humanities B.A. (Hons) Degree at University College Chester. For our literature module this year we are studying Donne, Marvell, Marlowe, Milton, Spenser and of course Shakespeare. We have already looked at a variety of emblems and masques as well as Dr. Faustus, the Fairie Queene and the Winters Tale. The course is very varied and we are fortunate in having excellent tutors who make lectures lively and interesting. For assessment purpose we have a paired presentation, for which my partner and I have to discuss the role of Claudius in Hamlet; a 1500 word essay from a vast selection of questions and an end of module exam. As yet I haven't written anything on Shakespeare but will be willing to share my efforts once I have and they have been assessed. ============================================================= *Rubeli, David I am a second year english student at University of Ottawa. This year I am taking an intensive course in the works of Shakespeare. I feel that being a member of your discussion group while I study Shakespeare works would supplement lectures and research. It would allow me to be up to date on the most recent trends of shakespeare criticism. =============================================================================== *Rudanko, Juhani Juhani Rudanko: I am Professor of English Philology (pro tem) at the University of Tampere, Finland. I am the author of Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare (University Press of America, 1993). =============================================================================== *Ruddick, Thomas E. After graduating from one of the worst public school systems in the USA (Newport, KY public, 1968) I embarked on a lengthy quest for higher knowledge across a spectrum of humanistic disciplines. So, I have finally settled in, tenured and happy, at one of the leading medium-sized two-year colleges, where my natural love for teaching foundation courses in a variety of disciplines can be fulfilled. publications and research interests: as a two-year college professor, I have little of these :-) however a couple of items of interest to this list may be: 1982: My masters thesis, " "Sound Effects in Shakespeare". One of these days I may hammer together some publications from it. performances-- 1975: MacBeth at Northern KY, where I provided sound effects and music. 1979: Twelfth Night, where I served as music director (U.S.Ca) current: Romeo and Juliet [Edison Community College]--I perform Friar Laurence. =============================================================================== *Rudio, Shawna K I AM A GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA IN FAIRBANKS. BECAUSE I AM TAKING A SHAKESPEARE "PLUS" CLASS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON THE MAILING LIST FOR THE SHAKESPEARE ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE. MY USER NAME IS FTSKR@AURORA.ALASKA.EDU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. =============================================================================== *Rudrum, Alan Professor of English, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6. I have been in my present position since 1969; before that I taught in universities in South Australia, Northern Ireland, California and Ohio. Not a Shakespearean, but enjoy teaching Shakespeare when the opportunity arises. I published a number of small books on Milton with Macmillan of London a long time ago; and more recently have worked on Heny and Thomas Vaughan: publications include "Henry Vaughan's Complete Poems" (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1976; reissued with revisions 1983); "Henry Vaughan" in the Writers of Wales series, University of Wales Press, 1981; "The Works of Thomas Vaughan," The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984. Currently working on a number of projects, including a thematic and contextual study of Henry Vaughan and an edition of Robert Fludd's "Mosaicall Philosophy." Memberships: Association of Canadian University Teachers of English; Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference; Milton Society of America. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Moyle, Kenneth C. or Computing Services Coordinator for the Faculty of Science McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario B.Sc. in Biochemistry from McMaster The subject of "Shakespeare" is right out of my field (but then, my field is not realy in my field, either); my interest is purely non- professional, and is focused more towards Shakespeare's poetry than to his dramas (except, of course, for the poetry *in* his plays). I enjoy productions of Shakespearean drama, and manage to see one or two of the Stratford Festival productions each summer; I would enjoy discussing particular interpretations of Shakespeare's works, particularly with regard to the "modernization" of his plays. (My wife, Kelly Ens, a public school English and French teacher with a BA and MA in English from McMaster, will also be participating on this list via my account.) ======================================================================== 34 *Kalinoski, Ron I sent a request for membership to this list, although I am not a Shakespeare scholar. Rather I am a computer professional studying the academic impacts of electronic information resources. Your list came to my attention and would seem to be an excellent example of the use of networked information resources in support of academic goals. I have started to write a series of articles on this general topic area, and would like an opportunity to see what happens on your list. Perhaps you may find this to be inappropriate, although feel I can justify it by the fact that I am the Associate Director of Academic Computing Services for Research Computing Services and am putting into place a number of programs to heighten the awareness of our faculty and graduate students to the potential for using networks to access information resources - including discourse with other scholars. Thus if I am able to use your listserv in my examples, I may in the process recruit new users who are legitimate Shakespeare scholars. My general feeling is that many faculty are not well-informed about the potential for networks and that they need to be shown relevant examples. Too much network traffic appears to me to be trivial in nature, thus my interest in this one. ======================================================================== 59 *Jones, Peter Internet:Peter Jones UUCP: ...psuvax1!uqam.bitnet!maint Systems Analyst, Computing Center Universite du Quebec a Montreal Box 8888, Montreal H3C 3P8 Quebec (514)-987-3542 I have studied Shakespeare in high school, and have attended plays occasionally. I am interested in making texts available in machine-readable form for the disabled. Blind people can then get copies automatically translated into braille, large print or synthetic speech. People who cannot turn pages can have the text scroll by on a screen. ======================================================================== 38 *Scott, Peter Internet: ENVOY100: PA.SCOTT Order Unit Manager, University of Saskatchewan Libraries Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W0 Phone: (306) 966-6016 Fax: (306) 966-6040 I would very much like to join SHAKSPER. I suppose I would describe myself as an "interested amateur". I continually read and re-read the works, attend whatever performances of the plays are available to me, and remain fascinated with the language and sound of the works. I grew up in London, England and began attending the theatre at an early age. I saw the great Shakespearean actors, Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, performing the great works. It seemed the normal thing for a 15 year-old boy to do! As for scholarly works. I have none. My degree is standard: literature and philosophy. ======================================================================== 33 *Ryan, Robert M. or Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 103 Carrington Ave., Providence, RI 02906-2401 (401) 272-5238 I am an undergraduate student at Brown University, studying Cognitive and Computer Sciences. Although an amateur Shakespeare enthusiast, my interest in the list is of a technical nature. As a linguist, I am interested in textual studies of Shakespeare's texts, specifically computer analyses of his linguistic techniques and grammatic structures. My interest lies in a comparison of the effectiveness of different parsing strategies and comparison of these results against that of modern prose. ======================================================================== 91 *Dickinson, Katherine V.G. 2085 Addison Avenue Palo Alto, California 94303 (415) 326-4375, home (415) 336-2903, work EDUCATION 1979 A.B. with High Honors and Distinction, in English, University of California at Berkeley. Received highest possible grade on honors thesis ("An Analysis of Goneril as a Complete and Motivated Character in _King Lear_"). 1977-now Charter Member, Shakespeare Reading Circle (meeting one to two times monthly) 1979-now Attended six University of San Francisco Symposia (3-day annual event) 1981-now Attended San Francisco Public Library Literary Lecture Series (9 lectures/year) WORK EXPERIENCE 6/84-now Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View), _Software Process Program Manager_ Responsibilities include: o Only full-time member of a management team responsible for designing and documenting the "Software Development Framework" (a company-wide software development and release process) o Coordinating the pilot test and review for this process o Lecturing on software release processes during a series of 1-day training classes o Supervising professional contractors as required Previous Sun Microsystems Positions: Software Administrator, Software Administrative Supervisor, Project Coordinator I, Project Coordinator II, Project Coordinator III, Project Management Manager (staff of six) 11/82-8/84 Warner Communications, Atari Sunnyvale Research Lab, _Administrative Supervisor_ 1977-9/82 Petrolphysics, Ltd. (San Francisco), _Office Manager and Research Assistant_ 1977-9/82 Agrophysics, Inc. (San Francisco),_ Office and Export Manager_ 1979-1981 Women's Caucus for Art (San Francisco), _Operations Manager_ PERSONAL Born in San Francisco. Married with one daughter. speakeasy@sun Toastmasters Club officer. Community volunteer work: Red Cross blood donation recruiter; former Board Member, Junior League of Palo Alto, Mexican Museum, and Women's Caucus for Art (national). ======================================================================== 49 *Lischner, Ray or 9580 SW Riverwood Ln. Tigard, OR 97224 My interests in Shakespeare and SHAKSPER are as a director, actor, and historian. In particular, I study the history of performance in an attempt to re-create the productions as they were seen in Shakespeare's own time. Although not a professional, I have performed in some plays, including the role of Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Now, I am running an amateur acting troupe, re-creating plays and performances as they were seen by the original audiences (to the best of our limited ability). As a somewhat related issue, I am particularly interested in the Commedia dell'Arte and its influence on Shakespeare, as seen in his earlier comedies. ======================================================================== 41 *Lee, Mark Office Applications Group, OIRM Arts & Industries Building Room 2310 Smithsonian Institution (202) 357-4222 Undergraduate degree in English (Mediaeval and Renaissance literatures primarily); graduate work in Library Science in the field of Research Libraries; currently a Computer Specialist in the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Information Research Management (OIRM). Current interest in Shakespeare as part of continuing personal study & research. ======================================================================== 28 *Ellwood, Mike or dob: 11 Sep 49 work: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton, DIDCOT, Oxon UK OX11 0QX tel: +44 235 821900 ext. 6161 bitnet: MWE at UKACRL internet: MWE@IB.RL.AC.UK I can only qualify for this list as an "interested amateur"; I come from a scientific background, and have worked in computers for the last 20 years. My greatest regret was not being able to combine the study of English literature, with the science that was my chosen career path. (School syllabuses, at least in those days, were not that flexible). My aim in joining this list is, I suppose, to learn more about the subject; I doubt if I will be able to contribute much, though I am not usually shy in voicing opinions, even if not backed up by facts :-) ======================================================================== 47 *Reither, James A. Associate Professor Department of English St. Thomas University Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Although I have been teaching Shakespeare courses for nearly thirty years, my primary scholarly interest is not in Shakespeare or, indeed, in Renaissance drama. I "concentrated" on the drama of the Renaissance in my graduate work (my dissertation is on a minor, early C17 dramatist by the name of Thomas Goffe), my primary interest at that time was dramatic literature. Over my teaching career, therefore, I have taught courses in Medieval and Renaissance drama, Shakespeare, Restoration and eighteenth century drama, and modern drama. Mid-career, however, my interests took something of a turn, so that for the last fifteen years or so I have been working in the field of rhetoric (and rhetoric's "daughter discipline," composition studies). Nearly all my scholarly reading and research are now devoted in various ways to the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric--including the "rhetoric of dramatic literature." Although I do not now publish in the area of dramatic literature, I have brought my present scholarly interests in rhetoric to my teaching interests in dramatic literature. Right now, for example, I am winding up a one-semester, senior-level Shakespeare course grounded in the rhetorical theory of Kenneth Burke. Students in this course studied four of Shakespeare's plays, writing about Shakespeare's "recipes for affecting an audience" in those plays. ======================================================================== 24 *Brucato, Armand My first real understanding of Shakespeare came while studying with Kirby Farrell at the University of Massachusetts almost 20 years ago. Under his guidance I learned to appreciate Shakespeare as an embodiment of the good artist who creates wonder. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Washington where my only literary study consisted of a class in Chaucer. I now work as an artificial intelligence specialist and read Shakespeare for enjoyment. ======================================================================== 24 *Lee, Michelle I am an English/Theatre double major, concentrating on dramatic literature and costuming, with Shakespearean plays being some of my favorites. ======================================================================== 35 *Fu, Paul, Jr. Boston University School of Medicine, 2nd Year student Biog: As is obvious from my institution, I am not a Shakespeare scholar nor am I a graduate student in literature. However, I am one of those who hold an exceptional interest for the works of Shakepeare and commentaries and analyses on his works. I have previous stage experience with several of Shakespeare's works (Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, Othello, As You Like It, Twelfth Night) and have enrolled in every course in Shakespeare which was offered at my undergraduate school (also Boston Univ). Current research interests: Application of expert systems and graphics workstations in neural network/neuroanatomy/neurophysiology. ======================================================================== 50 *Zarek, Grace This is Grace Zarek from Williams College, Williamstown, MA and I am interested insubscribing to SHAKSPER. I am the Assistant Manager of Data Control in the Comptroller's Office and receive e-mail from NACUBO which is where I learned of your service. In addition I am a student at Skidmore College, Unversity Without Walls Program, Saratoga Springs, New York; I am an English major. However, the interest in Shakespeare includes other members of my household, too! My daughter is a junior at Mount Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown, MA and has just completed the role of Gonerill (sorry if I spell it wrong) in "King Lear". This production was also one of six presented at the Shakespeare Festival at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA, along with five other high school Shakespeare productions. Skakespeare and Company of Lenox, MA, helps the students with the complicated aspects of producing their plays. This is the second year my daughter has been involved with the Festival, last year she earned high reviews from our local critic as Peter Quince in "Midsummer Night's Dream". Gayle, my daughter, is interested in majoring in drama in college, and plans either a minor or double major to include English. My youngest child, Jeffrey, at age 11 has been introduce to Shakespeare because of his sister's interest and his small role in Romeo and Juliet at the Williamstown Public Schools. He purchased Shakespeare's "Complete Works" for Gayle for her birthday last year. And he thinks this is pretty neat. I was in England last spring and visited Stratford on Avon, what an interesting place with the signed window in Shakepeare's birth place and the beautiful gardens at Anne Hathaway's cottage. I hope to be able to attend a performance there on our next visit. I will look forward to receiving your e-mail, and will share it with my family. ======================================================================== 26 *Wertheimer, Lorin Box 3675 Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA I am a student at Brown University in Providence, RI and my major is Theater Arts. I am in my junior year and planning on writing a thesis on Othello in production. My interest is not limited to performance aspects of Shakespeare's plays but also their literary merit. I have taken the undergrad. courses Brown offers in Shakespearean studies and plan on taking the graduate courses next year. I directed Antony and Cleopatra earlier in the year and I plan on directing another Shakespearean play in the next year and a half (maybe 12th Night, but it is overdone somewhat. Maybe Coriolanius in a non-roman setting). ======================================================================== 31 *Christopher, Beth or My name is Beth Christopher and I am a student at the University of Missouri - Columbia. I am an English/English Education Major and hope to graduate next August. I have a great interest in all of Shakespeare's works, but especially topical references in his tragedies. I hope to use the information that I can gather to help my future students better appreciate and understand Shakespeare. I am also interested in sources that Shakespeare used when writing his plays (i.e. other works which might have similiar stories, that Shakespeare would have been aware of). Thanks for all your help and I look forward to any discussion about Shakespeare and his works. ======================================================================== 29 *Pellegrino, Joe I'm Joe Pellegrino, a PhD student at U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I also teach a section of Comp 1 here. Previous to this, I've attended Duquesne U (BA English, BA Philosophy, MA English), St. Louis U (BFPA Music, DeU Philosophy), Mannes College of Music (graduate work in opera), New England Conservatory (graduate work in conducting), and the Music Dep't here at UNC (graduate work in conducting and musicology). I was a member of the Society of Jesus for a number of years, where I taught English and Music at various schools throughout the East Coast of the U.S. I've published only book reviews for Best Sellers magazine, music reviews for Pastoral Music magazine, articles for the National Jesuit News, and some of my own poetry. I have no works in progress regarding Shakespeare, only pieces on Frost, Percy, and Chaucer. Before reentering school, I was involved in professional theater. Quite a bit of my scholastic work has been in music performance and musicology. Consequently, my interests lie in possible Shakespearian connections for these subjects. ======================================================================== 39 *Pechter, Ed I'm a professor in the English Department at Concordia University, where I've taught since 1968. My first interest was in material later than Shakespeare (I wrote a book on Dryden published in 1975), but I gradually shifted into Shakespeare. Most of my writing now centers on Shakespeare and current criticism. My most recent publication is "Teaching Differences" in Shakespeare Quarterly last summer (1990). Forthcoming, an essay called "Against 'Ideology'" in a collection called Shakespeare Left and Right, coming out next year from Routledge, and an essay called "In Defense of Jargon: Criticism as a Social Practice," in Textual Practice, also next year. Work in progress, a book tentatively called: "What Was Shakespeare? Renaissance Plays and Changing Critical Practice." ======================================================================== 25 *Williams, Camille S. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA I completed a B. A. and an M. A. in English (Brigham Young University). Since 1976 I have worked part-time researching the language of Shakespeare with Prof. Arthur H. King. Currently Dr. King is producing a language commentary on Lear. We hope the commentary will eventually be accessed via computer. We have, with the asistance of Mark L. Reynolds, completed a prototype of a Shakespearean hypermedia program, but must seek further funding from nonuniversity sources to continue development of the software. Meanwhile, we're continuing work on the language commentary itself. I've adapted Dr. King's method for the Philosophy Department's introductory classes, some of which use the King James version of the Bible for a portion of their study. The focus is on interpretive skills--careful reading, and learning a historical dialect of literary English. My interests include Shakespeare, language approaches to literature socio- linguistics, and methods of teaching literature. ======================================================================== 47 *Levy, F.J. (Fritz) Department of History University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 A. B., A. M., Ph. D., Harvard (1954-1960) published _Tudor Historical Thought_, an edition of F. Bacon's _History of the Reign of Henry VII_, and numerous articles on "cultural history," e.g. on Sidney, Greville, Bacon, historiography etc. I've delivered a paper on Holinshed to MLA, on satire to the Shakespeare meeting at Stratford (this last summer), and have been commentator at a couple of SAA meetings; I'm chairing one of the seminars for the Vancouver meeting in the Spring (on history plays). I've also just finished delivering a paper on New Historicism at the Barnard Conference. Work in progress: a volume on the social and historical context of literature in the 1590s in England. I'm something of an academic amphibian: I teach in a history department, write on literary subjects (at least most of the time), also teach a course on English Art, Holbein to Gainsborough/Reynolds. My interests run over the channel as well (I teach a Renaissance and Reformation course), and I also work on historiography in general . I've taught at the University of Washington for almost my entire academic career; I've held fellowships at the Folger, the Huntington, and from the American Philosophical Society and the Guggenheim Foundation. ======================================================================== 49 *White, D. Jerry Department of English Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, Missouri 64093 USA (816-429-4425) FAX: 816-747-1651 D. Jerry White holds the A.B. degree from Barton College and the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is Professor of English at Central Missouri State University where he has taught since 1980. Prior to this appointment, he taught at Eureka College and The College of Idaho. At Central he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Shakespeare, an occasional graduate course in medieval and early Renaissance drama, the graduate research methods course, and many sections of literary surveys and freshman composition. White's publications include Early English Drama: Everyman to 1580. (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986), and Richard Edwards' Damon and Pithias: A Critical, Old-Spelling Edition (New York: Garland, 1980). Since 1988, he has served on the World Shakespeare Bibliography committee of correspondents. ======================================================================== 29 *Eveland, John F. I currently am a Temporary Instructor of English at Iowa State University. I am returning in the Fall for a Ph.D. in Professional Communications. I have always had an interest in Shakespeare, and if I had time I would add yet another specialty to my list. Ah but time goes by too quickly, and bill seem to want to get paid, so I hope to learn and share my interests with others on this list. ======================================================================== 35 *Zarobila, Charles Head of Periodicals Grasselli Library John Carroll University University Heights, OH 44118 Tel: 216-397-4715 EDUCATION: Ph.D., English, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1984; M.A., English, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1975; B.A., English, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, 1972. PUBLICATIONS: "Boswell and Johnson at Blithedale: A Source for Hawthorne's Romance." NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE REVIEW 14 (1988): 6-9. "Walt Whitman and the Panorama." WALT WHITMAN REVIEW 25 (1979): 51-59. MEMBERSHIPS: Academic Library Association of Ohio, American Library Association, American Literature Section/Modern Language Association, Association of College Research Libraries, G. K. Chesterton Society, Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, Rhetoric Society of America. CURRENT SHAKESPEAREAN INTEREST: Shakespeare and G. K. Chesterton. ======================================================================== 50 *Monda, Joseph B. Title Professor of English, Director of Summer School English Department Seattle University Seattle WA 98122 (206) 296-5425 Fields: Language and Medieval English Degrees: MA, Marquette University (1951) PhD, Colorado (1968) Dissertation: A Critical Edition of "The Sayings of St. Bernard" Organizations: Off and on, MLA, CCCC, NCTE, Mediaeval Academy of America, etc. Activities and interests: Editorial board of _Dionysos_, Native American art and literature, fly-fishing, teaching comp and intro to lit, etc. Would like to do electronic text transcription, but don't know how. I was born in Wenatchee, Washington, in 1929. ======================================================================== 50 *Conn, Chris 2806 Alexander Drive Leander, Texas 78641 (512) 259-3814 My name is Chris Conn and I am a software developer at SAS Institute, Inc. in Austin, Texas. I am also a part-time student at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas (just a little beyond comfortable commuting distance). I am working on a computer science degree which I hope to have finished in the next few years. I am married (9 years) and we are expecting our first child in March! I am also a fledgling science fiction writer working on my first short story and I am a member of several network writer's and literary groups. I am interested in learning about Shakespeare because, like some of my favorite poets, his work really moves me. My english teachers have often told me that Shakespeare is the best that our language has to offer, and I think it is important for me a novice writer to learn his works. ======================================================================== 39 *Jacobus, Lee A. Biographical sketch: I am currently professor of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs (since 1968). My degrees are: Brown Univ. AB 1957; AM 1959; Claremont Graduate School PhD 1968. My most important publications are: SUDDEN APPREHENSION: ASPECTS OF KNOWLEDGE IN PARADISE LOST (The Hague: Mouton, 1976); JOHN CLEVELAND (Boston: Twayne, 1976) and numerous articles on seventeenth-century poetry. I have just completed a book: SHAKESPEARE AND THE DIALECTIC OF CERTAINTY, which is being read at a press. Its focus is on ways in which S. plays with dogmatism and skepticism in works from the earliest to latest in the canon. I also work in modern Irish literature, with a special interest in Joyce. My teaching includes Renaissance literature, freshman composition, advanced composition, rhetoric, and a range of courses in Irish literature--including a Yeats and Joyce course for graduate students this spring. I have also published a number of textbooks, the best-known of which are THE WORLD OF IDEAS (Boston: Bedford, 1989); THE BEDFORD INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA (Boston: Bedford, 1989); THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS (New York: McGraw, 1990). I am also editor, with Regina Barreca, of LIT: LITERATURE INTERPRETATION THEORY, a quarterly journal of criticism and theory published by Gordon & Breach, Inc. ======================================================================== 28 *Evans, Eleanor J. lead engineer Texas Instruments Not a formal scholar, but an interested amateur of long standing; no publications on Shakespearean topics. ======================================================================== 44 *Miller, Ann Bitnet Internet Reference Librarian Carrier Library James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 I am a reference librarian in an academic librarian and amateur Shakesperean. My areas of interest are, Shakespeare in performance (theater, film, TV), the history of Shakespeare in performance, and bibliographic developments in Shakesperean criticism, especially in the uses of new information technology. In my library I not only provide reference service but am also the Coordinator of Government Documents and have special responsibilities in Art and Chemistry, I am also the resident Shakespeare research expert. I have been working on, slowly, a bibliography on critical works on Shakespeare in performance. I look forward to getting on the list. I'll have to petition for more file space, but it will be worth it. ======================================================================== 28 *Bennison, Victor L. DTN 381-2156, ZKO2-3/Q08 I am an amateur, particularly interested in psychoanalytic studies of the works and also in the authorship question, on which I, as yet, take no stand. ======================================================================== 54 *Lee, Stuart D. Research Officer, CTI, Oxford. CTI Centre for Literature & Linguistic Studies, OUCS, 13 Banbury Rd., Oxford, OX2 6NN, U.K. DEGREES: B.A. (Joint Hons., 2i) in English & Economics, Univ. of Keele. M.A. in English Literature pre 1525, King's College, Univ. of London. ONGOING RESEARCH: PhD in Old English Literature (King's, London) As you will see I am predominantly interested in Medieval Literature, but my recent appontment to Research Officer at the OUCS has prompted me to look further afield. I have been detailed the editing of the CTI Newsletter and am consequently on the look-out for any news on the use of computers in the teaching of English Literature (all areas). I will also be able to publicise any conferences, or articles that are mentioned on SHAKSPER in the U.K., and thus I feel it would prove mutually beneficial. Indeed, should you know of any scholars who are working in the field of computer-assisted teaching of Shakespeare, then I would be grateful for their contact addresses. ======================================================================== 33 *Callas, Jon I currently work as a principal software engineer for Digital Equipment Corporation. My interest is as an amateur; I studied English lit (along with Mathematics) in college, and have played Francis Flute, Prince Hal, and Richard III, and also Guildenstern in Stoppard's "R&G are Dead." After college, I also worked in a guerilla theatre group called "The New Shakespeare Brigade" which never quite amounted to anything. ======================================================================== 50 *Carter, J. Jefferson My name is James Carter (call me Jamey, please). I'm a junior undergraduate at Whitman College in southeastern Washington State. Junior by credit only, actually; I'm in my second year here. I'm a double major, working on B.A.'s in both English Literature and Dramatic Art. From the above, it may be obvious, but I'll say it anyway: I'm an actor. I did a lot of acting in High School and I do a lot of acting at Whitman; I'm really not sure what I'd like to do after graduating from Whitman, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had something to so with the stage. I'm also the associate editor to ENCORE, Whitman's theatre magazine; I'll be senior editor next year, and I love what I do on the ENCORE staff. Primarily I write, edit, and assign articles on the dramatic and literary backgrounds of the productions we do at Harper Joy Theatre; I do most of the layout for the magazine, too, simply because I'm the only person in the office that seems to know what to do with PageMaker and CorelDraw. As far as my Shakespearean interests are concerned, I'm not sure what to say. As an actor, I love the man's work; as an English major, I love the man's work; as editor to a theatre magazine, I'd really like to have access to the Shakespeare Archives simply as a research aide. No matter how much I love acting Iago, I can always learn more about him. Enter--> the Shakespeare Archives, right? ======================================================================== 50 *Ratunil, Ludemo New York University As a matter of course this biography will be extremely short, simply because there is not much to tell. I have just completed my B.A. requirements at New York University and am about to embark in the graduate program in English, also at NYU. I have not yet decided where my area of concentration will be, but it seems fairly plausible that it will be in Renaissance literature, and possibly even in Shakespeare. My interest was sparked by my undergraduate work with Shakespeare which proved to the most enjoyable of my four years. I look forward to the discussion which I anticipate eavesdropping on frequently. I am a full-time employee at the known as the Academic Computing Facility (ACF), here at NYU. Basically, the ACF coordinates the use of some of the university's computer resources, but by no means all of what the university offers. A large part of my job involves the production of a rather hefty newsletter, "Academic Computing and Networking at NYU". I am an assistant editor of the newsletter, and since it is a small operation, I am also responsible for the layout, which is all done online using desk-top publishing software and Macintoshes. This list server affords me the opportunity to combine two areas of interest and might, perhaps, allow me to decide on my area of study. ======================================================================== 46 *Brackman, David Usenet: USPS address: David Brackman 36 Myrtle Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 I am a Principal Software Engineer (i.e., programmer) at Wang Laboratories. As an undergraduate, I was a member of the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, a group devoted to repertory work with a particular emphasis on Shakespeare. Among my many roles (both at MIT and on tour) were Bardolph in Henry IV 2, Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Parolles in All's Well That Ends Well, and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. I have also performed or directed innumerable scenes, plus I was assistant director for a production of The Tempest. Since graduating in 1983, I have done some local theater work (Old Gobbo/Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice, Trinculo in The Tempest) and have made annual pilgrimages to the Stratford Festival. My interest is not limited to performance, but includes critical explorations of the texts (both singly and as a body of work). ======================================================================== *Ruiz-Jargon, Maria My name is Maria Ruiz-Jargon. I am currently a Master's Candidate in Linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. After I get my Masters (hopefully next May), I want to teach English as a Second Language to adult students. One idea I have been toying with is to introduce Shakespeare to my students. I think Shakespeare is an integral part of the English language and without totally intimidating them, I want to expose this wonderful language to them. I have been a Shakespeare fan from age 11. In sixth grade, I participated in a joint program between my elementary school and the University of Denver. Each semester, 40 students from my school were choosen to take classes at DU's campus. This particular semester (my final one in elementary school), I took a Shakespeare class. We read abridged versions of Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth, in small groups had to stage a scene from one of the plays. This class was one of the best experiences of my life, and opened my eyes to the beautiful language and powerful plays. Through the years, I've been in Shakespeare Festivals, taken classes, and read the plays, all for my own enjoyment. I hope someday to teach Shakespeare to my students in the same way I was taught - in a non-threatening and uplifting way. This is one of the best gifts I think I can give my students and one of the ones for which I am most grateful. ============================================================= *Rulon-Miller, Nina Nina Rulon-Miller, 12 Maple Lane, Pennington, New Jersey 08534 PhD candidate in English at Drew University, Madison, NJ. This is my compre- hensive exam year; my exams will be on Shakespeare, Medieval Lit., the Bible and literary criticism, women's autobiography, and Victorian Lit., the novel. This fall I will be an adjunct instructor at Trenton State College (where I got my Master's degree in English in 1991) and at Rider University. At the former I will be teaching two Rhetoric courses; at the latter, Basic Writing. So far, I remain unpublished, but I have a paper floating around somewhere at _The Upstart Crow_ on _Othello_ and another that seems to have fallen into a black hole at _Shakespeare Quarterly_ on the history of Bianca criticism (_Othello_'s Bianca). I have been an elementary school teacher for the past 26 years, but I finally resigned from my position at Princeton Day School in June. My last effort there was a production by my third grade class of _The Tempest_: a much abridged version for children. It was a huge success, and lots of fun, too. Nonetheless, it was time for me to move on. I am working to finish my PhD program and hope to become a full-time college professor one of these days. =============================================================================== *Runey, Doris C. My name is Doris Plantus-Runey. I am completing my Master's in English at Oakland University, in Rochester, Michigan, although my interests are in Comparative Literature (Eastern European), and ancient literature. I am currently taking a course in Shakespeare on film and television, hence my interest in researching the canon, and the man. My background is quite diverse, and ranges from mechanical arts, to fine arts. I am a freelance writer, musician, composer, choreographer (Romanian folkdance) and cook. I plan to take my Ph.D at Wayne State University next year, and eventually teach in an interdisciplinary program. My hobbies are sailing, iconography, auto mechanics, painting and sculpture. My greatest achievement is being the mother of two intelligent, productive teenage sons, and my sustaining ambition is to illuminate my mind. ============================================================= *Ruscella, Phyllis Phyllis L. Ruscella, University Librarian Head, Access Services Department University of Central Florida Library P.O. Box 162666 Orlando, FL 32816-2666 (407) 823-2590 pruscell@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu As a seasoned academic librarian and a former graduate student studying Shakespeare in his homeland, I have had both professional and personal interest in enhancing my knowledge of Shakespearean literature and scholarship. As one who assists scholars in the pursuits of information inquiries in the humanities, and especially British literature, are my challenges of choice. My colleagues regularly refer patrons and faculty with "Bard-related" research projects to me. Thus, access to this worldwide network exchange of ideas within this subject area would facilitate my ability to serve our clientele. =============================================================================== *Rusche, Harry Harry Rusche came to Emory University in 1962 after completing his education at the University of Cincinnati (A.B., 1958, M.A., 1960) and the University of Rochester (Ph.D., 1962). He teaches courses in Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Milton, and World War I British and American literature. He is the Arthur M. Blank Distinguished Teaching Professor. He devotes much of his time to Emory College faculty programs in computer-assisted instruction and writing across the curriculum; he also oversees the English Department's computer-assisted classrooms. His current research projects are _Shakespeare Illustrated_, an exploration of the relationships among nineteenth-century artists, actors, and directors and their "realizations" of Shakespeare's plays, and _The Poets of World War I_. Both projects are mounted on the World Wide Web. =============================================================================== *Rush, Gerald D. (Jay) or or 901 W. Avery, Bellevue, Ne. 68123 Grad Student/English University of Nebraska at Omaha I am a second year graduate student at the University of NE. at Omaha. While fulfilling my grad requirements here, I am looking ahead to specialization in Renaissance Lit (primary focus on Shakespeare). Although work on my disserta- tion is a few years ahead, I feel it prudent to begin my immersion (baptism) in the field. "SHAKSPER" I feel, will be a useful aid in this regard. My interests in Shakespeare are three-fold. Primarily, I wish to keep abreast of current theories concerning the canon and Elizabethan England. At the moment I am involved in a discussion group focusing on the New Historicism. We've been using Greenblatt's _Shakespearean Negotiations_, and, because so many are familiar with Sh's works, we will continue to use this volume and others concerning Shakespeare. I do not wish to limit myself to one theoretical base, however, since new theory seems to be flourishing rapidly and everywhere. My secondary interest is pedagogical. From my exposure to other ListServ groups, pedagogy is an interest to many--I suspect because of the importance of networking at the University level. Current trends in teaching, networking comp, and text-analysis will be necessary tools for both my doctoral work and beyond. I hope that my final interest won't sound trite, although peering into some of the secondary sources may make me think otherwise. I'd classify myself as a Shakespeare devotee. If a passion for the study of one man's work is now seen as superficial, then I am shallow indeed. I hope, therefore, that some queries and discussion will involve an appreciation for what Shakespeare can do for us as a poet, a prophet, and a priest. ============================================================================= *Russell, Anthony My address is: Anthony Russell Department of English University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 tel: (804) 289-8298 I have just started teaching at the University of Richmond as a Tenure-track assistant professor. I am currently finishing my dissertation in the Renaissance Studies Program of Yale University-- The dissertation explores the relationship between notions of poetry and psycho-physiological notions of the imagination in the Renaisance. The connection that I have found particularly fruitful in order to explore these two notions together has been lovesickness. My dissertation examines many texts, both medical, occult, and philosophical/theological from the Middle Ages to Paracelsus, Ficino, and Boehme. The literary texts that I specifically focus on are Dante's VITA NUOVA, selections from Michelangelo's, Berni's, Sidney's, and Donne's poetry, and Shakespeare's TROILUS and LOVE'S LABOUR. I have been hired in the English Department of the University of Richmond as a Shakespeare specialist, but I consider myself more accurately a comparatist. I am currently working also on a study of Italian and English drama focusing specifically on Tasso's TORRISMONDO and HAMLET. =============================================================================== *Russell, Wallace When I became a professor emeritus I gave up applying for grants, memberships and other such imposed imperatives. However, I have a deep personal interest in joining SHAKSPER and therefore make a voluntary exception in this case. My concern for Shakespeare can be reliably traced back to at least 60 years ago, when I used the profits from my paper route to amass a collection of Rolfe's red editions by investing 10 cents for each play at second hand stores. Half a century ago I used leave-time from my armored division to see Hamlet in wartime London. Olivier's Henry V came to me in German while I was stationed in Germany after WWII and I recall George Grizzard's Henry in the early days of the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. After unnumbered but well-remembered productions seen over the last thirty years, I am studying the Bard more intensively than ever and making annual trips to London and/or Stratford for the Royal Shakespeare Company offerings. Professionally, I am a psychologist with over 40 years experience as a professor and as a liberal arts dean at the universities of Minnesota, Iowa State, and South Florida. My publications on the psychology of verbal behavior, motivation and on the history of psychology exist but are not really relevant here. The same applies to professional and honorary memberships (American Psychological Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, etc.). In retirement, I am followin my personal intellectual interests avidly in whatever field they may fall and wherever they may lead. My addiction to Shakespeare, however, is unchanging, Right now I am analysing Measure For Measure in detail and finding that it rivals The Tempest in subtlety and compassion. =============================================================================== *Rutledge, Douglas <71222.472@CompuServe.COM> My name is Douglas F. Rutledge. I am an Assistant Professor at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where I teach Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature. I did my graduate work at the University of Chicago under David Bevington. I am currently directing a research seminar for the meeting of the Shakespeare Association that will occur in April, entitled "Culture Ceremony and the Shakesperean Text." I am also editing a book that grew out of a Folger Shakesperare Institute directed by Thomas Greene. That book will be entitled, "Culture, Ceremony and the Renaissance Text." I am finishing my own book on "Ceremonies of Power." I have promised to deliver it to the University of Mass. Press by December. Dusquene University Press will soon publish a book entitled, "Manifestations of Ideology: Revisioning the 17th Century." That book will include my essay, "The Politics of Disquise: Drama and Political Theory in the 17th Century." My essay, "Respublica: Rituals of Status Elevation and the Political Mythology of Mary Tudor" was published last year in "Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England. I also published "The Structural Parallels between Measure for Measure, Rituals of Status Elevation and the Political Theory of James I" in the "Iowa Journal of Research." Last year, at the Tokyo meeting of the International Shakespeare Association Meeting, I delivered an essay on "The Madness of Discourse." This was an essay on "Triolus and Cressida." Finally, I have delivered about 20 papers at professional conferences during the last few years on Shakespeare and topics in Renaissance drama. ================================================================================ *Ryan Kiernan J. P. KIERNAN RYAN (born 1950) was educated at the University of Cambridge, winning a Scholarship to Christ's College (1968-71), where he took a First in English, and then moving to Corpus Christi College (1971-5) to teach and to undertake research on Renaissance literature. He was a lecturer at the University of Geneva (1975-80) and at Wadham College, Oxford (1980-1) before taking up the post of Fellow and Director of Studies in English at New Hall, Cambridge (1981-97). He was awarded a doctorate by the University of Amsterdam in 1995. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of English Language and Literature and Head of Department at Royal Holloway, University of London; in the same year he was elected to an Emeritus Fellowship of New Hall, and he remains a member of the Cambridge Faculty of English. He has been invited to lecture on Shakespeare, literary theory and modern British fiction by universities throughout western Europe (Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland), in Mexico and in the United States. He is a member of the International Association of University Professors of English, the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, the Shakespeare Association of America and the International Shakespeare Association, at whose invitation he led a seminar at the 1996 World Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles. His broadcasting experience includes contributions to Kaleidoscope, World of Books and the Open University/BBC Shakespeare project, for which he is the Editorial Consultant. He has just finished designing a new Shakespeare MA, which will be launched at Royal Holloway in autumn 1998. Kiernan Ryan is the author of Shakespeare (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989; 2nd edn, Prentice Hall, 1995) and Ian McEwan (Writers & Their Work series, Northcote House, 1994), and the editor of King Lear: Contemporary Critical Essays (Macmillan, 1993), New Historicism and Cultural Materialism: A Reader (Edward Arnold, 1996) and Shakespeare: The Last Plays (forthcoming, 1998) for the Longman Critical Readers series. He is currently completing Shakespeare: The Comedies, a comprehensive study of Shakespearean comedy and romance, for Macmillan and editing a collection of essays entitled Shakespeare: Texts and Performance. His next project is a book on the fiction of Martin Amis (Martin Amis: The Last Word) for Picador, which will be followed by a study of James Joyce for Macmillan's new Critical Issues series. ============================================================= *Ryan, Michael I am BA Poli Sci (75) Carleton U. and BA English (94) Ottawa U. I am enrolled in the Honours BA, English at Ottawa U. My interests, other then Canadian Lit and Criticism are drama of the Tudor, Stuart and Elizabethan periods. Shakespeare interests me because of the inherent felicities of his works, but primarily through his adaptations of earlier works. I am particularily interested in the Dutch connection - Everyman anyone? If this is sufficient, great. There is no list of publications or other material. =============================================================================== *Ryan, Tim Tim Ryan: I am the Program Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton, Alberta and a professional director. Here at school I have recently directed productions of Timon of Athens, Measure For Measure, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. I have also done The Alchemist and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside with the students. As a professional director I have recently staged productions of The Tempest, Measure For Measure and A Midsummer Night's Dream. I am also the Artistic Director of The Leave It To Jane Theatre in Edmonton. I am an active member of CAEA and have an MA from the University of London. =============================================================================== *