 Felicia Hardison Lordré |
Professor Londré is this year’s McGregor Visiting Scholar and Artist in the Humanities. Londré will examine the controversial subject of the authorship of William Shakespeare’s plays, making the case for Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as the true author of the magnificent dramatic works bearing Shakespeare’s name. Professor Londré has presented this lecture in theatres and universities around the world, including London, Tokyo, Beijing, and Hungary.
Professor Londré served as resident dramaturg of the Missouri Repertory Theatre from 1978-2001 and in 2001 received the Outstanding Teacher of Theater in Higher Education Award from the Association for Theater in Higher Education. She is the author of numerous books, including critical studies of Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard, and Federico García Lorca, as well as The History of World Theater: From the English Restoration to the Present and its companion volume, The History of North American Theater: The United States, Canada, and Mexico from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present (co-authored with Daniel J. Watermeier). She has also edited a collection of essays on Love’s Labours Lost, translated Andrée Chedid’s play The Show-Man, served as associate editor for the reference works Shakespeare Around the Globe: A Guide to Notable Postwar Revivals (1986) and Shakespeare Companies and Festivals: An International Guide (1995), and currently serves on the editorial boards for a wide range of publications. Professor Londré has published essays on diverse topics and many book and performance reviews. She has written nearly 20 plays and is also a director, having staged productions including The Night of the Iguana, The Miser, The Threepenny Opera, The School for Scandal, Phaedra, The Hairy Ape, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, The Italian Straw Hat, and numerous others.
In addition to her talk, Londré, along with the director, designers, cast, and crew of the upcoming Wabash College Theater production of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, will give an informal question and answer session on Friday, April 11 at 12:15 p.m. in the Korb Classroom in the Fine Arts Center.
All events are free and open to public.