Resume

• 1990

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Theatre History and Performance

  The Union Institute and University

  4.0 G.P.A.

• 1980

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Theatre History and Directing

  University of Maryland College Park

  4.0 G.P.A.

• Directing

  Research

  Acting

  Distance Learning

  Theatre

  Editing

  Adult Education

  University Teaching

  Shakespeare

  Theatre Historian

  Character Actor

  Teaching

  Playwriting

  Public Speaking

  Acting Coach via Zoom

  Staging the Noble Savage: Neo-Classical Ideal of \tSocial and Political Responsibility

  An examination of English Neoclassical Drama of the late 17th century as political commentary and moral instruction. What would become Rouseau's famous 'Noble Savage' is clearly used much earlier to shape public opinion and national pride.

  Staging the Noble Savage: Neo-Classical Ideal of \tSocial and Political Responsibility

  An examination of the sexual and other conflicts in the personality of King James VI of Scotland (later James I of England) and its impact on the turbulent North Berwick Witch Trials of the late 16th century

  The Sin that Kills: Internal Conflict in King James VI and the The North Berwick Witch Trials

  The tragedy of Sophocles is examined in terms of its use of conflict - between masculine and feminine energies to reinforce he idea of a Natural Balance. This balance is achieved

  in Antigone though a form of ritual sacrifice - the entombment of Antigone - to atone for the 'sins' of Oedipus - thus ridding Thebes of the 'Curse of Oedipus.'

  Antigone: Ritual Sacrifice to Balance Maculine and Feminine Order

  An examination of Shakespeare and his earlier works (the sonnets and 'The Merchant of Venice' in particular) in terms of autobiographical content. The work argues that Shakespeare's uneasy position as a closeted Catholic (and equally closeted homosexual tendencies) in Elizabethan society were driving forces to shape his writing into arguments for Tolerance.

  Shakespeare’s Plea for Tolerance:\tCatholicism and Sexuality in His Earlier Works

  An examination of Shakespeare at the time of his writing both the famous Sonnets and 'The Merchant of Venice

  ' in which his emotional turmoils and private conflicts shape the works with a dramatically powerful and personal voice in protest of Anti-Semitism and intolerance in general.

  Shylock: Shakespeare’s Sypathetic 'Other'​

  Thomas

  Salisbury University

  Salisbury University

  Professor of Theatre

  Salisbury University

  Salisbury University

  Salisbury

  Md.

  Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Theatre History