Michael Dobson,
Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, Stanley Wells,
Honorary President, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon Michael Dobson is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, a member of the Council of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and an honorary governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company: his previous appointments include posts at Oxford, Harvard, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of London, and he has held fellowships and visiting appointments in California, Sweden and China. His publications include
The Making of the National Poet (1992),
England's Elizabeth (with Nicola Watson, 2002),
Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today (2006), and
Shakespeare and Amateur Performance (2011).
Sir Stanley Wells, CBE, FRSL, is Honorary President, Life Trustee, and former Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He was Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, from 1988-1997, and is now Emeritus Professor. He is an Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has been General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare since 1978 and is General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. One of the most distinguished Shakespearian scholars currently working, his publications include
The Oxford Dictionary of Shakespeare (1998),
Shakespeare: The Poet and his Plays (2001),
The Oxford Shakespeare: King Lear (2001),
Shakespeare For All Time (2002),
Shakespeare & Co (2006),
Shakespeare, Sex, and Love (2010),
Great Shakespeare Actors (2015),
William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (2015), and
Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction (2017).
