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Andrea Stevens

Associate Professor

Research Interests

Shakespeare and early modern drama; theater history from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century; performance studies, especially theories of the performing body; and methods of original practices staging.

Drama, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Seventeenth Century, Sixteenth Century, Performance Studies

Education

  • Ph.D., English literature, University of Virginia
  • M.A., English literature, Dalhousie University
  • B.A. Honours, Huron University College

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, English
Associate Professor, Program in Medieval Studies

Highlighted Publications

Stevens, A. (2013). Inventions of the Skin: The Painted Body in Early English Drama, 1400-1642. Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748670499.001.0001

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Recent Publications

Stevens, A. (Ed.) (2020). The Fatal Contract, by William Heminge. In J. Lopez (Ed.), The Routledge Anthology of Early Modern Drama (pp. 136-194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315667188-3

Stevens, A. (2017). Edward II: A Stage History. In Edward II a Critical Reader (pp. 43-72). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..

Stevens, A. (2017). Edward II: A Stage History. In K. Melnikoff (Ed.), Edward II: A Critical Reader (pp. 43-72). (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides). The Arden Shakespeare. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472584076.ch-002

Stevens, A. (2015). The Spotting of Lady Conscience in the Three Ladies of London. Web publication/site http://threeladiesoflondon.mcmaster.ca/contexts/box.htm

Stevens, A. (2014). Shakespeare Without Resources: Staging Shakespeare in the Midwest. In A. J. Hartley (Ed.), Shakespeare on the University Stage (pp. 110-125). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107262218.008

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