Foulkes, Richard (George)

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FOULKES, Richard (George)

FOULKES, Richard (George). British, b. 1944. Genres: Theatre. Career: University of Birmingham, England, administrator, 1967-73; University of Leicester, Leicester, England, lecturer, 1973-98, reader, 1998-. Northampton Repertory Players, director, 1990-96, chairman, 1995-96. New Dictionary of National Biography, associate editor; Society for Theatre Research, general editor of publications. Publications: The Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864, 1984; The Calverts: Actors of Some Importance, 1992; Repertory at the Royal: Sixty-Five Years of Theatre in Northampton, 1992; Church and State in Victorian England, 1997; Performing Shakespeare in the Age of Empire, 2002. EDITOR: Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage, 1986; British Theatre in the 1890's: Essays on Drama and the Stage, 1992; Scenes from Provincial Stages, 1994. Contributor to journals. Address: Department of English, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England.

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