Gurr, A(ndrew) J(ohn)

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GURR, A(ndrew) J(ohn)

GURR, A(ndrew) J(ohn). New Zealander (born England), b. 1936. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Theatre. Career: Editor of Modern language Review and yearbook of English Studies, since 1988. Professor, Dept. of English Language and Literature, University of Reading, since 1976. Ed., Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 1979-84. Lecturer in English, University of Leeds, 1962-76; Professor and Head, Dept. of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1969-73. Publications: The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642, 1970, 1980, 1992 Hamlet and the Distracted Globe, 1978; Writers in Exile, 1981; (with C. Hanson) Katherine Mansfield, 1981; Playgoing in Shakespeare's London, 1987; The Shakespearian Playing Companies, 1996. EDITOR: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 1968; The Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 1969; Philaster, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 1969; (with P. Zirimu) Black Aesthetics, 1973; (with A. Calder) Writers in East Africa, 1974; Richard II, by Shakespeare, 1984; Henry V, by Shakespeare, 1992. Address: Dept. of English, University of Reading, Whiteknights Park, Reading RG6 2AA, England. Online address: [email protected]