Ornstein, Robert

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ORNSTEIN, Robert

ORNSTEIN, Robert. American, b. 1925. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Literary criticism and history. Career: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, chairman, Dept. of English, 1966-68, professor, 1966-74, Oviatt Professor, 1974-88, Oviatt Professor Emeritus of English, 1988-. Shakespeare Association of America, president, 1977. Publications: The Moral Vision of Jacobean Tragedy, 1960; A Kingdom for a Stage: The Achievement of Shakespeare's History Plays, 1972; Shakespeare's Comedies, 1986. EDITOR: Discussion of Shakespeare's Problem Comedies, 1961; (with H. Spencer) Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy, 1964; (with H. Spencer) Elizabethan and Jacobean Comedy, 1964. FILM SCRIPTS: A Poet's World, 1973; Sidewalks and Similes, 1973; Dead Ends and New Dreams, 1973; Harpischord Building in America, 1977; The Staging of Shakespeare, 1977; The Poetry of Robert Frost, 1977. Address: 3122 Woodbury Rd, Cleveland, OH 44120, U.S.A.