Paul Edwards

Department of Performance Studies

Paul Edwards’ work centers on Shakespeare in performance, stage and screen adaptations of narrative fiction, and postwar American popular culture. He has directed more than forty original stage adaptations of fiction for campus and professional production.

Education

PhD	University of Texas at Austin
M.A.	Northwestern University
B.S.	Northwestern University

Publications

Unstoried: Teaching Literature in the Age of Performance Studies (1999); essays and book chapters in Shakespeare Quarterly, Text and Performance Quarterly, Theatre Annual, Opening Acts (2006), The Sage Handbook of Performance Studies (2006), and Shakespeare and the Interpretive Tradition (1999)

Recent Awards and Honors

2007-10	Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
2002	Northwestern University Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award
2001	The Lilla A. Heston Award from the National Communication Association for outstanding scholarship in performance studies
1997	The Leslie Irene Coger Award from the National Communication Association for lifetime achievement in performance studies

Courses

224	Adapting Narrative for Group Performance
318-1	Shakespeare's English Histories
318-2	Shakespeare Adaptations
321	Performing the American Fifties