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Ric Knowles
Ric Knowles is of anglo-Scottish
heritage, and is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph,
editor of Canadian Theatre Review, and past editor of Modern
Drama (1999–2005). He is author of The Theatre of Form and
the Production of Meaning, Shakespeare and Canada,
and Reading the Material Theatre, co-author (with the Cultural
Memory Group) of RememberingWomen Murdered by Men, editor of
Theatre in Atlantic Canada, Judith Thompson, and The Masks
of Judith Thompson, and co-editor (with Joanne Tompkins andW.B.Worthen)
of Modern Drama: Defining the Field. He is general editor
of the book series, Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre,
from Playwrights Canada Press.
In 2009, Ric was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada. Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada is the country’s oldest and most prestigious scholarly organization. Fellows are selected by their peers and are those the society believes have had a profound impact on sciences, arts, and humanities in Canada.
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