Kevin Scott Crawford (25 April 1970 - 2 December 2013) was a scholar of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

and

Thomas Middleton Thomas Middleton (baptised 18 April 1580 – July 1627; also spelt ''Midleton'') was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. He, with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson, was among the most successful and prolific of playwrights at work in the Jac ...

, and a founding member of the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival.

Biography

Crawford was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and attended

Palm Beach Gardens High School Palm Beach Gardens Community High School is a public magnet high school for grades 9–12 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The school mascot is the Gator. It was built in 1968 as a public high school. The original school was demolished and a new sc ...

. He received his BA and MA from

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Florida, Dania Beach, Davie, Florida, Davie, Fort Lauderd ...

and his Ph.D. in Renaissance drama from the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...

's Hudson Strode Program (2005), with Gary Taylor as his dissertation director. He was appointed assistant professor of English at

Reinhardt University Reinhardt University is a private university in Waleska, Georgia. The university has an off-campus center in Alpharetta and offers some programs in Cartersville, Marietta, and Canton, and online. Reinhardt is affiliated with the United Methodi ...

, in Waleska, Georgia in 2007. In 1990 he was co-founder of the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival, which produced "Shakespeare by the Sea"; Crawford directed and performed at the festival annually, for 23 years, in productions of plays by Shakespeare and Middleton. He has published in '' Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England'', ''

Shakespeare Bulletin ''Shakespeare Bulletin'' is an academic journal founded in 1982. The journal focuses exclusively on performance studies and scholarly treatment of Shakespearean and early modern drama on stage and screen. Each issue contains original articles as ...

'', and '' Shakespeare Yearbook'', and was one of the editors for the online edition of Middleton's collected works, published by Oxford UP. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 he received faculty awards for his research and artistic performances. Crawford died, unexpectedly, in December 2013; services were held at Reinhardt and in

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...

; the Dr. Kevin Crawford Memorial Scholarship Fund was established at Reinhardt.

References

External links

Kevin Crawford's page
at Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Kevin 1970 births 2013 deaths Florida Atlantic University alumni Reinhardt University University of Alabama alumni