19 Facts About David Bevington

David Martin Bevington was an American literary scholar.

David Bevington edited the Norton Anthology of Renaissance Drama and an important anthology of Medieval English Drama, the latter of which was just re-released by Hackett for the first time in nearly four decades.

David Bevington saw much of the Mediterranean, though neither Israel nor Turkey.

David Bevington held this post until 1961, when he became Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia; he then became Associate Professor in 1964, and Professor in 1966.

In 1979, David Bevington was honored with the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

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David Bevington was a senior fellow at the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies during the summer of 1975.

Consistently, David Bevington was the instructor of a two-part History and Theory of Drama sequence.

David Bevington required, from those opting to perform, a reflection paper analyzing the challenges of staging the scene.

David Bevington taught courses entitled "Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies, " surveying such plays as Richard II, Richard III, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and Measure for Measure; "Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances"; and "Shakespeare's History Plays"; among others.

When David Bevington was not instructing these courses, they were often led by his fellow professors Richard Strier, John Muse, or Tim Harrison.

When possible, Bevington opted to teach class in the large Edward M Sills Seminar Room, which features a large, oval table accommodating several dozen, rather than in a more traditional classroom in which all the students might face a lectern.

David Bevington felt this format fosters greater participation and discussion among students, and went out of his way to encourage the sharing of ideas and opinions.

David Bevington was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985, and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1986.

David Bevington notably took public transportation whenever he traveled from his Hyde Park home to downtown Chicago.

David Bevington was left-handed and a concert violist, and he often performed in various ensembles, including a quartet involving faculty and students from the university.

David Bevington enjoyed chamber music and opera, and owned a restored pre-World War I Steinway grand piano.

However, David Bevington worked on a handful of plays for other publishers, though nearly all are within the scope of the English Renaissance.

David Bevington notably maintained a single, conflated text in all of his editions of King Lear, a revisionist choice criticized by some scholars.

David Bevington was a general editor of the Revels Plays.