by Don Rubin – Critical Stages/Scènes critiques

The Art of Criticism: Sharing the Theatre Experience

The Art of Criticism: Sharing the Theatre Experience

Don Rubin* Abstract: After forty-eight years of teaching—and some 8,000 or so nights in the theatre—Don Rubin, now a professor Emeritus, recalls how he became an actor, a critic and, then, accidentally stumbled into a most satisfying career in academe.

Introduction
The Question That Won’t Go Away:
Did the Man From Stratford Really Write the Plays?

<u><em>Introduction</em></u><br>The Question That Won’t Go Away: <br><em>Did the Man From Stratford Really Write the Plays?</em>

Don Rubin* Abstract: This is an introduction to a eight essay section on the Shakespeare Authorship Question. The introduction suggests that there are significant irregularities in the traditional biography, that the authorship question has a history of some 400 years