Reviewer: Kevin Quarmby

Editor, Scene

Kevin Quarmby is assistant professor of English at The College of St. Scholastica. His doctorate in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama was awarded by Kingʼs College London following an MA taught jointly at Kingʼs and Shakespeareʼs Globe Theatre. ‘Dr Qʼ, as his students call him, has published extensively on Shakespeare in international scholarly journals, with articles in Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare, and Shakespeare Bulletin. He is editing 1 Henry VI for Internet Shakespeare Editions, and is the founding Editor of the ISEʼs performance review journal, Scene. His monograph, The Disguised Ruler in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (2012; republished by Routledge in paperback 2016), was shortlisted for the Globe Theatre Book Award 2014. Recent Shakespeare in performance criticism includes ‘Sexing Up Goneril: Feminism and Fetishization in Contemporary King Lear Performanceʼ, in Women Making Shakespeare, ed. McMullan, Orlin, and Mason Vaughan (Bloomsbury, 2013). Quarmbyʼs ongoing concern for social justice reform informs his research interests in the “Shakespeare in Prison” educational model, food, and land justice, and the misappropriation of Shakespeare in the global political arena. An established theater reviewer and professional actor turned scholar, Quarmby is excited to lead Scene on its future ventures, and to explore the scholarly and pedagogical potential of this digital review journal.

Reviews

• 2017-10-21: "Mercutio, thou consortest [a bit too much] with Romeo"
• 2017-10-15: Review of Wellington Summer Shakespeare
• 2015-06-30: Lazarus Theatre's All-Female Henry V at The Union Theatre, London
• 2015-05-21: Hamlet: Ninagawa Company
• 2014-01-01: Richard II (dir. Gregory Doran) by the Royal Shakespeare Company
• 2013-05-01: Othello (dir. Nick Hytner) at The National Theatre
• 2012-02-19: Romeo and Juliet
• 2012-02-19: King John at the Union Theater