Playing Shakespeare’s Rebels and Tyrants

Louis Fantasia is Artistic Associate of the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, and has served as Dean of the Faculty of the New York Film Academy, and President of Deep Springs College. He is the series editor of Playing Shakespeare's Characters (Peter Lang). His books include Instant Shakespeare; Tragedy in the Age of Oprah; and Talking Shakespeare: Notes from a Journey (Peter Lang). In 2003, the Council of Europe named the theatre collection at its library in the European Parliament in honor of Louis Fantasia, who holds both U.S. and European Union passports. In 2016 he was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) for his contributions to German culture and theatre.