Alexander Leggatt
Stratford: Dramaturge of King Lear. Teaching: Dr. Leggatt is a professor emeritus of English at University College, University of Toronto. A holder of the Guggenheim and Killam fellowships, he has given lectures and conference papers in several countries worldwide. Publications: His books include Shakespeare’s Comedy of Love (1974), Shakespeare’s Political Drama (1988), English Stage Comedy 1490-1990: Five Centuries of a Genre (1998) and Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity (2005). He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (2002). Awards: In 1995, he received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and in 1998, he received the Faculty Award in the University of Toronto Alumni Awards of Excellence. In 2005, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
