Biography
Paul Crossley teaches dramatic literature to students in Cambridge and London predominantly featuring Shakespeare and Jacobean playwrights but also modern dramatists such as Harold Pinter and Samuel Becket. He has taught a Certificate and Diploma Courses for The Institute of Continuing Education over a number of years. Two of his recent courses were entitled ‘Shakespeare in his time and ours’ and ‘Thomas Middleton: a Comic and Tragic Intelligence’.
Paul has a particular interest in the emergence of the New Theatre in Britain from 1890 to 1914, and has written a dissertation on the Edwardian playwright and director Harley Granville Barker. He has also designed a series of lectures on the work and influence of Oscar Wilde. Paul has contributed to a wide range of Summer Schools for PACE and Pembroke College, Cambridge
Paul’s approach is not only to explore the plays but also to examine them in the context of changing social and cultural conditions. Paul is a playwright and his work has been produced at festivals in Edinburgh and Cambridge.