Peter Raby
Peter Raby, Ph.D., has a research post in Drama and English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He spent three years as dramaturg at the Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario. His writing... Read more
Peter Raby, Ph.D., has a research post in Drama and English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He spent three years as dramaturg at the Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario. His writing for the theatre includes an adaptation of Gogol’s THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR; a version of Goethe’s FAUST and a play of "The Three Musketeers." His works have been produced internationally, including productions at the Stratford Festival, The Guthrie Theatre, The Shearman Theatre in Cardiff, and the Nottingham Playhouse in England. His musical adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" had its world premiere in Switzerland and will premiere in the US at the American Musical Theatre of San Jose in June of 2000. Dr. Raby’s books include "Fair Ophelia," "The Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz," and "Samuel Butler - A Biography;" a book on Aubrey Beardsley; a collection of Oscar Wilde’s plays as well as "The Oxford Companion to Wilde"; and he is the editor of "The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter." Dr. Raby is married to the botanical artist Elizabeth Raby and they live in Swaffham Blubeck, a village near Cambridge.