D. Nicholas Rudall

D. Nicholas Rudall

D. Nicholas Rudall (Ph.D. Cornell University, 1969) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics. He has recently published translations of Euripides' Bacchae and The Iphigeneia Playsand Sophocles' Electra and Antigone. A translation of The Trojan Women is forthcoming. These translations are meant for performance. Mr Rudall has directed many classical works at the Court Theatre, of which he is the founding director. His teaching is focused on tragedy and the ancient theater, Aristophanes, and Propertius.

Contact

Department of Classics
1115 E. 58th St
Chicago, IL 60637
tel.: 773-702-8843
email: drudall@midway.uchicago.edu

Honors and Awards

  • Joseph Jefferson Awards
  • Best Actor for Butley (Title role)
  • Best Supporting Actor for Juno and the Paycock (Joxer)
  • Special Award for Contributions to the Chicago Theatre
  • Best New Translation for The Iphigenia Cycle
  • After Dark Award for Best New Translation (Oedipus the King and Antigone)
  • University Club of Chicago Artist of the Year 1996 for "outstanding contribution to the cultural life of the City of Chicago"

Publications

  • Co-editor with Bernard Sahlins of Plays for Performance series (Ivan R. Dee Publications)
  • Antigone (Sophocles; translator)
  • The Bacchae (Euripides; translator)
  • Electra (Sophocles; translator)
  • Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Euripides; translator)
  • Lysistrata (Aristophanes; translator)
  • The Trojan Women (Euripides; translator)
  • Oedipus the King (Sophocles; translator; will appear Fall 2000)
  • Medea (Euripides; translator; will appear Fall 2000)
  • Doctor Faustus (Marlowe; adaptor)
  • A Doll's House (Ibsen; translator)
  • Ghosts (Ibsen; translator)
  • Hedda Gabler (Ibsen; translator)
  • The Master Builder (Ibsen; translator)
  • Paradise Hotel (Feydau; translator)
  • The Seagull (Chekhov; editor)
  • The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov; editor)
  • The Prince of Homburg (von Kleist; editor)
  • The Marriage of Figaro (Beaumarchais; editor)
  • The Barber of Seville (Beaumarchais; editor)
  • Miss Julie (Strindberg; editor)
  • The Father (Strindberg; editor)
  • The Mysteries: Creation; The Mysteries: The Passion (Editor)
  • Clown Scenes (Remy; editor)
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author (Pirandello; editor)
  • The Wild Duck (Ibsen; editor)
  • When We Dead Awaken (Ibsen; editor)
  • Six articles in The World and I and International Theatre
  • Contributing Editor in Theatre Chicago Magazine (1972-76)

Most Recent Courses Taught

  • Aristophanes
  • History of Theater
  • Greek Drama in Translation