Dr. Andrea Stevens

Associate Professor

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Biography

Andrea Stevens specializes in drama and Shakespeare's contemporaries and is affiliated with the Theatre, Medieval Studies, and European Union Center at the University of Illinois. She is the author of "Inventions of the Skin: The Painted Body in Early English Drama" published in 2013. Stevens has contributed a modernized edition of William Heminge's 1639 tragedy, "Fatal Contract," found in the Routledge Anthology of Early Modern Drama (2020). Her performance-as-research work includes dramaturgy and adaptation of Shakespeare's early modern drama, with contemporary performance examples including productions such as Romeo and Juliet and The Duchess of Malfi. Currently, her research focus includes a monograph titled "Racial Masquerade: Early English Actress 1600–1800" and a further book-length study on the intersection of performance and poetics titled "Unearned Authority in Rhyme."

Research Interests

Awards

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Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar

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Visiting Fellow

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Campus Excellence Undergraduate Teaching Award

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LAS Lynn M. Martin Award Distinguished Women Teachers

Courses

ENGL 209 British Literature 1800 Shakespeare Film

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
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