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Ian Burrows is based at Clare College and serves as the Director of Studies for first-year English students at the University of Cambridge. Before his role at Cambridge, he taught full-time BA and MA courses at the University of Bristol for several years. During his final year at Bristol, he was the director of the English department's short course programme, overseeing outreach community courses, and co-director of Bristol's part-time BA English Literature Community Engagement. His PhD dissertation focused on the printing of punctuation marks in early modern drama, and he has extended his research to explore non-verbal constituents of performance. Currently, he is working on a monograph that investigates the relationship between punctuation and personality in early modern printed plays. He has published on various topics, including his recent book, 'Shakespeare Snowflakes: Slapstick Sympathy,' which examines how playwrights explore the physicality of actors and its ethical implications. Ian is actively engaged in editorial work and is involved in upcoming publications for major academic presses.
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