D. Nicholas Rudall

Professor, Classical Languages and Literature
1010 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
office: Classics 24
phone: (773) 702-8843
fax: (773) 702-9861
drudall@midway.uchicago.edu

Education

Cornell University – Ph.D., Classics (1969)
Clare College, Cambridge – B.A., Classics (1962)

Academic Positions

Associate Professor, Classical Languages and Literature; Committees on General Studies in the Humanities and Ancient Mediterranean World; and the College (University of Chicago, 1971-Present)
Assistant Professor, Classical Languages and Literature (University of Chicago, 1966-1971)

Theatre Positions

Founding Director, The Court Theatre (Chicago, 1994-Present)
Artistic Director, The Court Theatre (Chicago, 1972-1994)

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)

Lectures

“The Structure of Justice in Medea”
(Graham School, March 2000)
“’A Sisterhood of the Muses’: The Humanities and the Theatre” (Humanities Open House Principal Lecture, 1997)
“The Festivals of Dionysus at Athens”
(Valparaiso University, 1997)
“The Structure of Reversal in The Bacchae”
(Valparaiso University, 1996)
“Acting Conventions in Shakespeare”
(The English Speaking Society, 1990)
“The Perception of Mimesis in Audiences”
(Goldwin Memorial Lecture, Cornell University, 1984)
University of Chicago Alumni Club Lectures (I have done at least a dozen in the last thirty years)
“The Trojan Women and the Politics of War”
(Washington, D.C. Chapter, 1999)
“The Conventions of Greek Theatre”
(Alumni Abroad, Greece, 1998)
“The Conventions of Performance in Greek Theatre”
(Los Angeles Chapter, 1996)
“Yeats, Wilde, Shaw: The Revenge of the Colonized”
(Alumni Abroad, Ireland, 1995 and 1996)

University Service

Member of the University Theatre Board of Advisors (1996 to present)
University of Chicago Phi Beta Kappa Chapter President (1995-1996)
Member of the Selection Committee for the current Dean of Rockefeller Chapel
Member of the William Vaughn Moody Committee (3 terms). Brought Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and John Betjman to campus
University Senate
College Council
Member of the Board of Television and Radio (1970-1980)

External Service

Advisor to the Illinois Humanities Festival (1994-present)
Member of the Illinois Humanities Council (2 terms)
Chairman of the Illinois Humanities Council (1 term)
Special Performances for the Illinois Humanities Festival
The Wasteland (The Art Institute of Chicago)
The Cure at Troy (The Art Institute)
Murder in the Cathedral (Rockefeller Chapel)
Plato’s Symposium (Translated, adapted, and performed; Art Institute)
Goodman Theater Board (1973-1977)

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”

Selection of Theatre/Acting Credits:

Narrator of The Encantadas (Ravinia Festival 1997; conducted by Christoph Eschenbach)
Yahuda in Hysteria (Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, 1999)
Howard in The Designated Mourner (Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago)
Sir in The Dresser (Apple Tree Theatre)
Richard III in Richard III (Court Theatre)
Macbeth in Macbeth (Court Theatre)
Hamm in Endgame (Court Theatre)
Archie Rice in The Entertainer (Court Theatre)
Pinglet in Paradise Hotel (Court Theatre)
Joxer in Juno and the Paycock (Court Theatre)
Butley in Butley (Court Theatre)
George in Jumpers (Court Theatre)
Doolittle in Pygmalion (Court Theatre)
Dafydd ap Llewellyn in A Chorus of Disapproval (Court Theatre)
Tobias in A Delicate Balance (Court Theatre)
Goldberg in The Birthday Party (Court Theatre)
Selection of Theatre/Directorial Credits at the University of Chicago:

Classical Theatre

The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Antigone and Electra (Sophocles)
Medea (Euripides)
Lysistrata and Thesmophoriazousai (Aristophanes)
The Rope (Plautus)
Medieval
Everyman
The Mystery Cycle I and II
Renaissance
Dr. Faustus (Marlowe)
Richard III; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Midsummer Night’s Dream; All’s Well that Ends Well; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Ford)

17th Century

The Doctor in Spite of Himself; Tartuffe (Moliere)

18th Century

The Way of the World (Wycherly)
She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith)
The Rivals (Sheridan)

19th and 20th Century

Woyzeck (Buechner; also translated and adapted)
The Seagull (Chekhov)
A Doll House; Hedda Gabler (Ibsen)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)
You Never Can Tell; Candida; Arms and the Man; Misalliance; Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Heartbreak House (Shaw)
June and the Paycock (O’Casey)
Hay Fever (Coward)
The Good Woman of Setzuan (Brecht)
The Glass Menagerie (Williams)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (O’Neill)
The Lady’s Not for Burning (Fry)
The Entertainer (Osborne)
The Caretaker; The Birthday Party (Pinter)
The Philanthropist (Hampton)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Stoppard)

Film Credits

Lawrence Melm (Steve Conrad, Director): The Father
Chain Reaction, 20th Century Fox (Andy Davis, Director): Sir Alistair Barkley
To Sir With Love (II) (Peter Bogdanovich, Director): Diplomat
The Babe, Universal (Arthur Hiller, Director): Priest
A Very Special Place (Narrated documentary promoting the University of Chicago)
The Electron Microscope (Narrated documentary on research done at the University of Chicago for PBS)
The Arts in Chicago (One-hour documentary directed and edited for WTTW, 1976)

Selection of Radio Credits

Over twenty radio dramas including: Peabody awards for Emperor Jones with James Earl Jones, A Slight Ache, by Harold Pinter, and The Dark Tower with Michael York; L.A. Theatre Works productions of Pygmalion (directed & performed), Candida (directed & performed), The Devil’s Disciple with Ed Asner (directed), The Fiery Furnace with Julie Harris (directed), and Mrs. Warren’s Profession with Shirley Knight (directed).

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