About
Elizabeth E. Tavares, PhD, (
she/her) is assistant professor of English with the
Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at the University of Alabama. Specializing in early English drama, her research foci include playing companies, theatre history, and Shakespeare in performance.
Tavares’s scholarship and reviews have appeared in or are forthcoming from
Shakespeare,
Shakespeare Bulletin,
Early Theatre,
Shakespeare Studies,
Notes & Queries,
Scene,
The Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism, and
The Map of Early Modern London, among others. She has been the recipient of fellowships and grants from the NEH, Mellon Foundation, Early Modern Conversions; Folger, Huntington, and Newberry libraries; and Society for Theatre Research. This research has been recognized with prizes from the
Medieval & Renaissance Drama Society and Illinois
Humanities Research Institute. Tavares is completing a book manuscript, tentatively titled
The Repertory System before Shakespeare: Playing the Stock Market.
For more, visit her
website,
blog, or follow Tavares on Twitter (
@ElizETavares).