# Bernard Beckerman

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{{short description|20th-century theatre director and Shakespeare scholar}}
'''Bernard Beckerman''' (1921–1985) was a [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare) [scholar](/source/scholar), a [theatre director](/source/theatre_director). He was also the head of [Hofstra University](/source/Hofstra_University)'s department of drama, and later the Chair of [Brander Matthews](/source/Brander_Matthews) Professor of Dramatic Literature at the [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)'s theater department.

Beckerman's books include ''Dynamics of Drama,'' ''Shakespeare at the Globe,'' and ''Theatrical Presentation: Performer, Audience and Act.''

From 1950 to 1961, Beckerman directed all the plays at Hofstra's annual Shakespeare festival.  Beckerman was also responsible for introducing the ''[Poo-wa-bah](/source/Poo-wa-bah)'' tradition at Hofstra, which continues to this day.
His wife was Gloria Brim (b.), Professor of literature at the [Adelphi University](/source/Adelphi_University), who married the cardiologist [Jeremiah Stamler](/source/Jeremiah_Stamler) in 2004.

In 1982 he established the annual seminar on Shakespeare (582) at the Columbia University, during which, after his death, a ''Bernard and Gloria Beckerman Memorial Lecture'' is presented in honor of the founder.<ref>[http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/016_ColumbiaSeminars_2012_int_r.pdf Shakespeare (581). Founded 1982]. In: ''Columbia University—The University Seminars. Directory of Seminars, Speakers, and Topics 2011–2012'' (retrieved 30 June 2013)</ref>

== References ==
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== Sources ==

* "''Bernard Beckerman on Dramatic Literature''"; in: Burnet M. Hobgood (ed.), ''Master Teachers of Theatre: Observations on Teaching Theatre by Nine American Masters'', [Southern Illinois University Press](/source/Southern_Illinois_University_Press) {{ISBN|978-0-8093-1464-5}} (pp.&nbsp;23–24)

==External links==
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