Joan Lord Hall is Professor Emerita at University of Colorado, Boulder where she taught Shakespeare for the English Department and most recently for the University's Program of Writing and Rhetoric as a senior instructor. Previously she served on the faculty of the University of Lancaster, England, teaching English language and literature and specializing in Renaissance drama. Her publications include The Dynamics of Role-Playing in Jacobean Tragedy (Macmillan, 1991), Henry V: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 1997), Othello: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 1999), Antony and Cleopatra: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 2001), The Winter's Tale: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 2005) and "'To the Very Heart of Loss' Rival Constructs of 'Heart' in Antony and Cleopatra," College Literature, 18.1 (February 1991): 64-76, "Bill Cain's Equivocation: How 'Truth Must Be Lived'" Contemporary Theatre Review 21:2 (May 2011): 201-12.