David Evett (1936–2011) was Professor Emeritus of English at Cleveland State University. He published articles in major journals on Spenser, Donne, Shakespeare, Marvell, and other subjects. His first book, Literature and the Visual Arts in Tudor England (1990) won the British Council Prize in the Humanities in 1991. His second, Discourses of Service in Shakespeare’s England, appeared in 2005. In addition, he investigated early modern social history, religious aspects of literature, theatrical performance of Shakespeare and other dramatists, and the connections among literature, biology, and anthropology. He was a published poet and an experienced amateur actor and director. From 2004–2008 he was dramaturge for the Actors Shakespeare Project, a Boston company.
