Dennis Krausnick was a founding member of Shakespeare & Company, based in Lenox, MA. For 25 years, he was its Director of Training. As a master teacher, he taught at countless theater companies and universities, including NYU, Boston University, MIT, Prague Shakespeare Company, and more. As an actor, Dennis’s favorite roles included King Lear, Polonius, and Capulet. He also staged many Shakespeare plays. Dennis passed away in 2018, having spent the last months of his life working on the vision and scope of this book, Shakespeare's World.