Cynthia Greenwood

Cynthia Greenwood has worked as a professional interpreter of Shakespeare for newspaper readers, students, and theatregoers for thirty years. While writing Deciphering Shakespeare's Plays: A Practical Guide to the Twenty Best-Known and Enduring Works, she interviewed acclaimed directors and actors from the U.S., Canada, and China to capture their views on the art of staging and performing Shakespeare.

Previously, she has published The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Shakespeare’s Plays, having taught Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets at the college level for ten years. She has served as the classical arts critic for the Houston Press, and has filed arts reports and reviews for The New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Antonio Express-News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Playbill and PlayShakespeare.com. She holds a Master’s degree in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and a second Master’s degree emphasis on British drama, from The University of Houston.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays was nominated for a Falstaff Award for Best Book (2008) by the editors of PlayShakespeare.com.