Stanley Longman is professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Georgia. His major research interests have been in dramatic analysis and criticism and in Italian theatre. He is the author of Composing Drama for Stage and Screen and Page and Stage, both published by Allyn & Bacon, Inc. Longman has also published articles on Italian theatre history, with particular interest in the evolution of Italianate theatre architecture from the Renaissance into the 18th century. He has translated plays by such playwrights as Carlo Goldoni, Carlo Gozzi, Pietro Chiari, Luigi Pirandello, Luigi Antonelli, R—sso di San Sec—ndo, Dino Buzzati, Luigi Lunari and Luisella Sala.