Dominic Marcus Shellard is an English academic and educationalist who has written extensively on post-war British theatre.
Education
Born in Orpington, Kent, Shellard studied at Dulwich College from 1977 to 1984, and Street Peter"s College, Oxford, where he read English and German. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature on the theatre criticism of Harold Hobson.
Career
He is currently Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University. After finishing his education, Shellard established a reputation as an expert on post-war British theatre, working as an academic at first the University of Salford and then at the University of Sheffield where he was awarded a Personal Chair in 2003. In 2004, he became the Head of the same department before being appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor in 2008.
As well as authoring nine books on the subject, including a biography of the critic Kenneth Tynan, he is the leader of the British Library Theatre Archive Project and a former chairman of Sheffield Theatres Trust, responsible for the Crucible Theatre and the Lyceum Theatre.
He has a reputation as a public orator, an institutional auditor and has been an assessor for the Quality Assurance Agency. Shellard is a former Rotherham councillor and passionate supporter of the west London football team Queens Park Rangers.
Membership
He is also a member of the National Committee of the Society for Theatre Research.