Education
He graduated from Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University. He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon.
He graduated from Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University. He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon.
He served in the United States. Army Intelligence, from 1958 to 1960. Schmidt was professor at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1967 to 1976. He also taught at the Yale School of Drama.
He translated Euripides, Chekhov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, and Mayakovsky.
Schmidt"s work was profiled in The New York Review of Books. John Beaufort (December 31, 1986).
"Foote"s 'The Widow Claire" and Schmidt"s 'Black Sea Follies"". The Christian Science Monitor.
John Simon (January 12, 1987).
"Dmitri and the Wolf". New York Magazine.
