Career
He has published works on Shakespeare and the Romantic poets and edited many of Shakespeare"s plays in the Arden and New Cambridge editions. He also helped found the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was Professor Emeritus in the department of English literature at University of California, Los Los Angeles He died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Beyond Shakespeare, his scholarly work also included editing the theatrical papers of Philip Henslowe, work on Samuel Taylor Coleridge"s literary criticism.
In 2001, the University of Birmingham gave Foakes an honorary degree in honor of the 50th anniversary of their Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Honouring Professor Regional Foakes
In memory of Regional Foakes
Imagined Places: A life in the twentieth century (Xlibris, 2005, ), Foakes" autobiography.
Shakespeare Performed: Essays in Honor of Resident Advisor Foakes (Grace Ioppolo, ed, University of Delaware Press, 2000, ).