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William Benfield Pressey
23 June 1894 – 25 December 1982
11 works on record
Biography
William Benfield Pressey was a native of Ashton, R.I., and a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pressey was a former chairman of the English department at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Pressey, who retired in 1961, came to Dartmouth as an instructor in 1919 after serving in the Marine Corps in World War I. He taught courses in drama, Shakespeare, poetry, advanced composition and motion-picture writing. He became a full professor in 1930 and subsequently was named Willard Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. He headed the department from 1935-38.
His movie-writing course, begun in 1939, led to the establishment of the Irving Thalberg Library of the Motion Picture at Dartmouth. He also wrote extensively on American and English literature for *The New International Year Book* and other publications and was co-author of more than 20 textbooks, mostly on drama.
Source: [NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/31/obituaries/wb-pressey-is-dead-at-88-held-position-at-dartmouth.html)
Works
Comtemporary Drama
Comtemporary Drama

Contemporary Drama European Plays 1
Contemporary Drama
Contemporary Drama
Contemporary Drama 15 Plays
Contemporary Drama 15 Plays
Contemporary Drama
Contemporary Drama

Contemporary Drama
Contemporary drama
Contemporary drama

Contemporary Drama
AN INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. --
AN INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. --
Microfilm edition of an index to illustrations of Shakespeare's plays
Microfilm edition of an index to illustrations of Shakespeare's plays
Readings for comprehension
Readings for comprehension