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Paul Baker was born in 1911 in Hereford. The family moved to Waxahachie when Baker was a child. In 1932 Baker was graduated from Trinity University (then in Waxahachie) with a BA in drama. He studied drama for a year at Yale and accepted a position at Baylor in 1934. He completed his maters at Yale in 1939 and served in World War II as a Special Services Entertainment Officer.

Baker introducted many innovations in theater, both in the physcial plant and the process of theater. In 1963, in response to a controversy over the language in a Eugene O'Niell (which was required by the performance license) he led the movement of a large part of the Baylor drama department to Trinity University (by then in San Antonio). He retired from Trinity in 1976 but worked with the Dallas Theater Center until it began to move away from teaching in the early '80s.

Hamlet ESP

Hamlet ESP

by Paul Baker and William Shakespeare

Binding unknown.

About Paul Baker

Paul Baker and the Integration of Abilities
by TIL members Robert Flynn
and Eugene McKinney