Knight was born and raised in Rochester , Minnesota . He became interested in Shakespeare at age 9 , during a class outing to see Laurence Olivier 's film version of '' The Cronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France '' ( 1944 ) . He graduated from the Yale School of Drama . He was a co-founder of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven , Connecticut . He retired from the University of California , Irvine , where he taught for twenty years . Knight coached voice , text , and dialects at many theatres , including the Utah Shakespearean Festival , the Colorado Shakespeare Festival , La Jolla Playhouse , South Coast Repertory , and American Conservatory Theatre . From the mid to late 1970s , Knight hosted a weekly radio series , " The Graveyard Shift " , on KPFK , Los Angeles , where he read famous horror stories
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Dudley Knight