He taught popular courses in restoration and postmodern drama. He also taught a course on George Bernard Shaw, a playwright he greatly admired.
"His classes were wildly attended even though they were tough subjects," said Andre S. Bishop '70, a former student of Chapman's who is now the artistic director of the Lincoln Center in New York.
Those who knew him remember him as a man of sophistication and wit.
"He was a very urbane and mild-mannered person," Bishop said. "He had the beautiful ability to inspire respect or terror in people."
Joanne C. Hamlin, whose late husband George E. Hamlin was the producing director of the Loeb during Chapman's tenure, said that Chapman would often say controversial things to spark a discussion with students.
"He loved getting a rise out of his students," she said.
Miller described in an e-mail message the excitement of Chapman's first lectures.
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