Schvey has lectured and published extensively in the areas of modern European, British and American drama. Among his most significant writings are an interdisciplinary study of the Austrian expressionist Oskar Kokoschka: The Painter as Playwrite, a collection of essays on contemporary American drama, and published essays on such American playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Lanford Wilson, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet. In addition to his research, he founded the Leiden English Speaking Theatre in the Netherlands and was artistic director of this touring Dutch company from 1975 until coming to Washington University in 1987.

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