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Cary Mazer

Professor of Theatre Arts and English

Curriculum Vitae

Fisher-Bennett Hall 113
215-898-5145

Cary Mazer received his PhD in Theatre from Columbia University. He has published books on Shakespeare in performance, focusing on production history, and has written articles on Shaw, Ibsen, Granville Barker, and Edwardian Theatre. He regularly teaches courses in theatre history, Shakespeare, dramaturgy, and modern drama, and has been involved with a number of Penn theatre productions. For many years he chaired the Theatre Arts Major.  He also writes plays. (see https://carymazerplaywright.wordpress.com/)

Publications

Doctoral Dissertations Chaired

2009

Celeste DiNucci "The Physics of Presence, The Metaphysics of Materiality: Shakespeare and the Criticism of Presentation"

1996

Sarah Werner "Act Like a Feminist: Women and Performance at the Royal Shakespeare Company"

1986

Sister Marie Hubert Kealy "Spirit of Place in Irish Drama: The Plays of John B. Keane"

Courses Taught

fall 2021

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 276.401 Modern Drama: Ibsen-WW1  

fall 2020

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

spring 2020

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2019

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 276.401 Modern Drama: Ibsen-WWI  

fall 2018

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2018

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2017

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

fall 2016

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

spring 2016

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2015

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2015

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2014

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 256.401 Seeds of Modern Drama  

spring 2014

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2013

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 256.401 Seeds of Modern Drama  

spring 2013

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

fall 2012

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2012

ENGL 256.402 Seeds of Modern Drama  

fall 2011

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2011

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  
ENGL 256.402 Adaptation  

fall 2010

spring 2010

fall 2009

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2009

fall 2008

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  
ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

spring 2008

ENGL 346.401 Comparative Cross-Dressing  

fall 2007

ENGL 256.401 Seeds of Modern Drama  

spring 2007

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

fall 2006

ENGL 256.401 Dramaturgy  

spring 2006

ENGL 276.401 Comparative Cross-Dressing  

fall 2005

ENGL 236.401 Acting Shakespeare  

spring 2004

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  
ENGL 236.401 Shakespeare on Stage  

fall 2003

spring 2003

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  
ENGL 271.401 Topics in Drama  

fall 2002

ENGL 271.401 Dramatury  

spring 2002

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  
ENGL 236.401 Shakespeare On Stage  

fall 2001

spring 2001

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  

fall 2000

ENGL 271.401 Dramaturgy  

spring 2000

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  

fall 1999

spring 1999

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  
ENGL 236.401 Stage Shakespeare  

fall 1998

ENGL 271.401 Topics in Drama  

spring 1998

ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  

fall 1997

ENGL 236.401 Stage Shakespeare  

fall 1996

ENGL 078.401 Victorian Theatre  

spring 1996

fall 1995

ENGL 078.401 Theatre History  

spring 1995

ENGL 076.401 Modern Drama: Ibsen - WWI  
ENGL 078.401 Topics in Theatre History  

fall 1979

ENGL 076.001 Modern Drama: Ibsen to WWI