Background
Mary Z. Maher was born on June 17, 1941, in Mason City, Iowa, United States. She is the daughter of Jack P. and Maxine D. Maher.
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
University of Iowa
500 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
University of Michigan
Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
University of Birmingham
1000 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
Hofstra University
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
University of Arizona
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
University of Iowa
500 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
University of Michigan
Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
University of Birmingham
1000 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
Hofstra University
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
University of Arizona
(In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mar...)
In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mary Maher examined how modern actors have chosen to perform Hamlet's soliloquies, and why they made the choices they made, within the context of their specific productions of the play.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087745826X/?tag=2022091-20
1992
(Actor Nicholas Pennell: Risking Enchantment is about a ma...)
Actor Nicholas Pennell: Risking Enchantment is about a man who skyrocketed to fame in the BBC’s 1967 television serial, The Forsyte Saga.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XDE6R8/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(Actors Talk About Shakespeare features personal interview...)
Actors Talk About Shakespeare features personal interviews with a stellar collection of prominent American, Canadian, and British performers of Shakespeare onstage.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0879103647/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(This lovely book provides a wonderful window into the inn...)
This lovely book provides a wonderful window into the inner workings of The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1930835159/?tag=2022091-20
2014
dramaturg educator producer author
Mary Z. Maher was born on June 17, 1941, in Mason City, Iowa, United States. She is the daughter of Jack P. and Maxine D. Maher.
Maher graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor's degree in 1964 and received her master's degree from it in 1970. She then obtained a doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1973 and also attended the University of Birmingham in 1981.
Maher started her career as an assistant professor of speech arts and sciences at Hofstra University in Hempstead in 1972. Two years later, she started her long relationship with the University of Arizona in Tucson, working there first as an assistant professor, then as an associate professor, and since 1996, as a professor of theatre arts.
During her long career, Maher was also a theatrical producer, director, and dramaturg. She currently holds the position of professor emerita at the University of Arizona.
Mary Z. Maher is best known as the author of the performance classic Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies and the biography Nicholas Pennell: Risking Enchantment, as well as several articles on Shakespeare in performance on stage, film, and television.
During her career, Maher was in National Endowment for the Humanities seminars at the Folger Shakespeare Library with Bernard Beckerman and Michael Goldman, was funded by the American Association of University Women fellowships and residencies at Centro Studi Liguri in Italy, worked on The Shakespeare Plays series at the BBC, and juried in fine arts on the U.S. Department of Education Jacob Javits and AAUW Fellowships programs.
Maher was also invited into rehearsals in both of Kevin Kline’s Hamlet productions, one onstage at the New York Shakespeare Festival and also the PBS television version. Her 50-plus articles document a number of forays into Shakespeare on film and in performance.
(In Modern Hamlets and Their Soliloquies (Iowa, 1992), Mar...)
1992(Actors Talk About Shakespeare features personal interview...)
2009(Actor Nicholas Pennell: Risking Enchantment is about a ma...)
2005(This lovely book provides a wonderful window into the inn...)
2014Maher is a member of the International Shakespeare Association, Modern Language Association of America, Shakespeare Association of America, American Association of University Women and Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama (England).
