Sally Sutherland

  • Senior Lecturer Emeritus in English
Sally Sutherland

Sally Sutherland's primary field of interest is the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her book Masques in Jacobean Tragedy (AMS Press, 1983) looks at six revenge tragedies in which inserted court masques play pivotal roles.  More recent research has focused on filmed versions of Shakespeare’s plays, on Shakespearean poetics, and on diagnosis (and misdiagnosis) as a literary trope.

Though primarily an administrator until her return to the full-time faculty in 2013, Sutherland has taught a range of English courses including 101 and 200, 200-level surveys, and seminars on political theater and Shakespeare on film.  She has served as first-year dean, dean of studies, associate dean of faculty, and senior advisor to the president.

Areas of Expertise

Shakespeare and other early modern playwrights; Shakespeare in performance (stage and film); the court masque; sixteenth and seventeenth century poetry and prose.

Education

  • Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., Columbia University
  • B.A., Skidmore College

Happening at Mount Holyoke

Recent Campus News

On Friday, October 26th, Mount Holyoke’s Rooke Theatre hosted a performance of Chinese Yue Opera scenes, featuring award-winning actors Jun’an Wang and Qi Tao. Wang and Tao, both of whom flew in from China specially for this event, performed three scenes from the classic operas Liu Yi Delivers a Letter for the Dragon King’s Daughter and Searching for and Probing the Wife, featuring full costume, makeup, and choreography.