Bruce Mason Solo

Overview

A volume of four plays for solo performance: THE END OF THE GOLDEN WEATHER/ TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE/ NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT GUY FAWKES/ COURTING BLACKBIRD. Of his five solo pieces, only Le silence de la mer is not included here.

Author Biography

Playwright, critic, journalist, poet and fiction writer, Bruce Mason broke extraordinary new ground in the New Zealand cultural landscape. From 1960 to 1961, he edited the Maori news magazine Te Ao Hou. A leading force in New Zealand’s first professional theatre, Downstage, and the author of thirty-four plays, Mason worked tirelessly to make his concerns a matter of public debate, utilising all forms of media to reach New Zealanders. He was awarded a CBE in 1980, and in 1996 the Bruce Mason Theatre opened on the North Shore.