For the Australian sports scientist, see Bruce Mason (sports scientist).
Bruce Mason
CBE
Born
(1921-09-28)28 September 1921 Wellington, New Zealand
Died
31 December 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 61) Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation
Playwright, actor, critic, fiction writer
Spouse
Diana Manby Shaw
(m. 1945)
Public art featuring Bruce Mason's words. Wellington Writers Walk
Bruce Edward George MasonCBE (28 September 1921 – 31 December 1982) was a significant playwright in New Zealand who wrote 34 plays and influenced the cultural landscape of the country through his contribution to theatre. In 1980, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[1]
The Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, one of the most important playwrighting accolades in New Zealand, is named in his honour.[2] Mason was also an actor, critic, and fiction writer.[3]
Mason's most well known play is The End of the Golden Weather, a classic work in New Zealand theatre, which he performed solo more than 500 times in many New Zealand towns.[4] It was made into a feature film directed by Ian Mune in 1991. Another significant play is The Pohutukawa Tree written during the 1950s and 1960s. The Pohutukawa Tree was Mason's first major success and explored Māori and Pākehā themes, a common thread in most of his works. Theatre was an avenue for Mason to highlight social and political issues in New Zealand society.[1] He translated Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard for radio in 1960. His works of solo theatre was collected under the title Bruce Mason Solo (1981) and included The End of the Golden Weather. Published in 1987 was The Healing Arch, a cycle of five plays, including The Pohutukawa Tree and Hongi, which focus on Māori culture post European contact.
^ ab"Bruce Mason, from The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998)". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
^"Bruce Mason Award". Playmarket, New Zealand Playwrights' Agency. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
^Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Mason, Bruce Edward George
^The End of the Golden Weather: A Voyage into a New Zealand Childhood by Bruce Mason, New Zealand University Press and Price Milburn, 1962, p8
Bruce Edward George Mason CBE (28 September 1921 – 31 December 1982) was a significant playwright in New Zealand who wrote 34 plays and influenced the...
The End of the Golden Weather is a play by BruceMason about a boy's loss of innocence in Depression-era New Zealand. It was written for solo performance...
The BruceMason Playwriting Award is an annual award that recognises the work of an outstanding emerging New Zealand playwright. The winner is decided...
Sayer is a New Zealand actress and playwright. In 2015, she won the BruceMason Playwriting Award, and in 2020, she won the Adam NZ Play Award. Sayer...
Kightley co-founded the Island Players theatre company. He won the BruceMason Playwriting Award in 1998 and has worked as a performer and writer for...
Playwright of the Year. He has also been a three-time finalist for the BruceMason Playwriting Award. His play The Canary won the Playmarket 2010 Special...
The Evening Paper is a 1965 New Zealand television play by BruceMason based on his stage play. It is considered a landmark in New Zealand drama because...
Vancouver, Canada. The system was in use until 7 December 1984. In 1996, the BruceMason Centre was opened as an events venue for Takapuna. In the late 1990s...
band placed third in the North Shore Battle of the Bands finals at the BruceMason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland on 18 November 2009. In 2010, Lorde and McDonald...
filmmaker Ang Lee was directing a biopic on Bruce Lee. Ang Lee's son Mason Lee was cast to star in the movie, while Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, is set...
Mason Andrew Dye (born July 15, 1994) is an American actor known for his roles in Teen Wolf, Flowers in the Attic, and in season four of Stranger Things...
#1245490; Principal Investigator:Sarah McKagan; Co-Principal Investigator:BruceMason, Beth Cunningham; Organization:American Association of Physics Teachers;05/01/2013...
Wellington-based New Zealand playwright and actor. He was the recipient of the 2014 BruceMason Playwriting Award. His work The Devil's Half Acre was commissioned and...
since 1911. In 1923, the first swivel-up tube was patented by James BruceMason Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee. As women started to wear lipstick for photographs...
Pasifika writer-in-residence, 2021) Dick Corballis (worked on biography of BruceMason, 2008) Bill Direen (University of Auckland residency, 2010) David Eggleton...
called it "an instant classic". In 1999 he won the Sunday Star Times BruceMason Playwriting Award. The play toured internationally and enjoyed a sell...
with First Nation writers. He was awarded the Dominion Sunday Times BruceMason Playwrights’ Award in 1991 and in 1994 won the Adam Foundation Playwrights’...
unproduced new play and has a number of categories. There is also the BruceMason Playwriting Award, which in 2021 was won by Nathan Joe. Two other competitions...
Global Information