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Bruce Mason

BRUCE MASON  (1921 - 1982)

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Bruce Mason was a playwright, critic and fiction writer. His experiences in Takapuna formed the basis of his famous solo work for the theatre, THE END OF THE GOLDEN WEATHER. In 30 years Mason wrote more than two dozen plays, including such classics as THE POHUTUKAWA TREE, BLOOD OF THE LAMB and AWATEA. He was also a busy actor, critic, editor and general activist for New Zealand's fledgling professional theatre scene. In 1977 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by Victoria University, was made a CBE in 1980, and in 1982 was given the New Zealand Literary Fund Award for Achievement, the same year that he died.

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below is a list of Bruce Mason's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Awatea         Birds In The Wilderness         Blood Of The Lamb         Bonds Of Love         Case In Point, The         Counsels Of The Wood, The         Courting Blackbird         End Of The Golden Weather, The         Evening Paper, The         Hand On The Rail, The         Hongi         Licensed Victualler, The         Not Christmas, But Guy Fawkes         Pohutukawa Tree, The         Swan Song         Verdict, The         Waters Of Silence, The         We Don't Want Your Sort Here         Wit's End         Zero Inn

Awatea

Synopsis:
clash of two cultures

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1st Produced:
Town Hall, Wellington    1968

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1st Published:
Price Milburn, Wellington, 1969   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Birds In The Wilderness

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1st Produced:
Aukland Festival Society    1958

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Blood Of The Lamb

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1st Produced:
Christchurch    1980

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Bonds Of Love

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1st Produced:
-    1953

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Case In Point, The

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1956

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Counsels Of The Wood, The

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1965

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Courting Blackbird

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1st Produced:
Christchurch    1976

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1st Published:
in "Bruce Mason Solo", Price Milburn, Wellington, 1980   -

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End Of The Golden Weather, The

Synopsis:
Set in the Auckland suburb of Takapuna during an idyllic 1930s summer holiday, Bruce Mason's tale chronicles the friendship between 12 year old Geoff Crome and the wild-limbed Firpo. Young Geoff is a daydreamer. Through his eyes we see the wonder of life on a perfect beach, in a perfect 1930's New Zealand, during a perfect summer. It's a world of magic and transformation, where anything can happen and miracles seem possible. Firpo is a social outcast who dreams of winning an Olympic medal. Geoff sets out to help Firpo make his dream a reality, ignoring his father's rebukes and community ridicule, inciting a battle between the eternal optimism of childhood and the harsh pragmatism of adulthood.

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1962

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1st Published:
Price Milburn, Wellington, 1962   -

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Evening Paper, The

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Hand On The Rail, The

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1965

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Hongi

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Notes:
broadcast 1968

1st Produced:
Wellington    1968

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1st Published:
in "Contemporary New Zealand Plays", Oxford University Press, Wellington, 1974   -

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Licensed Victualler, The

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1955

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Not Christmas, But Guy Fawkes

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1st Produced:
Rotorua    1976

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1st Published:
in "Bruce Mason Solo", Price Milburn, Wellington, 1980   -

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Pohutukawa Tree, The

Synopsis:
THE POHUTUKAWA TREE is set in 1950s New Zealand, a country on the cusp of change, and explores a proud M?ori matriarch's inability to cope with that change. Shamed by her children's indiscretions, her family's betrayal and her Pakeha neighbour's cloying attentions, she puts her faith too fervently in her new Christian God with devastat ing consequences

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1957

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1st Published:
Price Milburn, Wellington, 1960   -

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Swan Song

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1965

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Verdict, The

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1955

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Waters Of Silence, The

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from work by Vecors

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Genre:
Adaptation

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We Don't Want Your Sort Here

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1961

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1st Published:
Paul's Book Arcade, Hamilton, 1963   -

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Wit's End

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1st Produced:
Wellington    1956

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Zero Inn

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1st Produced:
Christchurch    1970

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1st Published:
New Zealand Theatre Federation, Christchurch, 1970   -

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