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Bruce Mason
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 cultural landscape of the country through his contribution to theatre. In 1980, he was awarded the prestigious CBE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=New Zealand Book Council )〕
The Bruce Mason Award, one of the most important playwrighting accolades in New Zealand, is named in his honour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Playmarket, New Zealand Playwrights' Agency )〕 Mason was also an actor, critic, and fiction writer.〔(Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Mason, Bruce Edward George )〕
Mason's most well known play is The End of the Golden Weather, a classic work in New Zealand theatre which 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.〔 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.
==Background==
Mason was born in Wellington, the country's capital. At the age of 5, his family moved to Takapuna. He attended Victoria University College where he took part in drama. In 1945, he graduated with a B.A. He served in the New Zealand Army (1941–1943) and the Naval Volunteer Reserve (1943–1945). He later worked for the New Zealand Forest Service (1951–1957).〔 He edited the Māori news magazine ''Te Ao Hou'' (1960–1961), a culturally significant publication. He was a co-founder of Downstage Theatre, New Zealand's first professional theatre in 1964 and wrote a weekly column ''Music on the Air'' for the New Zealand Listener from 1964 to 1969. In 1977, he was awarded an honorary degree by Victoria University. He was also a theatre critic for the capital's newspapers from the 1950s to the 1980s.〔
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