Bruce Mason Solo


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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.










The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English


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The first comprehensive history of New Zealand literature, this volume includes chapters on the novel, poetry, and the short story, as well as sections on drama, non-fiction, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage, and literary magazines. While it features major authors, this history also contains information on little-known authors and forgotten periods in New Zealand's literary history, providing more comprehensive information on the subject than has ever appeared in a single volume before.




Broken Arse


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Set in a prison. Examines the effects of racial tension and institutional dehumanisation.




Landfall


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Cherish


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The interpersonal conflicts waged between two struggling gay couples and the children they share are charted in this tragic play about the sobering incompatibility of good intentions and the cold reality of human needs.




The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature


Book Description

'The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature' contains more than 1500 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, novels, plays, poetry, journals, periodicals, anthologies, literary movements and professional organizations.




Objection Overruled


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This play about husbands and wives constantly goes back to show the source of adult inadequacies in the upbringing of children whose natural emotional life is repressed and distorted, and who in turn repress and distort the next generation. For 4 men and 2 women.




Outside in


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A play for 7 women.