AUDIO
Interview with Diana Mason
- Date
- 18 May 1995
- By
- Mason, Diana Manby (Dr), 1922-2007
- Reference
- OHInt-0606-08
- Description
Diana Manby Mason born Wellington 1922. Talks about theatre going on in Wellington in the early 1960s. Mentions Unity Theatre which husband, Bruce, was involved in. Mentions Bruce Mason's first full length play, `The Pohutakawa Tree'. Other productions mentioned include: `End of the Golden Weather' `The Last Supper' `The Waters of Silence' and `Zoo Story'. Talks about Bruce's involvement with the starting of Downstage and refers to Harry Seresin. Mentions some of the productions at the Star Boating Club. Talks about Bruces's work as a critic in the early days. Refers to public reaction to the fact that Bruce stayed at home while wife, Diana, carried on her career in medicine.
Access Contact - see oral history librarian
Interviewer(s) - Colin McColl
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011131; OHLC-006910
Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3887.
Search dates: 1922 - 1995
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: A listening copy is available at OHLC-006910
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the written permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Colin McColl
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Downstage Theatre Oral History Project
- Format
- 1 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 interview(s), 1 Hours Duration, Oral histories
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Interview with Diana Mason, printed abstract
Date: 18 May 1995
From: Downstage Theatre Oral History Project
Reference: OHA-3887
Description: Interviewer(s) - Colin McColl Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration.
Interview with Diana Mason, tape one
Date: 18 May 1995
From: Downstage Theatre Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-011131
Description: Interviewer(s) - Colin McColl Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 1 of 1 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.