Mervyn Thompson
Playwright, Author
1936 – 1992
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Who was Mervyn Thompson?
Mervyn Garfield Thompson was a prominent New Zealand playwright and theatre director. He was one of the founders of Court Theatre in Christchurch, an artistic director of Downstage Theatre in Wellington and Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury. His theatrical writing championed the downtrodden and featured a revival and refinement of the genre of songspiel. He is regarded as one of New Zealand's most significant and controversial playwrights.
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- Born
- 1936
Kaitangata - Nationality
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Education
- University of Canterbury
- Lived in
- New Zealand
- Otago
- Died
- 1992
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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