Bruce Mason

Social : None | Joined group 1941 (New Zealand Army) | Social : None | Joined group 1943 (Naval Volunteer Reserve, two years) | Social : None | End a program of study 1945 (Graduated from Victoria University College) | Work : None | New Career 1951 (Senior Public Relations Officer, six years) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1953 (Release of "The Evening Paper") | Work : None | New Job 1958 (Theatre critic for newspaper, "The Dominion," two years) | Work : None | New Job 1960 (Editor of news magazine, one year) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1960 (First play released) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1964 (First professiontal theatre opened) | Work : None | New Job 1964 (Music critic for radio, five years) | Work : None | New Job 1967 (Editor for the "Act" magazine, three years) | Work : None | New Job 1973 (Worked for the "Dominion" again, seven years) | Work : None | Gain social status 1977 (Awarded honorary degree from Victoria University) | Work : None | New Job 1980 (Worked for "Evening Post," two years) | : None | Death by Disease 31 December 1982 in Wellington (Cancer, age 62) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1987 (Release of five cycle plays) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1996 (Opening of the "Bruce Mason Theatre") | Lifestyle : Social Life | Groups (Literate and cultured) | Vocation : None | Public relations (Senior P.R. officer) | Vocation : Military | Military service (New Zealand Army and Reserves) | Vocation : Writers | Critic (Newspaper and radio) | Vocation : Writers | Fiction (Novelist) | Vocation : Writers | Playwright/ script (Noted playwright) | Notable : Famous | Founder/ originator (Founder of New Zealand theatre)