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20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
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The list 20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights includes
Nancy Brunning, Maurice Shadbolt, Michael J T Morrissey, Renee Taylor (writer) and Merton Hodge.
The list consists of 73 members.
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Nancy Brunning
New Zealand actor and director
Overview: Nancy Brunning (1971 – 16 November 2019) was a New Zealand actress, director, and writer who won awards in film and television and made a major contribution to the growth of Māori in the arts. Brunning ...Date of birth: 1971Date of death: 16 November 2019Age: 48 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: ActressGender: Female
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Maurice Shadbolt
New Zealand writer (1932–2004)
Overview: Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt CBE (4 June 1932 – 10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.Date of birth: 4 June 1932Date of death: 10 October 2004Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: JournalistGender: Male 0
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Merton Hodge
New Zealand actor
Overview: Merton Emerton Hodge (28 March 1903 – 9 October 1958) was a playwright, actor and medical practitioner.Date of birth: 28 March 1903Date of death: 9 October 1958Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Briar Grace-Smith
New Zealand Māori scriptwriter
Overview: Briar Grace-Smith ONZM is a writer of scripts, screenplays and short stories from New Zealand. She has worked as an actor and writer with the Maori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari and Maori theatre ...Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Rex Hunter
New Zealand writerOverview: Maurice Reginald (Rex) Hunter (5 January 1889 – 18 February 1960) was a New Zealand poet, playwright and fiction writer. He is best known for his work as a journalist in America (New York, Chicago) as ...Date of birth: 5 January 1889Date of death: 18 February 1960Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Marilyn Duckworth
New Zealand writerOverview: Marilyn Duckworth OBE (born 10 November 1935) is a New Zealand novelist, poet and short story writer. She has published 16 novels, one novella, a collection of short stories and a collection of poetry ...Date of birth: 10 November 1935Age: 89Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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James McNeish
New Zealand writer
Overview: Sir James Henry Peter McNeish KNZM (23 October 1931 – 11 November 2016) was a New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer.Date of birth: 23 October 1931Date of death: 11 November 2016Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Michael J T Morrissey
New Zealand writerOverview: Michael James Terence Morrissey (Michael Morrissey) (born 1942) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, editor, feature article writer, book reviewer and columnist. He is the author of t ... 0
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Renee Taylor (writer)
New Zealand writer
Overview: Renée Gertrude Taylor ONZM (born 1929), known mononymously as Renée, was a New Zealand feminist writer and playwright. Renée was of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu), Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry, and ...Date of birth: 1929Date of death: 11 December 2023Age: 94 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Hori Ahipene
Actor, director, playwright in New ZealandOverview: Hori Ahipene is an actor and director in theatre, film and television in New Zealand. He's also an award winning playwright with the Maori play Hide 'n Seek co-written with Hone Kouka.He became a well ...Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Hone Kouka
New Zealand playwright, theatre director and producer
Overview: Hone Vivian Kouka MNZM is a New Zealand playwright. He has written 13 plays which have been staged in New Zealand and worldwide including Canada, South Africa, New Caledonia and Britain. Kouka's plays ...Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: DirectorGender: Male 0
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Pinky Agnew
Actor, author, social commentator, and wedding celebrant based in New Zealand
Overview: Pinky Agnew, MNZM (born in 1955, Port Chalmers) is an actor, author, social commentator, and wedding celebrant based in Wellington in New Zealand . She has been a full-time performer and entertainer since ... 0
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Sydney Goodsir Smith
New Zealand writer
Overview: Sydney Goodsir Smith (26 October 1915 – 15 January 1975) was a New Zealand-born Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. He wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans (Lowlands ...Date of birth: 26 October 1915Date of death: 15 January 1975Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: ScottishOccupation: ArtistGender: Male 0
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Bruce Mason
New Zealand playwright
Overview: 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 con ...Date of birth: 28 September 1921Date of death: 31 December 1982Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Greg McGee
New Zealand writer and playwrightOverview: Greg McGee is a New Zealand writer and playwright, who also writes crime fiction under the pseudonym Alix Bosco. 0
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Michele Amas
New Zealand actor and poet
Overview: Michele Louise Amas (8 October 1961 – 26 December 2016) was a New Zealand actress of stage, screen, television and radio, poet and playwright. She began writing poetry at age 10 and began her professional ...Date of birth: 1961Date of death: 26 December 2019Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: ActressGender: Female 0
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Emily Duncan
New Zealand playwrightOverview: Emily Duncan is a New Zealand playwright. She is co-founder of Prospect Park Productions, an organisation aiming “to create and produce original New Zealand theatre and collaborative projects that reach ...Occupation: PlaywrightGender: Female 0
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Alison Quigan
New Zealand actress, director and playwright
Overview: Alison Marie Quigan QSM (born 1952) is a New Zealander actress, director and playwright. 0
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Roma Potiki
New Zealand Māori poet, playwright, performer, and commentator on Māori theatre
Overview: Roma Potiki (born 1958) is a New Zealand poet, playwright, visual artist, curator, theatre actor and director, as well as a commentator on Māori theatre. She is of Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngati Rangitihi ...Date of birth: 16 February 1958Age: 67Nationality: New ZealanderOccupation: CuratorGender: Female 0
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Kate JasonSmith
New Zealand actor, film producer, playwright, filmmaker, photographer, and businesswoman (*1950)
Overview: Kate JasonSmith (born 1950) is a New Zealand actor, film producer, playwright, filmmaker, photographer, and businesswoman. Based in Wellington, she has studied and worked elsewhere, including Australia ... 0
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