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The end of the golden weather;: A voyage into a New Zealand childhood
First performed in 1959, The End of the Golden Weather has become a part of New Zealand history, a touchstone of New Zealand experience.
Unable to earn a living as a playwright in a country without a professional theatre, Bruce Mason presented, in fear and trembling, this story of a young boy’s extraordinary summer on a beach. Between 1959 and 1978, when illness forced his retirement from the stage, he performed it nearly 1000 times, in theatres, school halls, church halls and community halls throughout New Zealand.
Unable to earn a living as a playwright in a country without a professional theatre, Bruce Mason presented, in fear and trembling, this story of a young boy’s extraordinary summer on a beach. Between 1959 and 1978, when illness forced his retirement from the stage, he performed it nearly 1000 times, in theatres, school halls, church halls and community halls throughout New Zealand.
95 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1961
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September 14, 2018
I remember hearing Bruce Mason perform this on the radio when I was a teenager and I loved it! I have a vague and possibly unreliable memory of having tickets to his show and it being cancelled because he was ill. It is magical.
February 6, 2019
Still brilliant work............an absolute NZ classic.
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