Patrick Mason
Patrick Mason (born 1951 in London)[1] is a British theatre director.
Background[]
Mason was educated at Downside School and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[1] He was appointed fellow in drama at the University of Manchester in 1974 and then lecturer in performance studies.[2] He joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin as a resident director in 1977 but later left to become a freelance theatre director. In 1992 he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as director of Dancing at Lughnasa on Broadway. He returned to the Abbey Theatre as artistic director from 1993–1999.[citation needed]
Mason has been in a relationship with his partner Sean McCarthy (a former schoolteacher) for more than three decades. The couple met through the Abbey Theatre and live in Ranelagh, Co. Dublin. [3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, edited by Robert Welch, Oxford University Press.
- ^ Patrick Mason, Dublin Theatre Festival website. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Patrick Mason Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Abbey Theatre website. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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