Robert Lord (18 July 1945 â€" 7 January 1992) was the first New
Zealand professional playwright, and the first New Zealand playwright
to have plays produced abroad since Merton Hodge in the 1930s.Born in
Rotorua in 1945, to parents Richard and Bebe Lord. He has an older
brother. His fathers job took the family around the country and they
lived in various cities in New Zealand while he was growing up
including Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and
Invercargill.[1] Lord attended schools in Auckland, Hamilton and
Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.Lord was educated at three
tertiary institutions. First the University of Otago, then Victoria
University of Wellington (1965 - 68) and after that he gained his
teaching qualification at Wellington Teachers College.[1] In 1969, he
won the Katherine Mansfield Young Writers Award.[2] At this time in
New Zealand professional theatre in New Zealand was just beginning,
and in Wellington where Lord was, Downstage Theatre had opened in 1964
and Unity Theatre was active.[1]
Zealand professional playwright, and the first New Zealand playwright
to have plays produced abroad since Merton Hodge in the 1930s.Born in
Rotorua in 1945, to parents Richard and Bebe Lord. He has an older
brother. His fathers job took the family around the country and they
lived in various cities in New Zealand while he was growing up
including Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and
Invercargill.[1] Lord attended schools in Auckland, Hamilton and
Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.Lord was educated at three
tertiary institutions. First the University of Otago, then Victoria
University of Wellington (1965 - 68) and after that he gained his
teaching qualification at Wellington Teachers College.[1] In 1969, he
won the Katherine Mansfield Young Writers Award.[2] At this time in
New Zealand professional theatre in New Zealand was just beginning,
and in Wellington where Lord was, Downstage Theatre had opened in 1964
and Unity Theatre was active.[1]
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