Patrick Mason

For the historian, see Patrick Q. Mason.

Patrick Mason (born 1951 in London)[1] is an award-winning theatre director.

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.

Mason has been in a relationship with his partner Sean McCarthy for over two decades.The couple met through the Abbey Theatre. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, edited by Robert Welch, Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ Patrick Mason, Dublin Theatre Festival website. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Patrick Mason, Abbey Theatre website. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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