Works By: |
| Article |
| "A tour to remember." Act 6.6; Aug (1981): 47-48. |
| "Another life." Auckland Metro 67.6; Jan (1987): 112-115. |
| "Auckland atavistic city." Act 6.8; Dec (1983): 63-64. |
| "In reply." Act 5.3; July (1978): 41-42. |
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| Criticism |
| Australasian Drama Studies 2.2; April (1984): 118-120. |
| "Theatre and working class politics." Sites 16; Autumn (1988): 19-23. |
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| Drama |
| A Night at the Races. Wellington, Playmarket 1981. |
| Act 5.4; July (1979): 40-41. |
| Act 1.5; Mar (1980): 3-3. |
| Act 5.5; July (1980): 40-41. |
| Children of the Poor : an Adaptation of John A. Lees Novel. Christchurch, Hazard Press 1990. |
| Race Gender Class 9/10; Dec (1989): 157-157. |
| The Press March 16 (1991): 26-26. |
| Australasian Drama Studies 18; April (1991): 207-219. |
| Dominion Sunday Times June 25 (1989): 18-18. |
| Dominion Sunday Times July 2 (1989): 19-19. |
| Listener 2586.125; September 30 (1989): 79-79. |
| Coaltown Blues. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1986. |
| Landfall 1.42; Mar (1988): 115-117. |
| Australian Academic Research Libraries 12/13; (1988): 201-203. |
| Metro Aug (1984). |
| Act 5.9; Oct (1984): 55-56. |
| "The terror and the pity of 1984 : Mervyn Thompson's 'Coaltown Blues'." Landfall 209; Autumn (2005): 13-28. |
| First Return. Christchurch, Christchurch Theatre Trust 1974. |
| Act 23; July (1974): 22-23. |
| Act 29; Dec (1975): 22-23. |
| Act 5.3; July (1978): 43-43. |
| Jean and Richard. 1992. |
| Dominion Sunday Times February 23 (1992): 21-21. |
| The Press February 19 (1992): 19-19. |
| Lovebirds. 1992. |
| Listener 2619.127; May 21 (1990): 113-113. |
| Dominion Sunday Times April 8 (1990): 18-18. |
| Illusions 14; (1990): 30-32. |
| O! Temperance!. Christchurch, Christchurch Theatre Trust 1974. |
| Act 20; Aug (1973): 48-49. |
| Broadsheet 110; June (1983): 42-43. |
| "Passing through." Australasian Drama Studies 18; April (1991): 47-50. |
| Passing Through and Other Plays. Christchurch, Hazard Press 1992. |
| New Zealand Monthly Review 334; June/July (1992): 27-28. |
| The Press Sup.; July 18 (1992): 10-10. |
| New Zealand Herald 2; July 18 (1992): 6-6. |
| North and South Oct (1992): 122-124. |
| New Zealand Books 1.3; Winter (1993): 12-12. |
| Selected Plays. Dunedin, Pilgrims South Press 1984. |
| Landfall 40; Mar (1986): 100-107. |
| Landfall 40; Dec (1986): 527-529. |
| Songs to the Judges. Wellington, Playmarket 1983. |
| Act 2.5; April (1980): 17-17. |
| Songs to Uncle Scrim : a Songplay. Wellington, Playmarket 1983. |
| Act 1.5; Mar (1980): 17-17. |
| Listener 2489.118; October 31 (1987): 109-109. |
| Dominion May 20 (1991): 22-22. |
| Evening Post May 24 (1991): 13-13. |
| Listener 2674.130; June 24 (1991): 55-55. |
| The New Zealand Truth show. 1992. |
| Act 3.8; June (1983): 24-24. |
| "Historical elements in recent New Zealand drama." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 2; (1984): 15-22. |
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| Essay |
| "A time to greet the 70s : a note on Auckland theatre." Act 9.2; Nov (1977): 41-42. |
| "Another life." Metro 66.6; Dec (1986): 206-227. |
| "Downstage, educationalists and the New Zealand drama." Landfall 29; Dec (1975): 320-325. |
| "My home town : Reefton : coaltown blues." North and South Mar (1987): 21-23. |
| "Playwrights on playwriting." Act 2.5; April (1980): 13-15. |
| "Promise and frustration: New Zealand playwriting since 1975." Australasian Drama Studies 3.1; Oct (1984): 122-128. |
| "Theatre in Auckland." Pilgrims 1/2.3; Spring (1978): 114-116. |
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| Letter |
| "Letter to editor." Act 90.4; Nov (1979): 75-75. |
| "Letter to the editor." Act 3.10; Dec (1978): 82-82. |
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| Non Fiction |
| All My Lives. Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1980. Voyager link |
| Act 9.5; Nov (1980): 74-75. |
| Listener 2140.97; January 24 (1981): 82-82. |
| New Zealand Womans Weekly January 26 (1981): 49-49. |
| National Education 63; April (1981): 71-71. |
| Comment 14; Nov (1981): 31-32. |
| Singing the Blues. Christchurch: Blacktown Press, 1991. Voyager link |
| New Zealand Monthly Review 333; Mar/April (1992): 23-25. |
| More 106; April (1992): 157-158. |
| New and Notable 2.9; May (1992): 10-26. |
| Otago Daily Times November 17 (1992): 29-29. |
| Listener 2715.113; April 13 (1992): 46-47. |
| Otago Daily Times May 30 (1992): 20-20. |
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| Obituary |
| "Obituaries." Act 8.1; Feb (1983): 1-4. |
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| Poetry |
| Centennial Poets. Auckland, Mt Pleasant Press, University of Auckland 1983. Voyager link |
| "In the gallery." Listener 2275.105; September 10 (1983): 12-12. |
| "On the death of Ngaio Marsh." Landfall 36; Dec (1982): 442-446. |
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| Short Story |
| "Going south." Takahe 3; Autumn (1990): 3-5. |
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| Sound Recording |
| Songs to the Judges. Wellington, Kiwi/Pacific Records 1982. |
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| Survey |
| "A survey." Landfall 31; June (1977): 99-137. |
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| Videorecording |
| Parihaka: the art of passive resistance. Wellington, Morrison Music Trust 2000. Voyager link |
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Works about: |
| Article |
| Maclennan-Jones, M. "Mervyn Thompson - a time to move." Thursday January 16 (1975): 46. |
| McGill, David. "O! Thompson!." Listener 1851.79; May 24 (1975): 21-21. |
| Leek, Robert H. "Theatre - Mercury Two." Art New Zealand 11; Spring (1978): 25, 61-61. |
| "Summer theatre in Auckland." Art New Zealand 14; (1979): 33-33. |
| Massove, Lorna. Broadsheet 120; June (1984): 14-14. |
| Jesson, Bruce. "Politics, theatre and Mervyn Thompson." Metro 36; June (1984): 26-26. |
| Nicolaidi, Mike. "Rape charge vs. playwright embroils New Zealand theater." Variety 315; May 9 (1984): 552-552. |
| Rankine, Jenny. "The media and Mervyn." Broadsheet 120; June (1984): 10-13. |
| Sabbage, Lisa. "No skeletons under the table." Broadsheet 162; Oct (1988): 14-16. |
| Moore, Pauline. "Insights into the Depression years." The Press November 8 (1989): 26-26. |
| Dunbar, Jane. "Songs reflect Scrims times." The Press November 11 (1989): 25-25. |
| Comer, Peter. "Mervyn writes his own farewell." New Zealand Womans Weekly March 18 (1991): 24-24. |
| Topp, Chris. "Music made to match." The Press February 13 (1991): 21-21. |
| Moran, Helen. "Out of the CAN." Press July 31 (1991): 22-22. |
| Van Beynen, Martin. "Controversial playwright dies." The Press July 13 (1992): 7-7. |
| MacDonald, Iain. "Legacy from stormy petrel of theatre." New Zealand Herald 1; July 22 (1992): 18-18. |
| "Playwright loses fight with cancer." Dominion July 13 (1992): 16-16. |
| "Theatre loses leading light." New Zealand Herald 1; July 13 (1992): 9-9. |
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| Criticism |
| McNaughton, Howard. Der Schauspielfuhrer 1977-79.12; (1979). |
| Black, Sebastian. "Aggressive elements: New Zealand theatre in the 1980s." New Literatures Review 13; (1984): 5-16. |
| McNaughton, Howard. "Historical elements in recent New Zealand drama." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 2; (1984): 15-22. |
| Carnegie, David. "Recent New Zealand drama." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 3; (1985): 7-15. |
| Leek, Robert H. "Homegrown drama of the mid-eighties." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 1-13. |
| Maunder, Paul. "Thoughts on popular theatre." Illusions 6; Nov (1987): 18-20. |
| Beatson, Peter. Pass it on : the working class tradition. In: Proceedings : New Zealand Sociological Conference, 2-4 December, 1987. Sociology Department, Massey University, Palmerston North, 1988. |
| Watson-White, Helen. "New drama 1988-89 : an expanding field." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 7; (1989): 3-43. |
| "The song is sung : Mervyn Thompson and music theatre." Music in New Zealand 9; Winter (1990): 38-43. |
| Boire, Gary. "Resistance moves : Mervyn Thompsons Songs to the judges." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 6; Autumn (1991): 15-26. |
| Atmore, Chris. "Branded : lesbian representation and a New Zealand cultural controversy." Antithesis 2.6; (1993): 11-25. |
| Boire, Gary. "Ratione officii : representing law in postcolonial literatures." Mosaic 4.27; (1994): 199-214. |
| Atmore, Chris. "The Mervyn Thompson controversy : a feminist deconstructive reading." New Zealand Sociology 2.9; Nov (1994): 171-215. |
| Edmond, Murray. "The terror and the pity of 1984: Mervyn Thompsons Coaltown Blues." Landfall 209; Autumn (2005): 13-28. |
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| Essay |
| Robinson, Roger. "The publication of New Zealand drama." Landfall 29; Dec (1975): 271-281. |
| Bromley, Yvette. "The theatre and the playwright." Landfall 29; Dec (1975): 325-328. |
| "Notes on the breakthrough in New Zealand drama." Review (1977): 20-23. |
| Atkinson, Laurie. "A brief chronology of theatre in New Zealand." Australasian Drama Studies 1.3; Oct (1984): 5-13. |
| Rees, Nonnita. "Getting New Zealand writing into theatres : the story of Playmarket." Australasian Drama Studies 1.3; Oct (1984): 23-30. |
| Ryan, Kathleen. "Rape fight back." Broadsheet 119; May (1984): 9-14. |
| Wall, Carroll. "The new feminism? All the worlds a stage and all the men merely rapists." Metro 37; July (1984): 96-110. |
| Black, Sebastian. "What kind of a society can develop under corrugated iron? : glimpses of New Zealand history in New Zealand plays." Australasian Drama Studies 3.1; Oct (1984): 31-52. |
| Jensen, Kai. Naked change : revising sexuality. In: One of the boys? changing views of masculinity in New Zealand. Heinemann, Auckland, 1988: 219-236. |
| Stead, C.K. "The new Victorians." Metro 92.8; Feb (1989): 118-124. |
| Farnsworth, J. "New Zealand drama and Christchurch theatre 1980-1990." Illusions 4; (1990): 27-29. |
| Farnsworth, J. "A life in the theatre." Illusions 16; Winter (1991): 24-26. |
| Robinson, Roger. "Autobiography as drama : Thompson Agonistes." New Zealand Books 2.1; July (1991): 8-8. |
| McNaughton, Howard. "Negotiating marae performance." Theatre Research International 1.26; Mar (2001): 25-34. |
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| Interview |
| "Interview with Mervyn Thompson, U.K. - N.Z." Act 14; July (1971): 8-8. |
| Bromley, Yvette. Act 22; Mar (1974): 8-11. |
| "First return : an interview with Mervyn Thompson." Act 28; Aug (1975): 9-10. |
| Tremewan, Philip. Act 90.4; (1979): 69-69. |
| Dowling, David. "Mervyn Thompson." Landfall 34; Dec (1980): 307-313. |
| McLennan, Patrick. "All one can write." Listener 2600.126; January 8 (1990): 104-105. |
| Airey, Mavis. "Ngaio Marsh : famed yet private author." The Press June 20 (1991): 20-20. |
| Grant, Liz. "Passing through : a personal tribute to NZ theatre history." The Press February 13 (1991): 21-21. |
| Gilling, Naomi. "Flight of fancy." The Press February 19 (1992): 19-19. |
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| Obituary |
| Horton, Murray. "Obituary." NZ Monthly Review 334; June/July (1992): 29-29. |
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| Profile |
| Horton, Murray. "A theatrical life." New Zealand Monthly Review 330; Apr/May (1991): 24-28. |
| Riley, Brett. "Theatre." Listener 2660.129; March 18 (1991): 54-55. |
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