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Marshall W. Mason Biography (1940-)

Born February 24, 1940, in Amarillo, TX; son of Marvin Marshall and Lorine (Chrisman) Marshall; married Zita Litvinas (deceased). Addresses: Contact--c/o 1948 East Ellis Circle, Mesa, AZ 85203.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 24, 1940

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Appearances
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Eagles Mere, PA, 1959.
• Claudius, Hamlet, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1979.
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Circle Repertory Company, 1980.
• Credits; Stage Work; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1959.
• The Trojan Women, Northwestern University, 1960.
• The Wild Duck, Northwestern University, 1961.
• The Rue Garden, Caffe Cino, 1962.
• The Clown, Caffe Cino, 1962.
• Medea, Caffe Cino, 1962.
• Assistant director, One Way Pendulum, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• An Evening of Love, Caffe Cino, 1963.
• Little Eyolf, Actors' Playhouse, New York City, 1964.
• Producer, Arms and the Man, Actors' Playhouse, 1964.
• Balm in Gilead, La MaMa Etc., New York City, 1965.
• Home Free!, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1965, later Mercury Theatre, London, England, 1968.
• Krapp's Last Tape, 1965.
• The Mutilated, 1966.
• The Madness of Lady Bright, Mercury Theatre, 1968.
• The Hot L Baltimore, Circle Repertory Company, 1973.
• The Sea Horse, Circle Repertory Company, 1974.
• Come Back, Little Sheba, Queens Playhouse, NY, 1974.
• Battle of Angels, Circle Repertory Company, 1974.
• Harry Outside, Circle Repertory Company, 1975.
• The Mound Builders, Circle Repertory Company, 1975, later Triplex Theatre, New York City, 1986.
• Knock, Knock, Circle Repertory Company, then Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Serenading Louie, Circle Repertory Company, 1976.
• Codirector, Mrs. Murray's Farm, Circle Repertory Company, 1976.
• The Farm, Circle Repertory Company, 1976.
• A Tribute to Lili Lamont, Circle Repertory Company, 1976.
• My Life, Circle Repertory Company, 1977.
• Ulysses in Traction, Circle Repertory Company, 1977.
• Gemini, Broadway production, 1977.
• The Fifth of July, Circle Repertory Company, 1978, later New Apollo Theatre, New York City, 1980.
• In the Recovery Lounge, Circle Repertory Company, 1978.
• Murder at the Howard Johnson's, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1979.
• Slugger, PAF Playhouse, New York City, 1979.
• Mary Stuart, Circle Repertory Company, 1979.
• Winter Signs, Circle Repertory Company, 1979.
• Hamlet, Circle Repertory Company, 1979.
• Talley's Folly, Circle Repertory Company, 1979, then John Golden Theatre,1980, later London, England, 1982.
• Childe Byron, Circle Repertory Company, 1981.
• Foxfire, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1981.
• A Tale Told, Circle Repertory Company, then Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1981.
• The Great Grandson of Jedediah Kohler, Entermedia Theatre, New York City,1982.
• Richard II, Circle Repertory Company, 1982.
• Passion, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1983.
• Angels Fall, Circle Repertory Company, Longacre Theatre, 1983.
• Full Hook-Up, Circle Repertory Company, 1983.
• Talley and Son, Circle Repertory Company, 1985.
• As Is, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1985.
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tokyo, Japan, 1985.
• Picnic, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1986.
• Caligula, Triplex Theatre, 1986.
• In This Fallen City, Circle Repertory Company, 1986.
• Artistic director, The Early Girl, Circle Repertory Company, 1986.
• Burn This!, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, then Circle RepertoryCompany, both 1987.
• Artistic director, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Circle Repertory Company, 1986-87.
• Artistic director, As Is, Circle Repertory Company, 1987.
• Artistic director, Road Show, Circle Repertory Company, 1987.
• V and V Only, Circle Repertory Company, 1988.
• Sunshine, Circle Repertory Company, 1989.
• Solitary Confinement, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1992.
• The Sum of Us, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992.
• The Destiny of Me, Circle Repertory Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre, 1992.
• The Sea Gull (also known as The Seagull), Lyceum Theatre, 1992.
• Redwood Curtain, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1992-93, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1993.
• Moonshot and Cosmos, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre,1994.
• Robbers, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1995, later American Place Theatre, 1997.
• Cakewalk, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1996.
• Virgil Is Still the Frog Boy, Boy Street Theatre, 1996.
• Sympathetic Magic, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1997.
• The Elephant Man, Old Spittlefield's Opera, London, England, 1998.
• Also directed productions at the Academy Festival Theatre, Lakewood, IL,(as Marshall Mason) the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, and the SouthCoast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA.
• Credits; Major Tours; Stage Work; Director
• Sleuth, U.S. cities, and London, England, both 1988.
• Summer and Smoke, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, U.S. cities, then London, England, all 1988.
• Whisper in the Mind, U.S. cities, 1990.
• Credits; Television Work; Director, Unless Otherwise Noted; Specials
• Codirector, The Mound Builders, PBS, 1976.
• Kennedy's Children, 1982.
• "The Fifth of July," Broadway on Showtime, Showtime, 1983.
• "Picnic," Broadway on Showtime, Showtime, 1986.