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Ralph McCubbin Howell

Ralph McCubbin Howell

New Zealand playwright, actor and theatre director

Ralph McCubbin Howell is a Wellington-based New Zealand playwright and actor.[1] He was the recipient of the 2014 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award.[2] His work The Devil's Half Acre was commissioned and produced by the 2016 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts.[3]

Howells has a BA (Honours) in Theatre & English at Victoria University of Wellington. He also trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK).[4]

Howell often performs as an actor in his own work, with roles in many initial productions of his plays including The Bookbinder,[5] The Devil's Half Acre, The Road That Wasn't There,[6] Broken River, and The Engine room.

Howell is the co-director along with Hannah Smith of the theatre company Trick of the Light.[4] Their play The Road That Wasn't There won Howell an Outstanding New NZ Play in 2013 and Smith the Most Promising Director at the Wellington Theatre Awards (2023).[4]

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "Playmarket". Playmarket New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Ralph McCubbin Howell wins Bruce Mason Playwrighting award". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    Coleman, Ewen. "Review, The Devil's Half Acre". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. [4]
    "About". Trick of the Light. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    Atkinson, Laurie. "The Bookbinder". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. [6]
    McCubbin Howell, Ralph. Here / Now (first ed.). Playmarket. pp. 221–269. ISBN 978-0-908607-59-4.
  7. [7]
    "Bruce Mason Playwright Awards". Te Ara Encclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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    Kerr, Brianne. "New Zealand Fringe Festival Awards 2014". The Big Idea. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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    Smythe, John. "Chapman Tripp Theatre awards 2013". theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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    "Keeping up with NZ".
  11. [11]
    scoop, media. "Chapman Tripp Theatre awards 2011 award winners". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2016.


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