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'''Joseph Musaphia''' (born 1935) is a New Zealand writer and actor who was born in [[London]].<ref name= 'playmarket'>{{cite news|title=Spotlight Joseph Musaphia|agency=Playmarket News|issue=113–9703970|publisher=Playmarket|date=1998}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Joseph Musaphia was born in 1935 in [[London]] and he has [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=McDonnell|first=Gabe|date=30 August 2019|title=Joe Musaphia|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/joe-musaphia/biography|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-14|website=NZ On Screen|language=en}}</ref> He moved with his family to [[Melbourne]], Australia and lived there from 1938 - 1946 when they moved to [[Christchurch]], New Zealand. He attended [[Christchurch Boys' High School]] and left age 15.<ref name=":0" /> He spent three years as an apprentice motor mechanic but then switched to art and cartooning, working in commercial art for ten years. Over a period of three years, while we was in his early twenties his cartoons were published weekly in the ''The Listener'' magazine.<ref name="playmarket" /><ref name=":0" />
Joseph Musaphia was born in 1935 in [[London]] and he has [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=McDonnell|first=Gabe|date=30 August 2019|title=Joe Musaphia|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/joe-musaphia/biography|access-date=2020-08-14|website=NZ On Screen|language=en}}</ref> He moved with his family to [[Melbourne]], Australia and lived there from 1938 until 1946 when they moved to [[Christchurch]], New Zealand. He attended [[Christchurch Boys' High School]] and left age 15.<ref name=":0" /> He spent three years as an apprentice motor mechanic until he switched to art and cartooning, working in commercial art for ten years. Over a period of three years, while we was in his early twenties his cartoons were published weekly in [[The Listener (magazine)|''The Listener'' magazine]].<ref name="playmarket" /><ref name=":0" />


Musaphia switched from commercial art to writing and acting for stage, screen and radio after his first play was produced by the [[New Zealand Theatre Company]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|editor-last=Brasch|editor-first=Charles|title=Free|url=|journal=Landfall|volume=68|pages=348-369|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Harcourt|first=Peter|title=A Dramatic Appearance: New Zealand Theatre 1920 - 1970|publisher=Methuen|year=1978|isbn=|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=}}</ref> He was inspired to write after attending the [[Unity Theatre, Wellington|Unity Theatre]] production of ''[[Look Back in Anger|Look Back In Anger]]'' by John Osborne.<ref name=":0" />
Musaphia started writing and acting for stage, screen and radio after his first play was produced by the [[New Zealand Theatre Company]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite journal|editor-last=Brasch|editor-first=Charles|title=Free|journal=Landfall|volume=68|pages=348–369}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Harcourt|first=Peter|title=A Dramatic Appearance: New Zealand Theatre 1920 – 1970|publisher=Methuen|year=1978|location=Wellington, New Zealand}}</ref> He was inspired to write after attending the [[Unity Theatre, Wellington|Unity Theatre]] production of ''[[Look Back in Anger|Look Back In Anger]]'' by John Osborne.<ref name=":0" />


In 1971 Musaphia and [[Roger Hall (playwright)|Roger Hall]] won a Logie Award for best television comedy, ''Australia A – Z''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Hall|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/roger-hall/biography|website=NZ on Screen|accessdate=21 April 2016}}</ref> In 1979 he received the first [[Victoria University of Wellington]] Writer's Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Writer in Residence|url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/about/residence|website=International Institute of Modern Letters|accessdate=21 April 2016}}</ref> Musaphia wrote his first novel in 1997, has been a columnist for ''[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]]'' in [[Wellington]], and continues to write stage and radio plays.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Musaphia|url=http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/joe-musaphia|website=Playmarket|accessdate=21 April 2016}}</ref>
In 1971 Musaphia and [[Roger Hall (playwright)|Roger Hall]] won a [[Logie Awards|Logie Award]] for best television comedy, ''Australia A – Z''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Hall|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/roger-hall/biography|website=NZ on Screen|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>


The play ''Mother and Fathers'' first presented in 1975 at the [[Fortune Theatre, Dunedin|Fortune Theatre]] in Dunedin also had presentations in at the [[Court Theatre (New Zealand)|Court Theatre]] and [[Downstage Theatre|Downstage]] in Wellington. Musaphia acted in the early productions. It was so popular in Wellington it transferred to the much larger theatre the [[Opera House, Wellington|Opera House]] for three nights.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=March 1976|title=Mother and Fathers|journal=Act|volume=1}}</ref> In 1979 he received the first [[Victoria University of Wellington]] Writer's Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Writer in Residence|url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/about/residence|access-date=21 April 2016|website=International Institute of Modern Letters}}</ref>
Circa Theatre chose the Musaphia play ''Mates'' to celebrate their tenth year and it was directed and starred Ray Henwood.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cooke|first=Pat|date=August 1986|title=Act Reviews - Mates|url=|journal=Act|volume=11|issue=|pages=|issn=01100106|via=}}</ref>

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==Plays==
[[Circa Theatre]] chose the Musaphia play ''Mates'' to celebrate their tenth year in 1986 and it was directed and starred [[Ray Henwood]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cooke|first=Pat|date=August 1986|title=Act Reviews – Mates|journal=Act|volume=11|issn=0110-0106}}</ref> Musaphia wrote his first novel in 1997, has been a columnist for ''[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]]'' in [[Wellington]], and continues to write stage and radio plays.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Musaphia|url=http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/joe-musaphia|access-date=21 April 2016|website=Playmarket}}</ref>
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* 1971 - ''The Guerilla''

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* 1973 – ''Victims -'' premiered at [[Downstage Theatre|Downstage]] 1973<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=1998|title=Spotlight Joseph Musaphia|url=|journal=Playmarket News|publisher=Playmarket|volume=18|pages=13|via=}}</ref>
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==Stage Plays==
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* 1974 - ''Obstacles -'' premiered at [[Downstage Theatre|Downstage]] 1974<ref name= 'playmarket'/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Smythe|first=John|url=|title=Downstage upfront : the first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre|date=2004|publisher=Victoria University Press|year=|isbn=0-86473-489-1|location=Wellington, N.Z.|pages=|oclc=60386677}}</ref>
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* 1971 – ''The Guerilla''
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* 1973 – ''Victims -'' premiered at [[Downstage Theatre|Downstage]] 1973<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=1998|title=Spotlight Joseph Musaphia|journal=Playmarket News|publisher=Playmarket|volume=18|pages=13}}</ref>
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* 1974 – ''Obstacles -'' premiered at [[Downstage Theatre|Downstage]] 1974<ref name= 'playmarket'/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Smythe|first=John|title=Downstage upfront : the first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre|date=2004|publisher=Victoria University Press|isbn=0-86473-489-1|location=Wellington, N.Z.|oclc=60386677}}</ref>
* 1975 ''- Mother and Fathers -'' premiered at the [[Fortune Theatre, Dunedin|Fortune Theatre]],<ref name=":1" /> revised in 2005
* 1975 ''- Mother and Fathers -'' premiered at the [[Fortune Theatre, Dunedin|Fortune Theatre]],<ref name=":1" /> revised in 2005
* 1980 - ''Hunting -'' premiered at [[Circa Theatre]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=Circa 1976-1996|date=1996|publisher=The Council of Circa Theatre|others=Reid, John, 1949-, Jeffrey, Ruth., Council of Circa Theatre.|year=|isbn=0-473-04155-3|location=Wellington [N.Z.]|pages=|oclc=37434951}}</ref>
* 1980 - ''Hunting -'' premiered at [[Circa Theatre]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Circa 1976–1996|date=1996|publisher=The Council of Circa Theatre|others=Reid, John, 1949–, Jeffrey, Ruth., Council of Circa Theatre.|isbn=0-473-04155-3|location=Wellington [N.Z.]|oclc=37434951}}</ref>
* 1983 - ''A Fair Go For Charlie Wellman''<ref name=":1" />
* 1983 - ''A Fair Go For Charlie Wellman''<ref name=":1" />
* 1983 - ''The Plague''
* 1983 - ''The Plague''
* 1986 - ''Mates -'' premiered at Circa Theatre
* 1986 - ''Mates -'' premiered at Circa Theatre
* 1988 - ''The New Zealander -'' premiered at the Fortune Theatre
* 2018 – ''Problems -'' premiered at Circa Theatre

== Radio Plays ==

* 1976 – ''Flotsam and Jetsum'' ([[New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation|NZBC]])
* 1976 – ''The Guerilla'' (NZBC)
* 1976 – ''Never Let it Be Said'' (NZBC)
* 1978 – ''Just Desserts'' (NZBC)
* 1979 – ''Mind Jogging'' (NZBC)
* 1985 – ''Mothers and Fathers'' ([[Radio New Zealand|RNZ]])


==Film and television==
==Film and television==


* 2019 - ''Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy'', Subject - Television
* 2019 – ''Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy'', Subject – Television
* 1986 - ''Between the Lines'', Writer - Television
* 1986 – ''Between the Lines'', Writer – Television
* 1983 - ''Comedy Playhouse'', Writer - Television
* 1983 – ''Comedy Playhouse'', Writer – Television
* 1975 - 1976, ''Today at One'', Writer, Actor - Television
* 1975 – 1976, ''Today at One'', Writer, Actor – Television
* 1974 - 1975, ''Buck House'', Writer - Television
* 1974 – 1975, ''Buck House'', Writer – Television
* 1973, ''Richard John Seddon - Premier'', Actor - Television
* 1973, ''Richard John Seddon – Premier'', Actor – Television
* 1971, ''Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z'', Writer - Television
* 1971, ''Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z'', Writer – Television
* 1969 - 1970, ''In View of the Circumstances'', Actor, Writer - Television
* 1969 – 1970, ''In View of the Circumstances'', Actor, Writer – Television
* 1967 - 1968, ''Joe's World'' - Presenter, Writer - Television
* 1967 – 1968, ''Joe's World'' – Presenter, Writer – Television
* 1966 - ''Don’t Let It Go'' - film <ref>{{cite web|title=Don't Let It Go|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dont-let-it-get-you-1966|accessdate=21 April 2016|website=NZ on Screen}}</ref>
* 1966 – ''Don’t Let It Go'' – film <ref>{{cite web|title=Don't Let It Go|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dont-let-it-get-you-1966|access-date=21 April 2016|website=NZ on Screen}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Joseph Musaphia
Born
Joseph Musaphia

1935
London United Kingdom
Nationality Neuseeland
Occupationplaywright

Joseph Musaphia (born 1935) is a New Zealand writer and actor who was born in London.[1]

Biography

[edit]

Joseph Musaphia was born in 1935 in London and he has Portuguese ancestry.[2] He moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia and lived there from 1938 until 1946 when they moved to Christchurch, New Zealand. He attended Christchurch Boys' High School and left age 15.[2] He spent three years as an apprentice motor mechanic until he switched to art and cartooning, working in commercial art for ten years. Over a period of three years, while we was in his early twenties his cartoons were published weekly in The Listener magazine.[1][2]

Musaphia started writing and acting for stage, screen and radio after his first play was produced by the New Zealand Theatre Company in 1961.[3][4] He was inspired to write after attending the Unity Theatre production of Look Back In Anger by John Osborne.[2]

In 1971 Musaphia and Roger Hall won a Logie Award for best television comedy, Australia A – Z.[5]

The play Mother and Fathers first presented in 1975 at the Fortune Theatre in Dunedin also had presentations in at the Court Theatre and Downstage in Wellington. Musaphia acted in the early productions. It was so popular in Wellington it transferred to the much larger theatre the Opera House for three nights.[6] In 1979 he received the first Victoria University of Wellington Writer's Fellowship.[7]

Circa Theatre chose the Musaphia play Mates to celebrate their tenth year in 1986 and it was directed and starred Ray Henwood.[8] Musaphia wrote his first novel in 1997, has been a columnist for The Evening Post in Wellington, and continues to write stage and radio plays.[9]

Stage Plays

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  • 1971 – The Guerilla
  • 1973 – Victims - premiered at Downstage 1973[10]
  • 1974 – Obstacles - premiered at Downstage 1974[1][11]
  • 1975 - Mother and Fathers - premiered at the Fortune Theatre,[10] revised in 2005
  • 1980 - Hunting - premiered at Circa Theatre[12]
  • 1983 - A Fair Go For Charlie Wellman[10]
  • 1983 - The Plague
  • 1986 - Mates - premiered at Circa Theatre
  • 1988 - The New Zealander - premiered at the Fortune Theatre
  • 2018 – Problems - premiered at Circa Theatre

Radio Plays

[edit]
  • 1976 – Flotsam and Jetsum (NZBC)
  • 1976 – The Guerilla (NZBC)
  • 1976 – Never Let it Be Said (NZBC)
  • 1978 – Just Desserts (NZBC)
  • 1979 – Mind Jogging (NZBC)
  • 1985 – Mothers and Fathers (RNZ)

Film and television

[edit]
  • 2019 – Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy, Subject – Television
  • 1986 – Between the Lines, Writer – Television
  • 1983 – Comedy Playhouse, Writer – Television
  • 1975 – 1976, Today at One, Writer, Actor – Television
  • 1974 – 1975, Buck House, Writer – Television
  • 1973, Richard John Seddon – Premier, Actor – Television
  • 1971, Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z, Writer – Television
  • 1969 – 1970, In View of the Circumstances, Actor, Writer – Television
  • 1967 – 1968, Joe's World – Presenter, Writer – Television
  • 1966 – Don’t Let It Go – film [13]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Spotlight Joseph Musaphia". No. 113–9703970. Playmarket. Playmarket News. 1998.
  2. ^ a b c d McDonnell, Gabe (30 August 2019). "Joe Musaphia". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ Brasch, Charles (ed.). "Free". Landfall. 68: 348–369.
  4. ^ Harcourt, Peter (1978). A Dramatic Appearance: New Zealand Theatre 1920 – 1970. Wellington, New Zealand: Methuen.
  5. ^ "Roger Hall". NZ on Screen. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Mother and Fathers". Act. 1. March 1976.
  7. ^ "Writer in Residence". International Institute of Modern Letters. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  8. ^ Cooke, Pat (August 1986). "Act Reviews – Mates". Act. 11. ISSN 0110-0106.
  9. ^ "Joe Musaphia". Playmarket. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Spotlight Joseph Musaphia". Playmarket News. 18. Playmarket: 13. 1998.
  11. ^ Smythe, John (2004). Downstage upfront : the first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-86473-489-1. OCLC 60386677.
  12. ^ Circa 1976–1996. Reid, John, 1949–, Jeffrey, Ruth., Council of Circa Theatre. Wellington [N.Z.]: The Council of Circa Theatre. 1996. ISBN 0-473-04155-3. OCLC 37434951.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ "Don't Let It Go". NZ on Screen. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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