Richard Campion (theatre director)

Richard Meckiff Campion ONZM (13 December 1923 – 2 July 2013) was a New Zealand theatre director.[1] He founded the New Zealand Players, New Zealand's first professional theatre company, with his wife and co-founder Edith Campion.[1][2][3]

In 1990, Campion was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the theatre.[5] The Academy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director Jane Campion is his daughter. The Ngā Whakarākei O Whātaitai / Wellington Theatre Awards annually an award called The Richard Campion Accolade for Outstanding Performance.[6]

References
  1. "Death of Richard Campion, theatre pioneer who founded NZ Players". Wellington Scoop. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. "Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. Dekker, Diana (13 July 2013). "All the world was a stage for NZ Players founder". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 90. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  5. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. "Wellington Theatre Awards 2019". The Big Idea. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.


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