Dr Lawrence Mason, Music and Drama Critic 1924-1939

Abstract

The history of theatre criticism in Canada is just beginning to be uncovered. The author examines the career and critical aesthetic of Dr Lawrence Mason, music and drama critic for the Toronto Globe from 1924 to 1939, and traces his influence on Canadian theatre production and playwriting. The author concludes that Mason was a major national theatre critic whose work anticipated the criticism of Nathan Cohen and Herbert Whittaker after the Second World War.