Stuart Hoar

Stuart Hoar (1957) is a New Zealand playwright, teacher, novelist, radio dramatist and librettist. Hoar was born in New Plymouth and he was educated at Manurewa High School and University of Auckland. He worked in the film industry as a sound recordist. In 1987, Squatter was chosen for Playmarket's National Playwrights Workshop and the following year Hoar was Writer in Residence at Mercury Theatre and recipient of the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. In 1993, Hoar received the Robert Burns Fellowship. Since the age of 24 he has written over 30 radio plays which have been broadcast internationally. He has taught playwriting at Canterbury and Auckland universities and currently works for Playmarket as their script advisor.

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