Biography

Father of Sophia Hawthorne and Emmeline Hawthorne.

In 1971 he joined the Mercury Theatre under the directorship of Anthony Richardson.

In 1955 he became a member of the New Zealand Players, the nation's first major professional theatre company. It was directed by Richard Campion, father of filmmaker Jane Campion.

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

In 1982 he became Director of the National Opera of New Zealand. He directed Brecht/ Weills' Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw but the company financially failed and finished soon after.