Herbert Mason

Samuel George Herbert Mason MC was born on 7^th April 1891 in Moseley, Birmingham to Samuel George Mason a brass-founder and Amy Mason (née Collins). He was known professionally as Herbert Mason throughout his theatrical and film career.

He worked in the family business before deciding to begin a career on stage. However, his career came to a pause when the First World War broke out.

He was awarded the Military Cross for his courage in the Battle of Guillemont in September 1916. Prior to the battle he painted a self-portrait with oil paints left behind by a French officer whose dugout he moved into.

When the war ended, Mason resumed his career in theatre and became a stage manager in the 1920s. In the 1930s he moved into film making and after the Second World War film production. He and his wife Daisy Fisher, a novelist wrote several plays together – ‘Lend Me Robin’ (1948) and ‘Dangerous Woman’ (1951). They were married for nearly 46 years.

Samuel George Herbert Mason died on 20^th May 1960 in London, aged 69.

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Past productions

Director, Dangerous Woman, Alan Miles and Frederick Piffard 29^th January – 3^rd February 1951, Wimbledon Theatre.
Author / Director, Lend Me Robin, Envoy Productions Ltd 5^th – 23^rd October 1948, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Director, Big Top (revue) 18^th March – 29^th August 1942, His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London), Opera House, Manchester, and other locations.
Presenter, Peril at End House 22^nd April – June 1940, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London, Imperial Theatre, Brighton, and other locations.
Director / Presented by / Shipwright (replacement), The Cave Man!, Herbert Mason and Worland S Wheeler 10^th October – 17^th December 1927, Savoy Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, and other locations.
Director, Yvonne 22^nd May 1926 – January 1927, Daly’s Theatre, (London).
Choreography / Staged by, The Punch-Bowl, André Charlot, Archibald de Bear, and Violet Melnotte 21^st May 1924 – 19^th December 1925, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London), and other locations.
Dialogue produced by, Rats!, JM & R Gatti 21^st February – 22^nd September 1923, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
Performer / Stage director, Pot Luck! 1921 – 1922, Vaudeville Theatre, (Strand) London.
The Christmas Party 10^th – 25^th January 1914, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
The Critic 26^th December 1913 – 9^th January 1914, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Stage manager, The Follies 29^th October – 7^th December 1912, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.

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