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1993
Robert Lord's 1992 comedy Joyful and Triumphant tells the story of a New Zealand family over a period of 40 years. Commissioned by Wellington's Circa Theatre, it was first performed as part of the 1992 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts under the direction of Susan Wilson. It was a great success, winning many awards, and was subsequently performed around New Zealand and in Sydney, Adelaide and London.
Robert Lord (1945–1992) is an important figure in the history of literature and theatre in Aotearoa New Zealand. He was born in Rotorua and studied at Victoria University of Wellington. In 1969 he was awarded the Katherine Mansfield Young Writers Award, and his first full-length play, It Isn't Cricket, premiered at Downstage Theatre in 1971. In the early 70s he was an editorial board member of ACT magazine and during this period he co-founded Playmarket, New Zealand's playwrights' agency and publisher. Lord's enduring work includes the plays Well Hung, Bert and Maisy and Joyful and Triumphant. Lord also wrote absorbing diaries, published in 2023 by Oxford University Press, as Robert Lord Diaries.