The magazine Newsweek described her novels as 'the best whodunits ever written'. Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director.
Drama
Articles
Making of New Zealand literature
Historian and poet Keith Sinclair has argued that the 1950s was the decade 'when the New Zealand intellect and imagination came alive' Read the full article
Women Together
Women's Institute Drama Groups
Country Women's Institute (CWI) drama made a significant contribution to New Zealand theatre, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s when amateur, one-act play production was at its height. Read the full Women Together Essay
Biographies
Main image: Portrait of Ngaio Marsh
Standing portrait of dramatist and crime writer Ngaio Marsh taken c1935.
