Writer
Mathias's play Cowardice was produced at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 1983, starring Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman and Nigel Davenport and received poor reviews.
He followed it with Infidelities, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1985 before transferring to London's Donmar Warehouse. In 1987, A Prayer For Wings, directed by Joan Plowright, was produced in Edinburgh and, after winning a Fringe First awards, transferred to the Bush Theatre in London. Later plays include Poor Nanny in 1989, and Swansea Boys in 1990.
His writing also includes a novel, Manhattan Mourning, published in 1988, and the BBC TV film The Lost Language of Cranes, broadcast in 1992.
A friend of Ian Charleson, whom he also directed in Bent, Mathias contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.
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