Elric Hooper

Elric James Hooper MBE (born 1936) is a New Zealand director and actor.

He was the artistic director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch from 1979 to 2000.

[2] In the 1990 Queens Birthday Honours, Hooper was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to drama and the theatre.

[3] Also in 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

[4] Hooper was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Canterbury in 2001.