Thespians Inc :[Theatre ephemera and programmes for drama productions in Wellington. 1934-1939].

Includes programmes for:

1934:

"The high road", by Frederick Lonsdale. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 6-7 April 1934. Programme (2 copies).

"Ambrose Applejohn's adventure", by Walter Hackett. Director Victor S Lloyd. 27-29 September 1934. Programme.

"Rope", a de Quinceyish essay in the macabre - a play in 3 acts by Patrick Hamilton. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 19-21 December 1934. Programme (2 copies)

1935:

"Afterwards", by Walter Hackett. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 13-16 November 1935. Programme

"Hobson's choice", by Harold Brighouse. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 15-17 August 1935. Programme (photograph of E R Render? as Hobson on cover) (2 copies)

"Third time lucky", by Arnold Ridley. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 2-4 May 1935. Programme (2 copies)

Receipt for 10 shillings and sixpence membership subscription for 1935 to Miss J Weeber

1936:

"The sport of kings", by Ian Hay; and, "Clay", by Eric Bradwell. Both plays produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-18 April 1936. Programme (2 copies).

"Laburnum grove", by J B Priestley. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 18-20 June 1936. Programme (2 copies).

"Lover's leap", by Philip Johnson. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 13-15 August 1936. Programme (2 copies).

"Call it a day", by Dodie Smith (C L Anthony). Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-7 November 1936. Programme (2 copies).

1937:

"And so to bed", by J B Fagan. Produced by D G Edwards. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 21-24 April 1937. Programme (2 copies).

"No. 17", by J Jefferson Farjeon. Directed by Evan Harrowell. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 9-12 June 1937. Programme (2 copies).

"Family affairs", by Gertrude Jennings. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 4-7 August 1937. Programme (2 copies).

"The two Mrs Carrolls', by Martin Vale. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 10-13 November 1937. Programme (2 copies).

1938:

"The school for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-18 June 1938. Programme (2 copies)

"Aren't men beasts!", by Vernon Sylvaine.Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 4-6 August 1938. Programme (2 copies).

"Love from a stranger", adapted from a story by Agatha Christie by Frank Vosper. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber 19-22 November 1938. Programme.

1939:

"Someone at the door", by Dorothy and Campbell Christie. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 18-21 March 1939. Programme (2 copies).

"Short story", by Robert Morley. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 3-6 June 1939. Programme (2 copies).

"The flashing stream", by Charles Morgan. Produced by Miles F E Wright. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-8 August 1939. Programme (2 copies) and promotional pamphlet.

"Private lives", by Noel Coward. Produced by Myles F E Wright. Concert Chamber. 18-21 November 1939. Programme (2 copies).

"Thesarabian nights"; a folly committed in fifteen frolics. Devised and directed by Russell Reid; ballet by Joan Raine. Little Theatre, 30 June - 1 July 1939. Programme

Quantity: 23 theatre programmes and other ephemera.

Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Provenance: Some items donated by Mrs Shirley Megget in 2006, and Mrs Alice Megget in 2008; some from the collection of Raymond Hedges 2002.