Victoria University of Wellington Drama Club :[Programmes. 1930-1999].

Includes productions of the Victoria University College Drama Club and the VUWSA Drama Club.

Includes:

1936:

"Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Directed by Mr Ashley-Jones. College Gymnasium, 12-13 March 1936. Typescript flier / programme (2 copies)

ca 1939:

"Stage door", by Edna Ferber. Produced by Marie McWilliams. Typescript flier / programme

One act play evening: "E and O.E.; a farce in one act", by E Crawshaw Williams, produced by Guy C Bliss; "An evening at the Rodways'; a low comedy in one spasm:, written and produced by Ronald L Meek' "The royal inn", by Ronald Elwy Mitchell, produced by J D Freeman". [ca 1939]. Programme.

Three one-act plays: "Flickering light", by Ethel Madeley, produced by H M Williamson; "Where's that bomb?" by Roger Gullan and Buckley Roberts, produced by A B Gordon; "Danger", by Richard Hughes, produced by Miss June Cummins. [ca 1939]. Typescript programme / flier.

1940:

"Harvest in the north", by James Lansdale Hodson, produced by A Donald Priestley. 14-16 March 1940. Typescript programme / flier.

ca 1947?:

V U C Drama Club presents "Mr Bolfry", by James Brodie [i.e. Bridie]. Produced by Pix Hurrell. Programme / flier

1950:

"Coriolanus", by William Shakespeare, produced by Patricia Evison. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 21-25 March 1950. Programme (2 copies)

1951:

"The typewriter", by Jean Cocteau. University Little Theatre, 26-28 April 1951. Flier announcement.

Three one-act plays: "The corridors of the soul", by Evreinov [?], produced by Klaus Neuberg; "The dark lady of the sonnets", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Elizabeth Oliver; "Lord Byron's love letter", by Tennessee Williams, produced by Robin King. Typescript flier / programme.

1952:

"The rivals", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Ralph Hogg. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 18-22 March 1952. Programme (2 copies)

1953:

"The circle", by Somerset Maugham. produced by Harold Baigent. Scenery constructed in the CAS workshop and painted by John Holmwood. North Island tour 1953. A Community Arts Service. Programme

1957:

"I am a camera", by John van Druten. Produced by Ann Flannery. 7 August 1957. Typescript flier / programme (2 copies one with date in ink)

1960s:

"The last half-crown; V.U.W. Drama Club's Christmas revue. Producer Roger Hall [1960s - ca 1967?]. Programme (2 copies)

1963:

1963 Inter University Drama Festival. Allen Hall, 19- and 21 August [1963]. Judge Patric Carey (Canterbury University "The respectable prostitute; Auckland University "The public eye"; Massey University "Electra"; Contemporary Arts Society "The sandbox"; Victoria University "Crawling Arnold"; Lincoln College "The eccentric"; Otago University "The rattle"). Programme (photocopy only)

"Lysistrata", by Aristophanes, traslated by Dudley Fitts. produced by Owen Leeming. Victoria University Memorial Theatre, 22 June - 3 July 1963. Programme (2 copies)

1967:

"Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare, produced by William Austin. 14-21 April 1967. Programme.

1972:

Shakespeare is alive and well and living in "The winter's tale", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Anthony Taylor. May/June 1972. Programme (2 copies)

ca 1977-1979:

"Doctor Faustus", by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Jeremy Jay; and "Everyman", directed by Judith Dale. [ca 1977-1979?]. Typescript programme

1979:

"The marriage of Figaro", by Beaumarchais, directed by Adrian Kiernander. Victoria University of Wellington Drama Studies. Drama House, 7-14 Juiy [1979] Flier only.

1983:

One act plays: "The stationary 6th form poetry trip", by Rachel McAlpine; "The pen of my aunt", by Gordon Daviot; "The end of the picnic", by David Compton; "The man who turned into a dog", by Dragun. Also "The ruffian on the stairs", by Joe Orton; "The man who turned into a dog", by Dragun. 16-18 August [1983] (2 different fliers)

1984:

"Setting the table", by Renee. Drama House, 93 Kelburn Parade, 11-16 September [1984]. Flyer

1985:

"Twelfth night, or what you will", by William Shakespeare. Director David Copeland. With new and beautiful scenery and effects by Mr Richard Till. Majestic Theatre, 6-16 February 1985. Flier only (2 copies)

1986:

Victoria University Drama Studies production directed by John Downie. "Everyman", a contemporary version of the medieval play. Drama Studio, 93 Kelburn Parade, 30 April - 3 May [1986]

"Whose life is it anyway?", by Brian Clark. VUW Union Hall, 6-13 September [1986]. Flyer only

1987:

VUW Drama Studies presents "Promptings of the Devil"; scenes of temptation from Elizabethan drama [Marlowe, Webster, Shakespeare, Middleton]. Drama House Studio, 30 September - 3 October [1987]. Flyer

1988:

Much ado about nothing; Summer Shakespeare Trust 1989. Auditions. 2-day audition/workshop for 1989 Victoria University Summer Shakespeare. Dance Room, University Recreation Centre, 8-9 October [1988]. Flyer

1990s?:

Cocktail: wine, beer, vodka and ... blood. VUW Drama Department's composition class present the premiere of four original plays: "In", "Terrace", "Loaf" and "The red death". Studio 77, 77 Fairlie Tce, Wednesday 11th- Friday 13th [1990s?]. Green flyer only

1991:

Victoria University Drama Club & Summer City present "A midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare, with original music composed by Ivan Patterson. Director David O'Donnell; asst director Jeremy Scrivener. [1991]. Programme

1992:

Summer Shakespeare. "Richard III". Directed by David O'Donnell. The Dell, 1992. Programme (2 copies)

1995:

"Macbeth", by William Shakespeare (Summer Shakepeare). Directed by Gabrielle Bishop. [February 1995]. Programme and two tickets (inside)

1996:

Summer Shakespeare "As you like it" in Civic Square, Summer 1996. Programme

VUWSA Drama Club. "A fish with 2 tales"; two plays: "To be a fish you must get wet", by Eliot Pryor and Virginia Fenton; "Eyepie", by Virginia Fenton. Directors Melinda Collie and Judy Dale. Bats Theatre, 3-9 March [1996]. Programme

"Tall stories and short yarns"; 75th anniversary production. Circa Studio 5-14 September; Dionysus Ball, Boatshed 6 September; Archives alive - launching of Drama Club archives 14 September [1996]. Flier

1997:

VUW Theatre and Film Department presents Bertolt Brecht's "The resistable rise of Arturo Ui", directed by Vanessa Byrnes. Studio 77, 16-19 April 1997. Programme.

Quantity: 31 theatre programmes and fliers..

Physical Description: Offset print or typescript on programmes, sizes below 320 mm.