Court Theatre :[Posters for drama productions. 1976-2010].

Includes posters for:

1976:

"Private lives", by Noel Coward. Produced by Jan Prettejohns. Set construction by Ian Boswell, costumes Pamela Maling. Set design Jean Harris. Lighting Chris Mangin. [1976]

1979:

Fun and games: "Last of the red hot lovers" by Neil Simon; directed by Bryan Aitken; "Travesties", by Tom Stoppard; directed by Elric Hooper; "The Club", by David Williamson; directed by John Curry of Auckland. 1979.

"Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov; directed by Elric Hooper; "Big noise at Fort Issimo", by Bernard Goss and Charles Savage; directed by Paul Sonne; "Till the boys come home", by Ken Hudson; directed by Elric Hooper. 1979.

1980:

"Blood of the lamb", by Bruce Mason. Directed by Elric Hooper. Cast Elizabeth Moody, Judie Douglass, Susan Curnow. At Circa Theatre Wellington. 7 - 18 October 1980. Poster (2 copies)

Wedlock; a season of plays on the subject of marriage: "Middle age spread" by Roger Hall; "Ashes", by David Rudkin; "The country wife", by William Wycherley; "The dance of death", by Auguste Strindberg; "Mothers & fathers", by Joe Musaphia. 1979. Poster (2 copies)

Winners & losers. "Bedroom farce", by Alan Aykbourn; directed by Bryan Aitken. 3 May - 7 June; "A night at the races", by Mervyn Thompson; directed by himself, 12 June - 5 July; "Death of a salesman", by Arthur Miller; directed by Elric Hooper. 12 July - 9 August; "The rivals", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; directed by Elric Hooper. 16 August - 13 September. 1980.

1981:

"Side by side by Sondheim; a musical entertainment", with Annie Whittle, Yvonne Martin, Batholomew John, Rawiri Paratene. 3-31 January [181].

"Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. (Awakening women 3). 2 May [1981].

"Blood of the lamb", by Bruce Mason; directed by Elric Hooper. With Elizabeth Moody, Judie Douglass, Thomascita Edgerton. Phillip St Theatre (Sydney?). From 6 October 1981.

Vive la France. "Ring round the moon", by Jean Anouilh. 14 November 1981; "Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris", by Jacques Brel, opens 2 January 1982; "The Miser", by Moliere, opens 7 February 1982.

1982:

"Duet for one", by Tom Kempinski. With Annie Whittle. Court Studio. 27 April [1982].

"Accidental death of an anarchist", by Dario Fo. 1-29 May [1982].

"Amadeus", by Peter Shaffer. With Jonathan Elsom and Martyn Duffy. 5 June [1982].

1984:

"84 Charing Cross Road", by Helene Hanff; directed by Jonathan Elsom. 5 May 1984.

"The real thing", by Tom Stoppard. With Jonathan Elsom, Alison Quigan. 9 June - 17 July 1984.

"'Night, Mother", by Marsha Norman. Court Studio, 16 June - 7 July [1984].

"Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. 16 July - 11 August [1984].

"Can't pay, won't pay", by Dario Fo. 21 July - 11 August [1984].

"The threepenny opera", by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. [1984].

"True West", by Sam Shepard. 25 September - 13 October [1984].

"The Cherry Orchard", by Anton Chekhov. 29 September [1984].

"Bent", by Martin Sherman. 30 October [1984].

"Wednesday to come", by Renee. 3 November [1984].

1985:

"Hobson's choice", directed by Stuart Devenie, starring Richard Mayes, Elizabeth Moody and Alex Gilchrist. From 16 March [1985].

"Top Girls", by Carol Churchill. Court Studio, from 16 April [1985].

"King Lear", by William Shakespeare. From 20 April [1985].

"Steaming", by Nell Dunn. Theatre Royal, from 22 May [1985].

"Mr Cinders". Music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers. Book and lyrics by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman. Starring Elric Hooper. From 1 June [1985].

"Foreskin's lament", by Greg McGee. From 6 July [1985].

"Tramway Road", by Ronald Harwood. From 3 July [1985].

"Annie Wobbler", by Arnold Wesker. Directed by Elizabeth Moody. With Judie Douglass. Opens 7 August [1985].

"The servant of two masters", by Carlo Goldoni. Opens 10 August [1985].

"Tom and Viv", by Michael Hastings. From 17 September [1985].

"The foursome", by A E Whitehead. Opens 20 September [1985].

"Cloud nine", by Carol Churchill. From 19 October [1985].

1986:

"Wild cabbage". Directed by James Beaumont. Court II, 18 February [1986]

1993:

"Larnach, castle of lies", by Michelanne Forster. Court Theatre from 16 October 1993

1997:

Roger Hall's "Social climbers", from 15 March 1997

1999:

"The god boy" by Ian Cross. From 24 July 1999

2000:

"Kiwifruits 2; heaven sent", with Mark Hadlow. By Carl Nixon. From 14 October 2000

2001:

Mark Hadlow in "The face maker", by Stuart Hoar [2001]

2002:

"The big OE", by Alison Quigan & Ross Gumbley. Directed by Elizabeth Moody. With Ross Gumbley. from 16 March 2002.

2003:

George Henare in "The Christian brothers", by Ron Blair. Directed by Peter Evans.

George Henare in "The curative" , adapted by Tony McCaffrey from the novel by Charlotte Randall. Court Two, from 14 June 2003

"Middle age spread", by Roger Hall. Directed by Cathy Downes. From 15 March 2003

"Muldoon", written and performed by David McPhail. From June 2003

"Potiki's memory of stone", by Briar Grace-Smith. Directed by Cathy Downes. The Court Theatre on tour [2003]. With George Henare, Jim Moriarty and Jennifer Ludlam

"Potiki's memory of stone", by Briar Grace-Smith. Directed by Cathy Downes. With George Henare, Jim Moriarty and Jennifer Ludlam. Court One, from 19 July 2003

2004:

Patrick Duffy and Greg Ellis are "Geezers"; balls of steel. Court 2, from 21 Feb 2004.

2006:

"Happy coupling", by Ross Gumbley. Directed by Ross Jolly. Court Theatre 35th anniversary tour.

2010:

Two fish 'n' a scoop", by Carl Nixon. Directed by Gregory Cooper. The Forge at the Court, 2-18 December 2010. Programme / flier

Quantity: 39 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.

Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters sizes varying below 500 mm.

Provenance: Some material donated by Marlborough District Libraries in 2003. One flier donated by Kathy Palmer, National Library Christchurch, in 2011; some by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2015.