Plays and The Dorothy Davies Trio

Included are -

Operetta "The Vagabond King" by Rudolf Friml (music) and Brian Hooker and William H Post (book and lyrics), USA, 1925.

Children's play "Cinderella."

Actor in the play "Cradle Song" by Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Spain. First performed 1911.

Play - "Much ado about Nothing" by William shakespeare.

Play - "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. The Thespians production.

Play - "The Foolish Gentlewoman" by Margery sharp, UK. ca 1948.

Play or musical - "Rose without a Thorn."

Play - "Mountain air."

Edith Campion in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Bertholt Brecht.

New Zealand Centre for Photography postcard of artist, Russell Clark's pallet and brushes.

Contact sheets of 35mm images of Dunedin.

Betty Waller, nee Aslin, in the surf.

Scene from the play "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky. A Unity Threatre production.

Scene from the play "The Bat" by the Hutt Repertory Theatre.

The Dorothy Davies Trio.

Studio wedding photographs.

Barbara Basham (Aunt Daisy) broadcaster.

G. Te Waari in traditional Maori costume and made up with a moko (facial tattoo).

Maria Martin dressed as a man.

Series of actors in "Shakespeare's Women".

New Zealand Centennial Exhibition buildings, Rongotai, Wellington.

Brian O'brien of radio 2ZB.

US Navy sailor, Paul J Newman.

Comic woman actor called Lizzy.

Actors in the "Gondoliers" by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Miss D Howie, 1945.

Miss K Sotham, 1945.

Actors in "Iolanthe" by Gilbert and sullivan.

Miss L Brewer (dancer), 1945.

Mr Jacobsen (jnr), 1945.

Mr Gaultar.

Actors in "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare.

Selwyn Toogood and Mrs Tansley of National Radio.

Event which is probably the conference of the Photographic Society of New Zealand, Christchurch, 1947.

Mr and Mrs Pepernick.

The McWilliams family.

Wellington Railway Station.

Unidentified dance groups.

Unidentified portraits.

Dates of plays in this record refer to when they were written or first performed, not to the dates of the productions depicted in this collection.

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Quantity: 179 b&w original photographic print(s) of which 91 are 35mm contact prints. 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Provenance: Donated by New Zealand Centre for Photography, Wellington, 2011