Kane, Amy Grace, 1879-1979

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960: 29th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 26-30 July 1960. Adjudicator John Thomson of Auckland. Wellington Committee patron Amy Kane; president Miss O E Harding. (Strathmore Players - producer Ted Collie; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Peggy Davies; Tawa-Linden Dramatic Society - producers Norma Leckie and Eleanor Gresham; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Patricia Griffin; Raumati South Country Women's Institute - producer Reg Stoppard; Hutt Repertory Green Room Club - producer William Juliff; Shoestring Players - producer Alison Hall; Peter Pan Players - producer H G Woolcott; Northland Community Players - producer Vida Stokes; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Joan Smith - of "The Evening paper" by Bruce Mason; Thursday Community Players - producer Donald A Hutchings; Crocks' Club - producer Marie Bullock). Programme (2 copies) 1961: 30th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25-29 July 1961. Adjudicator Mr Ronald Montague of Auckland. (Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie G Goodwin; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Nell Croudis; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer A I Bushell;The Dickensians - producer Cecil Chambers; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Maranui Dramatic Society - producer John Koolman; Tawa-Linden Drama Club - producer Eleanor Greshan; Shoestring Players - producer Kemp Ericksen; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Barbara Robinson; Raumati South Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Ron Wakelin; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Betty Sinclair). Programme (2 copies). 1962: Divisional and Final Festivals of 1962. Adjudicator Nora Ratcliff. Hastings, Whakatane, Oamaru, [6-22 August 9162]. (New Plymouth Repertory Society - producer Fred R James; Hastings Group Theatre - producer Patricia Davidson; Wairoa Little Theatre - producer Edie Braxton; Dannevirke Drama Society - porducer Rod H Stewart; Peter Pan Players - producer Lewis Evans; Hawera Community Players - producer Ross Riley; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds. Programme 31st Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 23 - 28 July 1962. Adjudicator John Thomson of Auckland. (Stagecraft Theatre - producer Beryl Bennett; Maranui Drama Group - producer Roy W Bonnell; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Ivan Bushell; Shoestring Players - producer Peter Walton; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Catholic Women's League Drama Circle - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Muriel Dalton; Peter Pan Players - producer Lewis Evans; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Upper Hutt Repertory Society - producer Alice Piper; Catholic Women's League Drama Circle - producer Jillian Ewart; Raumati South Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Ron Wakelin; Shoestring Players - producer Meredith Paterson; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Isobel Stevens; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Breta Lawson; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer M Thomas). Programme (2 copies). 1963: 32nd Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber 22-27 July 1963. Adjudicator Professor K W Thomson of Massey University College. (Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Nancy de Louw; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - prodicer E Slow; Ngaio Revue Club - producer P H Reid; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil R Barker; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie Goodwin; Stagecraft Theatre Junior Group - producer Adrienne Simpson; The Utopians - producer Paddy Bold; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Wadestown Players - producers Hilary Carson and Alison M Riddell; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Peter Pan Players - producer David Slee; Repertory Workshop Theatre - producer Errol Gardiner; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Tui J Davidson; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Isobel Stevens). Programme (2 copies) 1964: 33rd Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 20-25 July 1964. Adjudicator Professor Keith W Thomson of Massey University College. (Stagecraft Theatre - producer Joe Musaphia; Wellington Repertory Workshop Theatre - producer Pauline Yerex; Tawa-Linden Dramatic Society - producer C R Henwood; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie Goodwin; Curtain Theatre - producers Lindsay Cummin and Basil Barker; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Albert J Morrison; Raumati South Drama Group - producers Kathleen Houston and Elaine Scott; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Wellington Repertory Workshop Theatre - producers Margaret O'Sullivan and John Smythe; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Frank Bailey; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Keith Crossley; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer John Lawson; Wadestown Players - producer Bruce Monk; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Myra Thomas. Programme (2 copies). 1965: 34th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 24-31 July 1965. Adjudicator: Mrs Edna E Harris of Auckland. Wellington Committee patron Amy Kane; president Mr Ivan Bushell. (Ngaio Revue Club - producer Lewis Rowbotham; Carterton Dramatic Society - producer Jean Gayfer; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Betty Leathwick; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Repertory Green Room Theatre Club - producers Margaret O'Sullivan, John Smythe and Pauline Yerex; Wadestown Players - producer Melda Townsley; Otaki Players' Society - producer Patricia Gray; Stokes Valley Repertory Society - producers Laurie Coke and Kath Cooper; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Lower Hutt Playhouse - producer Ian Adam; Strathmore Players - producer Lawrence Gardiner; Catholic Women's League - producer Roycelyn Dakers; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Anne Bushell; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Pauline Stephen; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houstin; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Jean Easson; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Margaret Robinson; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Vesta Gormack). Programme (2 copies) 1966: 35th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber 18-25 July 1966. Adjudicator Professor K W Thomson of Palmerston North. (Green Room Theatre Club - producers Eileen Teward, John Brattle and Bobbie Peterson; Khandallah Arts Theatre - producer Marjorie Nees; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Dell King; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Ella Gresham; Wadestown Players - producer Dorrigen Dyson-Rowley; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Mana Little Theatre - producer Burke Honey; Strathmore Players - producer Laurie Gardiner; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Alan Scott; Otaki Players Society - producer Patricia Gray; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Ngaio Revue Club - producers Lewis Evans and Margaret O'Sullivan; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Elizabeth Caunt). Programme (2 copies) 1967: Certificate. This is to certify that Waiwhetu Girls' High School presented "The Importance of being Earnest" at the non-competitive festival on May 6th, 1967. British Drama League. New Zealand Branch. Wellington Area presents the 1967 Division Festival, 11-12 August 1967. Adjudicator Professor Keith W Thomson of Massey University College, Palmerston North (Raumati South Drama Group - producer kathleen Houston; Wainuiomata College - producer Margaret Mitchell; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Margaret O'Sullivan; Manawatu Theatre Society - playwright J A S Coppard, producer Lorraine Agar; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Ian Carrie; Wanganui Repertory Theatre - producer Len Jamieson). Programme Secondary Schools Drama Festival 1967. Concert Chamber. 4-6 May 1967. Critic Mr David Tinkham. (Hutt Valley High School "The happy journey" by Thornton Wilder - producer Helen Henderson; Wellington East Girls' College "Alice in Wonderland", dramatised by Charlotte B Chorpenning - producer Jenny McColl (pupil); Onslow College "The boy with a cart", by Christopher Fry - producer Karen Sewell; Sacred Heart Convent Island Bay "Maid in arms" by Joan Forman - producer Penny Lunn (pupil)Taita College "The pohutukawa tree", by Bruce Mason - producer R J G McCallum; Rongotai College "The loot", by Gwyn Thomas - producer Roger Bryant (pupil); Waiwhetu Girls High School "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde - producer Ann HArvey (pupil); Wainuiomata College "Orange, black and trouble", by the pupils - producer Margaret Mitchell; Wellington Girls' College "Toad of Toad Hall Act II scen I, by A A Milne - producers Mrs V Hirschfeld and Miss S Maciver; Heretaunga College "Sixteen", by Edward Moynaham - producer Rae Munro; St Patricks College "The Keystone", by A A Isaac (NZ playwright) - producer P J Ryan (ex-pupil); Marsden Collgiate School "The willing horse", by Isobel Andrews (NZ Playwright - producer Ruth Jeffery (pupil)) 36th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 22-29 July 1967. Adjudicator Mrs Nancy Russell. Patron Amy Kane, president Eric Kemeys. ("US" - producer Frank Bailey; St Patrick's College - producer Paddy Ryan; Pukerua Bay Drama Group - producers Alistair Campbell and Susan Renner; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Murray Alford; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Jean Baxter; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Ian Carrie; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute - producer Dell King; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Ron Gillies; Playbox Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Strathmore Players - producer Kaye Rapp; Raumati South Drama Group - producers Nan Watson and Kathleen Houston; Heretaunga Players - producer William Juliff; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Tony Isaac; Karori Dramatic Society - producers William Nicholson and Edna Lankshear; Wadestown Players - producer Beth Hewitt; Green Room Theatre Club - producers Paddy Ryan and John Wadd; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Margaret O'Sullivan; Masterton Little Theatre - producer Margaret Robinson. Programme (2 copies). 1968: 36th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 22-27 July 1968. Adjudicator Mr David Reid of Hamilton. (Nae Nae College Drama Group - producer Peter Browne; Levin Little Theatre Society - producer Rosemary Robertson; Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc - producers Graham Punnett, John R Wadd, and Ian R Watkin; Playbox Drama Group - producer Basil Barker; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Ivan Bushell; Stagecraft Theatre - producers Marshall Marsden and Ian Carrie; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Heretaunga Players - producer James MacFarlane; Karori Dramatic Society - producers Edna Lankshear and Bill Nicholson; Strathmore Players - producer B L Swarbrick; Otaki Players - producer Jeff MacKenzie). Programme (2 copies) 1969: Secondary Schools Drama Festival 1969, sponsored by the Bank of New South Wales. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 24-26 April 1969. Critic Jack Shallcrass. (Wellington Girls' College - producer Miss S Bellamy; Rongotai College - producers Campbell Robertson and Robert Grimmer; Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College - producer Anthony Donovan; Tawa College - producer Mrs S Taylor; Mana College - producer Miss J M Elder; Erskine College - producer Anthea Harper; Taita College - producer Mrs D Alexander; Onslow College - producers Musses craven and Russell; St Catherine's College - producer Helen Monahan; St Mary's Convent - producer Patricia Nally; Marsden Collegiate School - producer Miss C Ormond and Prue Longuet; Naenae College - producer Mrs M N Jays; Wellington High School - producer Miss Roslyn Fisher; Hutt Valley High School - producer Miss M Henderson). Programme (2 copies) The Wellington Area of the British Drama League present the Area Festival of one-act plays, at Stagecraft Theatre, Tonks Ave on Friday 25th July 1969 and Saturday 26th July 1969. Adjudicator Mr George Webby. (Strathmore Players, produced by Brian Swarbrick; Ngaio Revue Group, produced by Christine Knowles, Karori Dramatic Society, one produced by Betty Goodwin and one by Bill Smith) (2 copies) Quantity: 15 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008; some by David Rapp in November 2011.

Date: 1934 - 1953

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW

Description: Includes: First Junior Festival of Community Drama and Play Writing. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 20-21 July 1934. Adjudicators: Mrs Craig Mackenzie, A S Farquhar, H B Tomlinson, Miss Beatrice Mackenzie. (Rongotai College Dramatic Club, Belfrances Players, Miss Maude Farrant's Pupils and Pantomime Class, Wellington Girls' College Dramatic Club, Wellesley College Players, Wellington College Dramatic Club, Junior Juveniles, Pupils of Miss Edna Purdie, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society) (2 copies) Junior Festival of Community Drama. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street. 2-3 August 1935. Adjudicators Miss C Keddell, A S Farquhar, P Keesing, Miss Hardinge-Maltby. (Queen Margaret College - producer Daphne Vyner and Rona Avann, Rongotai College Drama Society - producer R F Ward, Wellington College Dramatic Club - producer J R Griffin, Wellington Girls' College Drama Club - producer Margaret Freeman, Junior Belfrances Players - producer Isobel Halligan, Wellington East Old Girls' Drama Society - producer Nola L Mill[a]r). Judge Bernard Beeb[y]. (2 copies) Fifth annual festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 August 1936. Adjudicator Miss Elizabeth Loe. (Belfrances Players - producer Isobel Halligan; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Doreen Cunningham and Nola Millar; Rongotai College Dramatic Society - producer A S Farquhar; Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producers Mrs J Williams and Miss C Morice; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer Kennith Aitken; Junior Branch of the Navy League Drama Circle - producer Doris Hussey; Wellington Repertory Theatre - producers Mr G H A Swan and H N Hannah; All Saints Players - producer Margaret Davies; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer Mr E P Ahern; Pioneer Club Drama Circle; Wellington Catholic Players - producer B R O'Brien; G Helen Gard'ner's "Gazelles" - producer G Helen Gard'ner. (2 copies) Sixth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 28-31 July 1937. Committee Rev D J Davies, T Queree, P Keesing, Miss D Cunningham, Miss A Harcourt, Miss Hardcastle, Miss M Brien, Mr W Balham, Mr P Cousins. Scretary Miss D Isaacs, Treasurer Miss M Eberlet, Adjudicator Professor James Shelley, Stage manager Selwyn Toogood, House Manager P W Cousins. (St John's Players - producer Gordon Hooper, Garrick Players - producer Lois Mair, Elizabeth McCombs Memorial - producer Mrs P Dowse, The Mogdans - producer M Brown, Pioneer Club Drama Circle, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Margaret Cowan, Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society, Catholic Repertory Society - producer Miss M Doolan, Peter Pan Players - producer Mrs R S McInnes, Johnsonville Players - producer Mr R W Stockdale, All Saints Players - producer Margaret Davies, Belfrances Players - producer Isabel Halligan, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Miss G Ockenden, Paraparaumu Women's Institute - producer Miss Stocker, Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producer Mollie Brown). (2 copies) Seventh Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 10-13 August 1938. Programme. Adjudicator James Shelley. (Wellington Catholic Players - producer Mr P F Gaines; Crescent Players - producer Geoffrey S Lloyd; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - Producer Ailsa Duff; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer George Rossiter; Query Players - producer A Flett; Elizabeth McCombs Memorial Clubs - producer Mrs M Dowse; The Zathenians - producer Miss Zara Manoy; Pioneer Club Drama Circle - producer Anne Lane; Peter Pan Players - producer Dorothy Jesson; Hollinside Players - producer Mrs Lewis Grant; The Stragglers - producer Gordon Hooper) (2 copies). Eighth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 13-16 September 1939. Adjudicator Professor James Shelley. (Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer Percy W Cousins, Crescent Players - producer Gibson Philp, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar, Newlands Women's Institute - producer Mrs M Ring, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Rae Sturrock, Haeremai Players - producer Dorothy Tanner, Crescent Players - producer Ewen Scott, Hollinside Players - producer Mrs Lewis Grant, Peter Pan Players - producer Rosina Bligh, Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs E Harris, Pioneer Club - producer Anne Lane, Wellington Repertory Theatre - producer G H A Swan, F M Renner, Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer M E P Ahern, All Saints Players - producer Noel Cathie). (2 copies) Centennial celebrations; Drama Festival of One-Act Plays. Wellington Elimination festival. 13-17 July 1940. Adjudicator Bernard Beeby. Area Committee: Rosina Bligh, Mrs M Ring, Mrs N Goulding, Miss D Isaacs, Miss Louise Jourdain, Miss D Cunningham, Miss M Brien, Miss Amy Kane; Mr G A Jesson, Mr P W Cousins, Mr A S Farquhar. (Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs E Harris; Wellington Repertory Theatre - porducer Francis M Renner; Ramahi Drama Group - producer Kathleen O'Neill; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar; St Francis Players - producer Mrs C de L Gordon; Norwich Club - producer Gordon Hooper; Newlands Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Mrs Mavis Ring; Peter Pan Players - producers Kenneth Aitken and Rosina Bligh; John O' London Club Players - producer Mr M S Buttereton; Pioneer Club Play Reading Circle - producer Margaret Davies; All Saints' Players - producer Grace Buchanan; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer M E P Ahern; Waterloo Fabian Dramatic Society - producer Mrs P Dowse). (2 copies) Tenth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 24-26 July 1941. Area Committee: Rosina Bligh, Mavis Ring, N Grace, E Harris, A E Farrant, Mona Brien, Helen Mitchell, Nola Millar; Mr G A Jesson, P W Cousins, A S Farquhar, F V Sanderson. Adjudicator Bernard Beeby. (Peter Pan Players - producers A E Farrant and Rosina Bligh; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Helen Mitchell and Rae Carter; Pioneer Club Drama Circle - producer Anne Lane; Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producer Mrs J G Young; Karori Plunket Readers - producer Mr G T Wiggs; Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Ethel Harris; Strathmore Play Readers - producer Mr D J Edwards; Belfrances Players - producer Isabel Halligan; All Saints' Players - producer Ulu Hancock; Hataitai Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Karori Junior Players - producer Mrs Edna Wiggs; Lower Hutt Junior Players - producer Mrs Williams).(2 copies) 11th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 31 July - 1 August 1942. Adjudicator Helen Gard'ner. Area committee: Mrs Bligh, Mrs A E Farrant, Helen Mitchell, Nola Millar, Ulu Hancock, Jessie Burgess, Helena Sullivan, Mr G A Jesson, P W Cousins, A S Farquhar. (Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Helen Mitchell; Pins and Needles Drama Group - producers E Major and Bernard Jones; Elizabeth McCombs Drama group - producer Mrs E Harris; Peter Pan Players - producer A E Farrant; Hataitai-Kilbirnie Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Karori Junior PLayers - producer Mrs Holthouse; Kelburn Junior Players - producer Miss Glover; Eastbourne Junior Players - producer Mrs Beveridge; Hollinside Players - producer A E Farrant; Strathmore Play Readers - producer D G Edwards; Pandora Players - producer Harry Woolcott) (2 copies). 12th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Tin Hat Club Hall. 1-3 September 1943. Adjudicator Mrs Elsie Lloyd. (Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs N Grace; Unity Theatre - producers C Bailey and Mrs N L Martin; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Helen Mitchell and Nola Millar; Pandora Players - producer Harry Woolcott; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Waterloo Fabians Dramatic Society - producer Mrs P Dowse; Karori Plunket Readers - producer Edna Wiggs; Hataitai-Kilbirnie Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Johnsonville Junior Players - producer Mavis Ring; Eastbourne Junior Players - producer Jean Mather). Programme (2 copies) 19th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 31 July - 3 August 1950. Programme (2 copies). Area Committee: Amy Kane, Percy Cousins, Miss S Williams, Mrs Brown, Mrs Cleall, Mrs M Newman; Mr Jesson, Mr Chambers, Mr R Browne, Mr Wollcott, Mr Campbell, Mr Pottinger, Mrs B E Flockton. Adjudicator Mr W J Mountjoy. (Strathmore Players - producer D G Edwards; Curtain Theatre - producer Mr J W Wallace; WEA Drama Group - producers Nada Martin, Lex Gray and Joyce Heenan; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Lucy Gibson; Khandallah Thespian Club - producer Reta Fisk; Victoria University Drama Club - producer Mrs Pat Evison; Wellington Teachers' training College - producer Margaret Walker; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Helen Mitchell; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Wellington Repertory Theatre Green Room Club - producer Nola Millar; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Nora L Pennington; Petene free Kindergarten Drama Group - producer Mollie Howarth; Karori Drama Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Noeline Armstrong; Paekakariki Dramatic Society - producer Phyllis Dryden; Women's Institute Upper Hutt - producer Muriel Dalton) (2 copies). 20th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 6-11 August 1951. Area Committee: Amy Kane, Percy Cousins, Mesdames M Newman, E Campbell, D W Keenan, S Grange, Miss J McQueen, Messrs H Wollcott, A Jesson, S Campbell, N Couch. Adjudicator Paul Latham. (Wellington Repertory Green Room Club - producer Ulu Hancock; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Nita McMaster; Upper Hutt Women's Institute - producer Muriel Dalton; Karori Drama Society - Colleen Gilkison; Paekakariki Dramatic Society - producer P M Dryden; WEA Drama Group - producers Basil Barker, Joyce Shearer and Terence Journet; Petone Play Readers - producer E M C Howarth; Unity Theatre - producer Nola Millar; Khandallah Thespians - producer Lilian Millar; Silverstream Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Molly Bennet; Upper Hutt Women's Institute Drama Circle; I.C.I. Staff Social Club - producer D Stanley; Wellington East Dramatic Society; Redwoodtown Women's Institute Drama Circle (Blenheim) - producer Mrs L Hounsell; Peter Pan Players - producer Molly Newman; V.U.C. Drama Club - producer Elizabeth Oliver; Wallaceville Drama group - producer Elma Wright) (2 copies). 22nd Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 27 July - 1 August 1953. Adjudicator Mrs K Moynihan. (Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer R d'Elsa; Unity Theatre - producers Bruce Mason and Bert O'Keefe; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producers Star Robertson and John Bryce; WEA Drama Group "The Machine song" by NZer J A S Coppard - producer Keith M Bennett; Peter Pan Players - producer Molly Newman; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Mary Green Houston; Newlands and Paparangi Drama Group - producer Mrs Joane Stone; Petone Playreaders - producer Mollie Howarth; Wainui-o-mata Women's Institute - producer Mrs Joan Caldwell; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Mrs M L Doran; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Victoria University College Drama Club - porducers J R Gilbertson and G I Rich; Blue Bird Play-Readers (Northland) - producer J Halket Millar; I.C.I. Staff Social Club (Drama Group) - producer Valerie Scott) (2 copies). North Island Eliminations. Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington. 10-11 August 1956. Adjudicator Frank Newman. (Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Matamata Dramatic Society - producer Shirley Hopkins; Hawera Repertory Society; Titirangi C.W.I. - producer Ethel Wyn Geddes; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Auckland Repertory Theatre - producer Kathie Lennox; New Plymouth Repertory Society - producer Nancy Priest; Gordonton C.W.I. - producer Alison Drummond). Programme. (2 copies) Ninth annual report 1941. Flyer. Week-end School of drama under the tutorship of Miss Elizabeth Loe [1937?] E Martin Browne and Henzie Raeburn in "Poets of today in the theatre". Paramount Theatre Courtenay Place. 31 July [1951?] Certificate (blank): British Drama League New Zealand Branch Incorporated, Wellington Area. This is to certify that ... playng ... are declared winners of the Sir Michael Myers Cup at the Wellington Area Festival ... Judge. [1930-1940s?] Newsletters: 2 typescript circulars to members of the British Drama League Wellington Branch, one a list of rules of the branch and one a newsletter of 1954. Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW-1942-01 certificate is stored in a separate folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 350 mm. Provenance: Newsletters donated from the estate of Margaret Malcolm Hall, 2003.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1950s

Description: Includes: 1952: 21st annual Festival of Community Drama. (With history and list of past 20 years winners inside front) Concert Chamber Town Hall, 28 July - 2 August 1952. Adjudicator Ailsa Stephens. (Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Petone Playreaders - producer Mollie Howarth; Unity Theatre - producer Beatrice Ashton; WEA Drama Group - producer Terence Journet; Newlands & Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joane Stone; Curtain Theatre - "Rising tide" written and produced by John Mihell; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer L M Doran; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; VUC Drama Club - producer Ian Free; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Khandallah Players - producer Margaret Simpson; Brooklyn Townswomen's Guild Drama Circle - producer Nada Bowers; Kaiwaiwai South Featherston Women's Institute - producer Marjorie Wilton; I.C.I. Staff Drama Club - producer F A Baily; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer Margaret Simpson; Martinborough Little Theatre Society - producer Olive Madsen; Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Blenheim Women's Institute - producer Chris Ashley; Redwoodtown Women's Institute - producer Patricia Rees) (2 copies). 1953: National Final Festival of Community Drama. Adjudicator W J Mountjoy. Opera House Wellington, 17 September 1953. (Auckland University College Drama Society - producer Douglas Drury; Timaru Catholic Dramatic Club - producer Mrs M Clarke; W.E.A. Drama Group - producer Keith M Bennett). Programme 1954: Wellington Area 23rd Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26-31 July 1954. Adjudicator Frank Newman. (VUC Drama Club - producers Bruce Hillyard and David Bridges; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Edna Wiggs; Bluebird Readers - producer J Halkett Millar; Wainui-o-mata Country Women's Institute - producer Joan Caldwell; Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joan Stone; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; Curtain Theatre - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wellington Area Federation of Townswomen - producer Alison Tindill; I.C.I. Staff Drama group - producer H M Taylor; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer R L Carey; Brooklyn Community Centre Theatre '52 - producer George Horwood; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Collie; Greek Olympic Youth Society - producers Christopher Lewis and Nick Galates; Onslow Girls' Drama Group - producers Irene Demchenko and Lois Lafrentz; Catholic Women's League - producer Meryl Goodson; WEA Drama Group - producers Keith Bennett and Terence Journet; Community Players - producer Georgie Fox). Programme (2 copies). 1955: Wellington Area 29th [ie 24th] Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 1-6 August 1955. Adjudicator: Mr John Thomson (Auckland). (Thursdays Drama Club - producer Wilfred J Wright; Wellington Jewish Social Club - producer Victor Corn; Pukerua Bay Country-Women's Institute - producer Ngita Woodhouse; WEA Drama Group - producer A Street; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer D C B Jenkins; Community Players - producer Basil Barker; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producers Bert Schonewille and Jeanie Longman; VUC Drama Club - producer Bruce Hillyard; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Club, "The licensed victualler" by Bruce Mason - producer Ivan Bushell; Peter Pan Players - producer H G Woolcott; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; The Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Country Players - producer P M Dryden; Unity Theatre, "The verdict" by Bruce Mason - producer George Webby; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs) (2 copies). 1956: Wellington Area 25th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 30 July - 4 August 1956. Adjudicator Harold Pointer. (Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Dorothy M Battiston; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Hataitai Methodist Drama Group - producer B J Stewart; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Society - producer Nyra Bentley; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Reg Davis; Thursday Club - producer Bruce Hamlin; Theatrical productions Academy - producer L Assheton-Harbord; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Mrs A Hildreth; Community Players - producer Stan Campbell; Strathmore Players - producer Doug G Edwards; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Penelope Ormerod; Federation of Townswomen's Guild (Wellington) - producer Dorothy Alecock; C[r]ocks Club - producer Marie Bullock, Helen Brew; Catholic Women's League - producer Marie O'Brien; Thursday Club - producer Irene Adcock and Mirna Wright; VUC Drama Club - producer Pauline Kermode) (2 copies). 1957: Programme for social evening, Monday 15 April 1957. Community Centre Hall, Campbridge Terrace Wellington ("Reminiscences of the early days of BDL" by Amy Kane; Community Players present "Clouded crystal", by Norman Holland; produced by Peter Downes) Wellington Area Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 29 July - 3 August 1957. Adjudicator John Thomson. Cover title British Drama League New Zealand Branch Inc. Silver jubilee. (Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Ronald Gillies; Wainuiomata Dramatic Club - producer Patricia Griffin; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer H G Woolcott; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Ellinore Ginn; Community Players - producer Mirna Wright; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Larry Williams; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Peg Davies and Allan Jesson; The Leader Studio Dramatic Club; Thespians Monday Club). (2 copies) 1958: 27th annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 28 July - 2 August 1958. Adjudicator Miss Frona King. (Welsh Society Drama Group - producer G A and Allan Jesson; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Lewis Evans; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Joan Caldwell; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer J R Laybourn; Pukerua Bay C.W.I. Drama Circle - producer Ngita Woodhouse; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Bruce Hamlin; Studio Theatre - producer Catherine Fulton; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Marjorie Oaks; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Peter Pan Players - producer Harry Woolcott; The Ariel Players - producer Marjorie Williams; Shoestring Players - producer Mae Cleall; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Vida Stokes; Area Federation of Townswomen's Guilds (Khandallah) - producer Myrna Wright; Thespian Monday Club - producer Anne Lane). (2 copies) 1959: 28th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 27 July - 1 August 1959. Adjudicator Mrs Lesbia Paine. (Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; The Out of Town Players - producer Mollie Lennane; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Keith M Bennett; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Northland Community Players - producer Lesley Webb; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Thursday Community Players - producer Michael G Dunne; Shoestring Players - producer Meredith Paterson; I.C.I. Social Club Drama Group - producer Stanley Campbell; Khandallah Arts Theatre - producer Pauline McLean; Thursday Community Players - producer Myrna Wright; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Gloria Power; General Motors Amateur Dramatic Group - producer Betty Childs; Wainuiomata Dramatic and Operatic Society - producer F M Renner). (2 copies) Quantity: 11 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058810-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/11

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058807-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/8

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058802-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/3

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058805-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/6

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058800-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/1

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058809-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/10

Date: 17 May 1976

From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6984-52

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058801-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/2

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058803-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/4

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058804-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/5

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058808-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/9

Date: 1952

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-034046-F

Description: A25586 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 23/12/54

From: The Dominion :Negatives

Reference: 1/4-058806-F

Description: Shelf 5 Box 39. 39/7

Date: [ca 1930s-1950s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-105

Description: Mainly portraits, with some other photographs included, published (or considered for publication) in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. All have names recorded on the back and most have date/dates of publication. Includes photograph of Pioneer Club members at 30th anniversary celebrations: Mrs F McAuley (Hon Secretary); Miss D Isaacs; Mrs Wilfred J Lane (Drama Circle); Miss Amy Kane (President); Mrs A S Mitchell (President of Arts & Crafts Circle); Miss E J Ford (Director of Play-reading Circle); Mrs A J Du Pont (Gardening Circle). The cake made for the occasion was in the shape of the new building being erected in Hunter Street. Includes a number of photographs of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (some with Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands and her daughter Princess Juliana); group photo of members of New Zealand delegation to 5th Pan-Pacific Women's Conference held in Honolulu, 1949 taken on board the `Aorangi' (Mrs R Hyndman of Dipton, Miss E B Lea of Auckland, Miss Amy Kane of Wellington, Mrs R McNaughton of Tauranga, Miss Mary McLean of Christchurch, Miss Mary Seaton of Wellington, Mrs F E Ericson of Invercargill). Names of all identified subjects entered in Name field. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 3 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/360/05-G

Description: Amy Kane, and a man, at her investiture at Government House photographed circa 3 October by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1943]

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/4-019931-F

Description: Any Grace Kane, circa 1943, photographed by S P Andrew Ltd. Dated assuming that the subfect was circa 65 years old at the time this photograph was taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 3 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/360/06-G

Description: Amy Kane, and Henrietta Jackson, at her investiture at Government House photographed circa 3 October by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches