Druten, John van, 1901-1957

Date: 1936 - 1999

By: Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-VUDC-1900s

Description: 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.

Date: 1951

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1951

Description: Includes: Annual report and accounts (2 copies) "Aladdin", by arrangement with Emile Littler. Production by Kenneth Firth. Orchestra under the direction of Alex Lindsay. Grand Opera House. 1-15 December 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Golden boy", by Clifford Odets. Directed by Ralph Hogg. Town Hall Concert Chamber 17-20 April 1951. Programme (2 copies) "I remember Mama", by John van Druten. Directed by Cecil E Gardiner. Grand Opera House, 8-15 October 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Journey's end", by R C Sherriff. Directed by Frederick Farley. Paramount Theatre, 22-26 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) "The lady's not for burning", by Christopher Fry. Produced by Frederick Farley. St Francis Hall, 30 May - 8 June 1951. Programme (2 copies) "The linden tree", by J B Priestley. Produced by Bernard O Jones. [March?] 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Love in Albania", by Eric Linklater. Produced by Kenneth Firth. St James Theatre, 30 June - 6 July 1951. Programme (2 copies). "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Kenneth Firth. 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Treasure hunt", by M J Farrell and John Perry. produced by Elsie Lloyd. Paramount Theatre, 25 August - 1 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Venus observed", by Christopher Fry. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. Paramount Theatre, 1-4 August 1951. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance housed at MS-Group-0450..

Date: 1945

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1945

Description: Includes: Wellington Repertory Theatre Senior Camp Entertainers present "A cuckoo in the nest", by Ben Travers. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 7-10 May 1945. Proceeds to Heritage (Wellington) Incorporated. Programme. "The distaff side", by John van Druten. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Technical College Buckle Street. 15-19 May 1945. Programme (2 copies). "Gas light", by Patrick Hamilton. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 20-24 March 1945. Programme (2 copies) "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 3-7 July 1945. Programme (2 copies). "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Produced by W S Wauchop. 1945. Programme (2 copies) "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Grand Opera House. 9 October 1945. Programme (2 copies) "Winterset", by Maxwell Anderson. Produced by G H A Swan. Technical College Buckle Street. 21-25 August 1945. Programme (2 copies) Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1932 - 1934

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1932/1934

Description: Includes: 1932: "By candle light", by Harry Graham. Produced by W S Wauchop. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street. 13-16 September 1932. Programme. "Milestones", by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House Wellington. 23 November 1932. Programme (2 copies) 1933: "Alice-sit-by-the-Fire", by J M Barrie. Produced by W S Wauchop. 1933? Programme. "London Wall", by John van Druten. produced by W S Wauchop. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 4-7 October 1933. Programme. "A quiet week-end", by Victor S Lloyd. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House. 3-5 July 1933. Programme (2 copies) "See Naples and die", by Elmer Rice. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House Wellington. 4 April 1933. Programme (2 copies) 1934: "A hundred years ago", by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero. Produced by Leo du Chateau. l Concert Chamber, 21-24 November 1934. Programme (2 copies) "Many waters", by Monckton Hoffe. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 21-24 March 1934. Programme. "The show", by John Galsworthy. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 13-16 June 1934. Programme. "This woman business", by Benn W Levy. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 4-8 September 1934. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1977-1978

From: Unity Theatre :[Programmes, fliers and small posters relating to plays and dramatic performances]

Reference: Eph-B-UNITY-1977/1978

Description: Includes: 1977: Letter to members, dated 14 October 1977, re annual general meeting 6 November 1977 "Huis clos", by Jean Paul Sartre; director Howard Taylor (With Heather Lindsay, Lionel Rogers, Denise O'Connell, Bill Stalker). Small poster [1977?] (2 copies) "I am a camera", by John van Druten; directed by Helene Knox. A BATS Theatre production at Unity Theatre, 25 May - 4 June [1977]. Flier "Small change", by Peter Gill; directed by Stephen McElrea. Unity Theatre, 19 October - 5 November [1977]. Flier "The tempest", by William Shakespeare; directed by Paul Maunder. 3-26 March [1977]. Flier / programme (2 copies) and small poster (2 copies cream; 2 copies gold) "Vatzlav", [by] Slawomir Mrozek; directed by Phil Mann. Unity Theatre, 13 April - 7 May [1977]. Small poster (2 copies) 1978: "The adventures of Winnie The Pooh, by A A Milne; adapted and directed by Ralph McAllister. 10-20 May [1978]. Small poster (2 copies) "Blithe spirit", by Noel Coward. Unity Theatre, 8-18 November [1978]. Photocopied small poster and programme / flier "The dumb waiter", by Harold Pinter. 50 hours nonstop. Unity Theatre 12-14 May [1978?](As an integral part of the Save Unity Campaign). Small poster "The hostage", by Brendan Behan. Directed by Kevin Rush. Opens 11 October [1978]. Photocopied small poster (2 copies) and programme / flier (2 copies) "Lysistrata", by Aristophanes. Unity Theatre, from 19 July 1978. Small poster; and programme / flier "Mixed doubles; an entertainment on marriage". Directed and designed by Ewan [Ewen] Coleman. 6-16 December [1978]. Photocopied small poster (1 copy) and programme / flier (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopies and offset prints, sizes varying around 300 x 200 mm.

Date: 1965 - 1978

By: Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society

Reference: Eph-B-CANTERBURY-REP

Description: 1930: "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Miss Kiore King. Radiant Hall. 29 November - 2 December 1930. Programme. 1931: "The romantic age", by A A Milne. Produced by Miss Kiore King. Radiant Hall. 19-22 September 1931. Programme. 1932: "London wall", by John van Druten. Produced by Miss Kiore King. Radiant Hall. 19-22 November 1932. Programme. 1933: "Mrs Moonlight", by Benn W Levy. Produced by Mrs Kiore King. Radiant Hall, 8-11 April 1933. Programme. 1934: "Captain Banner", by George Preedy. Produced by Professor J Shelley. Radiant Hall, 17-20 February 1934. Programme "The pigeon", by John Galsworthy. Produced by Professor J Shelley. Radiant Hall, 23-26 June 1934. Programme. "Her shop", by Aimee and Philip Stuart. Produced by professor J Shelley. Radiant Hall, 11-14 August 1934. Programme "Mary Mary quite contrary", by St John G Ervine. Produced by Professor J Shelley. Radiant Hall, 1-4 December 1934. Programme. 1935: "The merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Professor J Shelley. Radiant Hall. 15-18 October 1935. Programme. 1936: "The young idea", by Noel Coward. Produced by Bernard Beeby. Radiant Hall, 3-6 October 1936. Programme (2 copies) 1937: "Lucky dip", by Frank Vosper. Produced by Bernard Beeby. Radiant Hall, 29 April - 1 May 1937. Programme. "To have the honour", by A A Milne. Produced by Bernard Beeby. Radiant Hall, 26-28 August 1937. Programme. 1965: A season with Bruce Mason, by courtesy Downstage Wellington, presented by the Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society in the Provincial Council Chamber [including "The end of the golden weather" and "The counsels of the wood"]. Stage director Penny Giddens. 25 September - 2 October 1965. Programme "Two's company"; Brian Bell and Jonathan Elsom. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Provincial Council Chamber Christchurch. 19-24 April 1965. Programme (2 copies). 1974: "Dylan", by Sydney Michaels. Produced by Jennifer Blumsky. 25 May - 1 June 1974. Programme. 1975: Canterbury Children's Theatre. "Treasure Island", by R L Stevenson. Produced by Bryan Aitken (by courtesy Court Theatre). Repertory Theatre. 5-17 May 1975. Programme. 1977: Christchurch Theatre Workshop (Inc.) presents "Dick Whittington and his cat; traditional pantomime. Written and directed by Taura Henderson. Repertory Theatre. 1-8 October 1977. Programme. 1978: "School for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Elric Hooper. Original music by Heath Lees. Costume design by Peter Lees-Jeffries. Wardrobe mistress Mrs Madge Rands. [1978]. Programme (2 copies) Canterbury Children's Theatre Inc. 25th anniversary production. "Mary Poppins". Words and music by Richard M and Robert B Sherman. Directed by Neta Neale. Musical director Malcolm Jones. James Hay Theatre. 8-20 May 1978. Programme (autographed) 1981: "Vivat! Vivat Regina!", by Robert Bolt. Directed by Jennifer Blumsky. Repertory's 273rd production. [August? 1981]. Programme. Quantity: 20 theatre programmes and fliers. Physical Description: Photolithographs in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Peggy Walker, in 1976.

Date: 1975 - 1986

By: Theatre Corporate (Organization); Newman, Joanna, active 2000s

Reference: Eph-A-CORPORATE

Description: Includes programmes for: 1970s: "A unicorn for Christmas", by Ngaio Marsh. Directed by Roger McGill. [1970s?] Programme / flier. 1977: List of forthcoming productions 1977. "Happy days", by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Roy Patrick. Pre-June 1977. Programme "Krapp's last tape" and "Not I", by Samuel Beckett. Producer Roger McGill. [ca 1977?]. Programme/card. "The fantastiks", by Tom Jones; music by Harvey L Schmidt. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 24 November 1977. Programme. "The two tigers", by Brian McNeill. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 19 October 1977. Programme. 1978: "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. March 1978. Programme. List of plays produced 1976-1978. 1979: 1979 programme for February to May. "Summer of the seventeenth doll", by Ray Lawler. Directed by Paul Minifie; designed by Iain Aitken. Theatre Corporate, 11 April 1979. Programme. "A doll's house", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 21 February 1979. Programme. 1979/80 programme for October 1979 to March 1980. "A Christmas carol", by Charles Dickens. Theatre Corporate, 14 Galatos Street Newton. 5 December [1979]. Flier. 1980: "Metamorphosis", by Franz Kafka, adapted for the stage by Steven Berkoff. Directed by Paul Minifie. 1980. Programme (2 copies) and card / programme "Foreskin's lament", by Greg McGee. Theatre Corporate, 30 October 1980. Programme. 1981: "Piaf", by Pam Gems. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 10 October 1981 (return season). Programme. "The rose", by Roger Hall. Directed by Roger McGill. Premiere performance, 19 August 1981. Programme. "The end of the golden weather". First company performance by Theatre Corporate, 27 November 1981. Programme 1982: "Duet for one", by Tom Kempinski, featuring Bridget Armstrong and Paul Minifie. [1982]. Flier. "Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris". Produced by Raymond Hawthorne. Theatre Corporate, 1982. Programme "Waiting for Godot", by Samuel Beckett. 1-24 July 1982? Flier (2 copies) "Mabel", by Campbell Smith (about Mabel Howard). Opening 13 October [1982]. Stand-up card featuring a portrait of Mabel Howard holding up large bloomers against herself. 1983: "The ragged trousered philanthropists". Opening 17th November [1983]. Flier. (2 copies) "King Lear", by William Shakespeare. Opening 30 September [1983]. Flier. (2 copies) "Badjelly the witch", by Spike Milligan. August holidays. [1983]. Flier. "Badjelly the witch", by Spike Milligan. Opens 12th December [1983]. Flier. "Out in the cold", by Greg McGee. 25 May 1983. Card only. "The threepenny opera", by Bertolt Brecht. 11 August [1983]. Flier only "Vinegar Tom", by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Judith Gibson. Opening 6 July [1983?]. Flier (2 copies). "A street called Straight", by Seamus Quinn. Opening 9 June [1983]. Flier. "The trial", by Franz Kafka, adapted by Steven Berkoff. Opening 23 March; "Wings over water", written and performed by Darien Takle. Directed by Judith Gibson. Opening 13 April [1983]. Flier. (2 copies). "The lady from the sea", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Roger McGill. Opening 28 April [1983]. Flier. 1984: Theatre Corporate '84. Programme card [March - July] "Cabaret". 24 February 1984. Silver and black flier (2 copies) "Gulls", by Robert Hewett. New Zealand premiere, opens 16 August [1984?] Promotional card (2 copies) "A kind of Alaska", by Harold Pinter. With Bridget Armstrong, Raymond Hawthorne, Elizabeth Hawthorne. Opening 27 January [1984?]. Flier (2 copies) Return triple season. "Top girls", by Caryl Churchill, directed by Sarah Peirse; "Cabaret", by John van Druten. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne; "A kind of Alaska", by Harold Pinter, directed by Paul Minifie. September / October 1984. Combined programme. (2 copies) and card "Shuriken". Opening 24 May 1984. Promotional card (2 copies) "Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Theatre Corporate, opening 13 April 1984. Promotion postcard "Tom and Viv". Theatre Corporate, opening 13 July 1984. Promotional postcard "Top girls", by Caryl Churchill. Opening 30 May [1984]. Promotional postcard (2 copies) "Wednesday to come", by Renee. Opening 9 November 1984. Promotional card (2 copies) "The winter's tale", by William Shakespeare. Opening 6 July 1984. Promotional card 1985: "The Caucasian chalk circle", by Bertolt Brecht. Theatre Corporate, opening 24 May [1985]. Flier "Hooters, trumpets and raspberries", by Dario Fo. Theatre Corporate, 27 September 1985. Card. (2 copies) "Fen", by Caryl Churchill. Theatre Corporate, opening 17 August [1985]. Flier (2 copies). Card with programme for 1985: "Fen", "Hooters, trumpets and raspberries" and "Happy end". (2 copies) "The flight of the godwit"; a portrait of Robin Hyde, devised and performed by Bridget Armstrong. From 7 March [1985]. Flier Card with programme for April - May 1985: "Torch song trilogy", "Catastrophe", "Caucasian chalk circle" (2 copies) "Torch song trilogy", by Harvey Fierstein. Opening 13 April [1985]. Flier (2 copies) "Stretchmarks", by Sarah Delahunty. From 23 April [ca 1986?]. Programme "Trafford Tanzi". Theatre Corporate in Fiesta '85. His Majesty's. $1.00 off with this invitation. [Flier]. (2 copies) 1986: "Kid's stuff", by Raymond Cousse. Directed by Paul Minifie. With Ilona Rodgers. Theatre Corporate, 25 January 1986. Programme, and card (2 copies). "Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Paul Sonne. With Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Hedda. 17 October 1986. Programme. "Pass it on", by Renee. Theatre Corporate, opens 1 March [1986]. Flier Quantity: 50 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by Ms Joanna Newman, Wellington, in 2006. Two programmes purchased in 2006. One donated by Downstage Theatre in 2003.

Date: 1974

Reference: Eph-A-MERCURY-1974

Description: Includes: "Absurd person singular", by Alan Ayckbourn. Produced by Raymond Hawthorne; stage design John Roberts. Mercury Theatre, 24 April 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Cabaret" based on the play by John van Druten and the stories by Christopher Isherwood. Produced by Robert Alderton; choreography Basil Pattison. Mercury Theatre, 13 November 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Equus", by Peter Shaffer. Producer Anthony Richardson; design John Roberts; movement Basil Pattison; sound Robert Alderton (With photo and biographical notes about Bevan Wilson. Mercury Theatre, 16 October 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Heroes and butterflies", by Robert Lord. Produced by Robert Lord; design Rohanna Hawthorne; music Robert Alderton. (With photographs and biographical notes about Robert Lord and Richard Campion). Mercury Theatre, 5 June 1974. Programme (2 copies, 1 damaged) "King Lear", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Anthony Richardson. (With photos and biographical notes about Francis Batten and Richard Poore). Mercury Theatre, 3 July 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Macbett", by Eugene Ionesco. Produced by Ian Mune; sound John Arvidson; opera musical sequence Robert Alderton. (With photo and biographical notes about Ken Blackburn). Mercury Theatre, 27 February 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Saturday Sunday Monday", by Eduardo de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Produced by Don Farr; movement Francis Batten. Mercury Theatre, 31 July 1974. Programme (2 copies, 1 damaged) "The sea horse", by Edward J Moore. Directed by Roy Hope (With photos and biographical notes about Lee Grant and Terry Barry). Mercury Theatre, 25 September 1974. Programme (2 copies) "Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Production Anthony Richardson; costume design Rohanna Hawthorne. Mercury Theatre, 27 March 1974. Programme (2 copies) Katherine Mansfield's "The voyage", and other stories presented by Pat Evison. Production manager and lighting Graham Sparkes; stage management Mervyn Smith. Mercury Theatre, 18-21 September 1974. Programme "You can't take it with you", by Moss Hart and George S Kaufman. Produced by Raymond Hawthorne; design Rohanna Hawthorne (With photos and biographical notes about Ilona Rodgers and Patrik Hoff). Mercury Theatre, 25 January 1974. Programme Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to octavo.

Date: 1935

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1935

Description: Includes: Rules of the Wellington Repertory Theatre (Incorporated). "The laughing woman", by Gordon Daviot. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 27-30 March 1935. Programme. "Sixteen", by Aimee and Philip Stuart. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 5-8 June 1935. Programme. "Sheppey", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 17-20 July 1935. Programme (2 copies) "Autumn crocus", by C L Anthony. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 11-14 September 1955. Programme (2 copies) "The late Christopher Bean", by Emlyn Williams. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 29 October - 2 November 1935. Programme. (2 copies) Second annual presentation of one-act plays: "One goes alone", by Edward Williams, produced by Ralph Hogg; "The man in the stalls", by Alfred Sutro, produced by Leo du Chateau; "The Valiant", by H Hall and R Middlemass, produced by H N Hannah; "The Spartan girl", by A J Talbot, produced by A D Priestley. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 19-20 November 1935. Programme. "After all", by John van Druten. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 4-7 December 1935. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 2005 - 2009 - 2012

By: Austin, David, active 1980-2006

Reference: Eph-C-DRAMA-Backyard

Description: Includes posters for the following productions: 2005: "Betrayal", by Harold Pinter. Presented by Backyard Productions at the Gryphon Theatre, 11-28 May [2005] "Misconceptions", a bitter-sweet comedy by David Lewis. Directed by Rodney Bane. Gryphon Theatre, 13-23 July 2005. "The real thing", a sparkling new comedy by Sam Fisher. Directed by Bev Driscoll. Gryphon Theatre, 21-24 April [2005?] "Cafe Dement II; the madness continues". 3-21 May [2005]. Part of the Oddfellows International Comedy Festival. "Monkey's uncle", written by David Lewis. Directed by Rodney Bane. Australasian premiere. Gryphon on Ghuznee, 27 September - 7 October [2005] 2009: "Mother love", a trilogy by Mary Coffey. Directed by Mary Coffey and Simon Boyes. 30 September - 10 October 2009 (2 copies) 2010: "I am a camera", by John van Druten. Directed by Robert Hickey. Gryphon on Ghuznee, 8-17 July [2010] 2012: "Le burlesque au moulin!" Gryphon Theatre, 4-13 October [2012] Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated by David Austin, Wellington, in 2006. Other posters donated by Phantom Billstickers in 2009 and 2012. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 2006-232 - Material from the same provenance also held at MS 2006-232..

Date: 1933

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1933

Description: Includes programmes for: Auckland Little Theatre Society. Thirty-second production "Hobson's choice", by Harold Brighouse. Produced by Fred E McCallum. 26-29 September 1933. Programme Gisborne Repertory Society. Three one-act plays: "The man in the bowler hat" by A A Milne; "The patchwork quilt" by Rachel Lyman Field; "When the whirlwind blows" by Essex Dane, produced by May MacDonald. Opera House Gisborne, 27 October 1933. Programme The Masterton Players present "Mrs Hammylton", presented and produced by Tom E Handcock. Parish Hall Masterton, 4-5 October, 1933. Programme Miss Edna Purdie LTCL presents her junior pupils in two plays: "Snow-White and the seven dwarfs" and "Beauty and the beast". Part proceeds to the Red Cross. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street, 16 December 1933. Programme (2 copies) Wellington East Amateur Dramatic Society presents "Behold, we live", a play by John Van Druten. Produced by W J Mountjoy, jr. Blue Triangle Hall, 16 November 1933. Programme Wellington Players. "The romantic young lady", by G Martinez Sierra. Produced by Elizabeth Blake. YWCA Hall, Boucott Street, Wellington, 28-30 March [1933]. Programme J C Williamson Ltd. "Macbeth", with Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson and their London company. Grand Opera House Wellington. 3 January 1933. (Plus two copies wrongly dated 3 January 1932) J C Williamson Ltd. "Saint Joan" with Dame Sybil Thorndike. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. 24-26 January 1933. J C Williamson Ltd. "Saint Joan", by George Bernard Shaw, with Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson and their London Company. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 8 February 1933. J C Williamson Ltd. "Madame plays nap". With Dame Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson. Grand Opera House Wellington. 7 January 1933. Programme J C Williamson Ltd. "Madame plays nap". With Dame Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson. Grand Opera House Wellington. 2 March 1933. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd. "Medea of Euripides". With Dame Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson. Grand Opera House Wellington. 5 January 1933. Programme (2 copies) Farewell season. Dame Sybil Thorndike with Lewis Casson and her own London company. "Madame plays nap" and "Medea". March 2-4 [1933]. Flier. Quantity: 11 theatre programmes and flyers, plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1927-[ca 1953]

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 : Papers

Reference: fMS-098

Description: Includes photos of Student's Review, Dunedin, 1927; Selwyn College, Dunedin, undated; Dunedin Students' Carnival, 1920s; house staff, Dunedin Hospital, 1929; Tobin wedding, Invercargill, 1929; Morice family, Wellington, 1930; picnic at Waikouaiti, 1929; marriage of Norrie Fyans Fenwick to John Henry Frothingham, 1932 (cuttings); overseas travel (England, Ireland, USA, etc) including shipboard scenes (1930s); theatrical productions and some newspaper cuttings. Only about one quarter of the photos have captions Quantity: 1 volume(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive -.

Date: 1927-1939

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PA1-q-926

Description: Includes photos of Student's Review, Dunedin, 1927; Selwyn College, Dunedin, late 1920s; Dunedin Student's Carnival, 1920s; house staff, Dunedin Hospital; Clifton Firth; Morice family, Wellington, 1930; picnic at Waikouaiti, 1929; marriage of Norrie Fyns Fenwick to John Henry Frothingham, 1931 (cuttings); Panama Canal from the deck of the "Port Piri" on the way to England in 1931; flyer advertising Geoffrey Wardwell in van Druten's "There's Always Juliet"; Merton and friends in London in 1931; photographs of Ireland relating to Merton's transfer to Spike Island, County Cork, as a military doctor; travells in Ireland with John van Druten; travells in Ireland with Geoffrey Wardwell, 1932 or 1933; photos relating to plays in 1933; Merton on the "Berengaria" on the way to New York, December 1933; views of Washington D C, December 1933; New York and friends there in 1933 and 1934; an Atlantic storm photographed by Merton Hodge from the deck of the "Berengaria" on the journey back to London, 1935; trip to Charleston and New Orleans for Mardi Gras early in 1935; a trip in England in 1935; street views of Merton's play "Grief Goes Over" in letters on the Oueens and Globe theatres, London; trip to possibly the south coast of France; snaps from an English trip including views of Whitby Abbey; trips to Germany (1936), Scandinavia, 1836/37 ?) with Geoffrey Wardwell; trip to Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, France and Paris in 1937; Return to New York late 1938 or early 1939; views of the deck and passengers on the Queen Mary, March/April, 1939. Except for the New Zealand section at the beginning of this album the rest of the photographs date from Hodge's arrival in London in 1931 to his return to London from America in 1939. They relate to the period when he was a successful playwright. Most of the the photographs from 1931 are of people he met when he first arrived in London which was the time that he made friends with Auriol Lee, Geoffrey Wardwell, and John van Druten who continued to be close friends and collegues throughout the 1930s. Auriol Lee supported him as a playwright and directed a number of his plays. John van Druten was an actor and playwright, and Geoffrey Wardwell was an actor friend who often accompanied Merton Hodge on his travells. Merton Hodge returned to London after postgraduating at the Edinburgh Medical School during which time he wrote his first play \"As it was in the Beginning\" which became \"The Wind and the Rain.\" In London he took a job as a doctor with the British Army. After some time in London he was posted to Spike Island, County Cork, Ireland. This must have been in 1932-1933. All the photographs in the album relating to Ireland were taken at this time and record friends, places and holidays taken with John van Druten and Geoffrey Wardwell. 1933 was also the year that \"The Wind and The Rain\" was trialled at Manchester in October and began its 1,000 performances run in London. In late 1933 Merton Hodge sailed for New York on the \"Berengaria\" as \"The Wind And The Rain\" was to open at the Ritz Theatre, 48th Street, New York on the 1 Feburary 1934. Though it was directed by Walter Hart, Auriol Lee also had a hand in its New York production. The group of photographs of Washington relate to a trip made by Hodge in December 1933. He accompanied a theatre group taking a play \"The Lake\" to the National Theatre in Washington. Geoffrey Wardwell and Katharine Hepburn were members of the group. He was back in New York for Christmas 1933. After the New York opening of the \"Wind and the Rain\" Hodge, John van Drusen, and Auriol Lee, travelled to New Orleans for the Madi Gras. On the way they spent some time at Charleston, South Carolina. While there, they met Mrs Gordon Hastie who as well as a town house in Charleston, owned a large country house called \"Magnolia.\" This may be the pillared house in this group of photographs. The coloured postcards were also aquired in Charleston. Merton Hodge and Geoffrey Wardwell returned to London on the \"Beringaria\" in 1935. The group of photographs of the storm at sea were taken by Hodge during this voyage. Some were published in London papers on his return. Another English section follows which includes exterior views of the Queens and Globe theatres posting his second play \"Grief Goes Over\" which ran concurently with the \"Wind and the Rain.\" At this time Hodge was working on an adaptation for English consumption of an American play \"Men in White.\" After \"Men in White\" was produced Hodge and Wardwell went for a trip to France. There are no photographs of the trip to Berlin in 1936 with Geoffrey Wardwell where \"The Wind and the Rain\" was running successfully. Hitler saw it three times. It was also performed in Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Gottingen, Hamburg, Leipsig, Munich, and Vienna. In 1935 \"Grief Goes Over\" opened in London after a weeks trial run in Manchester. After the opening Hodge went on a trip to the South of France in 1936. On his return from France, he decided to go to Scandinavia where \"The Wind and the Rain\" was being produced in Sweden, Norway and Finland in a Swedish translation. He was accompanied by Geoffrey Wardwell. There are a large group of photographs relating to this trip, most being of Stocholm. He was back in London in May 1937 and saw the coronation. Then he went on a holiday to Switzerland which was the location for a film in which Geoffrey Wardwell was acting. They returned to London via Austria, Hungary, Italy, France and Paris. There are a lot of snaps which relate to this trip. Late 1937-early 1938 was taken up with the production of \"An African Farm.\" The French version of \"The Wind and the Rain\" opened in Paris in 1938. There are no photographs relating to these events in this album. In 1938/39 Hodge returned to New York and there are a group of snaps taken at this time. With the outbreak of war threatening, Merton Hodge along with many others decided to head back to London. He returned on the \"Queen Mary\" in 1939 and the last group of photographs in this album were taken during the journey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca.1947], 1950-1989, [ca.2010]

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-430

Description: Contains correspondence between John Cole and Christine Cole, and other correspondents (not all names have been indexed). Includes clippings, articles, loose notes, royalty statements, playbill and newsletter. Also photographs of John Van Druten, Martin Cole and John Reece Cole. Arrangement: The papers in this folder were found in box with other material related to John Reece Cole, when they arrived at the Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photos and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 23 Oct 1944

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 : Papers

Reference: 88-275-1/01

Description: An unpublished autobiography with a guideline for making alterations to the text Physical Description: Ms and typescript

Date: 1930-1957

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 : Papers

Reference: 88-275-2/14

Description: Correspondence includes personal letters and financial papers Physical Description: Mss & typescript