Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001

Elsa, Raydia d', 1922-2001, d'Elsa, Raydia, 1922-2001

Writer. First wife of composer David Andross Farquhar (1928-2007). Mother of Julian David Farquhar and Katherine Mary Louise (Kate) Farquhar

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Paul, Janet Elaine, 1919-2004 :[Marbled sketchbook. 1983-1984].

Date: 1983 - 1984

From: Paul, Janet Elaine, 1919-2004 :[Thirty-one sketchbooks 1959-1997].

Reference: E-682

Description: Includes figure sketches: Nan [or Clare], Scene at the Settlement, Garden party at Orongarongo Station, Elizabeth Kerr (2 different); With Jeavons, John McD and Suzanne at Kairakau (figures seated amid bush); figures in a jazz band; David Farquhar; Gillian Weir; Peter McLeavey at Raumati - Quinn's view; Early Music in Old St Pauls; Gillian Weir at the Settlement 20.11.1984 (2 different views); David and Raydia Farquhar; John Mansfield Thomson (JMT); Eve Page. Includes various landscape sketches; named ones include: Opotiki, Pukekura Park, North of Hunterville, From the air behind Wanganui the 'Jeavons' referred to is Jeavons Baillie Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardback book with marbled boards, 25 leaves, each 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: Estate of Janet Elaine Paul, 2005.

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Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances. 1950...

Date: 1950 - 1959

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

Reference: Eph-A-UNITY-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950: "The drunkard; or Father dear Father come home", by W H Smith and P T Barnum. Musical arrangement by Mr H Walter. Direction Mr L Souness. Programme (2 copies). "The Government inspector", by Nikolai V Gogol. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 8-11 March 1950. Produced by Nola Millar. Set designs by George Eiby; costume designs by Helen Hitchings. Music composed by Leslie Souness. Programme (2 copies) "Caesar and Cleopatra", by Bernard Shaw. Produced by J P Delahunty. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 9-12 August 1950. Programme (2 copies) "The Madwoman of Chaillot", by Jean Giraudoux. Produced by Nola Millar. 36 Drummond Street. 26-29 October; 2-5 November 1950. Programme. Newsletter from J Delahunty titled "To those who attend and enjoy Unity Theatre productions". 1950 1951: "The Lower depths", by Maxim Gorki. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 13-16 March 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Diversion", written and produced by Kathleen Ross, and "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Beatrice Ashton. 36 Drummond Street. 22 June - 1 July 1951. Programme. "The Beggar's Opera", by John Gay. Musical score arranged by Christopher Thompson. Produced by Nat Beatus. Wellington Savage Club Hall. 24-28 August 1951. Programme. (2 copies) "The seagull", by Anton Tchekhov; adaptation by M B Gittos. Produced by J Delahunty. 36 Drummond Street. November and December 1951. Programme. (2 copies). 1952: "The chalk circle", by Bertholt Brecht. Produced by Richard Campion. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 March 1952. Programme (2 copies). "Three one-act plays: "The respectable prostitute", by Jean-Paul Sartre, produced by Kathleen Ross; "This property is condemned", by Tennessee Williams, produced by Raydia D'Elsa; "The odd one, by Kathleen Ross, produced by Beatrice Ashton. 4-6 July 1952. Programme (2 copies). "The Gentle people", by Irwin Shaw. Produced by Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-7 August 1952. Programme (2 copies) and invitation card (2 copies) "Cupid and Psyche", by Marie Bullock. Performed for the first time at 36 Drumond Street. 7-9 November 1952. Programme. "Deep are the roots", by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow. Produced by F M Renner. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 25-29 November 1952. Programme. (2 copies) 1953: "The White Devil", by John Webster. Produced by Russell Reid. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 4-7 March 1953. Programme. (2 copies) Three one-act plays: "Trees", "The Bonds of love"; "The insect play". 36 Drummond Street. 12-14 June 1953. Programme. "Death of a salesman, by Arthur Miller. Produced by Beatrice Ashton. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 August 1953. programme. (2 copies) "Point of departure", by Jean Anouilh. Produced by Margaret Walker. 36 Drummond Street. 25-29 November 1953. Programme. Three prize-winning playwrights. John Mihell, Kathleen Ross, Bruce Mason. 4 December 1953. Programme (2 copies). 1954: "The wild duck", by Henrik Ibsen. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber. 3-6 March 1954. Programme (2 copies) and ticket. Season of one-act plays. "A provincial lady", by Turgenev, produced by Wally Christie; "King Lear's wife", by Gordon Bottomley, produced by Margaret Mitchell; "The licensed victualler", by Bruce Mason. 36 Drummond Street. 22-25 July 1954. Programme. "The London merchant; or, The history of George Barnwell", by Mr Lillo. Drummond Street. September 1954. Programme. An evening of one-act plays by New Zealand authors: "The loopholed shed" by Alice Kenney, produced by Raydia d'Elsa; "The bride from the hills", by Isobel Andrews, produced by Nola Millar; "An evening's pleasure", written and produced by Marie Bullock. Concert Chamber. 10 December 1954. Programme (2 copies). 1955: "Tobias and the angel", by James Bridie. Thespians Inc and Unity Theatre present 1955 Open-Air Theatre. Produced by Patric Carey. Sound Shell Botanical Gardens, 3-5 February 1955. Programme. "Thirty pieces of silver", by Howard Fast. Produced by George Webby. 36 Drummond Street, 5-8 May 1955. Programme. "The house of Bernarda Alba", by Federico Garcia Lorca. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 28 May - 2 June 1955. Produced by Margaret Walker. Songs composed by Bruce Mason. Programme (2 copies) "Marching song", by John Whiting. Produced by Margaret Mitchell. 36 Drummond Street. 11-14 August 1955. Programme (2 copies). "The needlewomen", by Murray Gittos, produced by J P Delahunty; settings and costume designed by Valerie Scott. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 9-12 March 1955. Programme (2 copies). Unity Theatre Drummond Steps, presents an evening of drama. September 17th, 1855 at 8 o'clock. 1955. Programme. (2 copies, 1 damaged) "The time of your life". Concert Chamber, Town Hall. 2-5 November 1955. Produced by Nola Millar. Programme (2 copies), flyer and photograph of poster. Unity Revue 1955. Books, lyrics, music and production by Bruce Mason, with Sunny Amey, Oriole Harris, Gay Orwin, Margaret Walker, David Crewes, Michael Haigh, Roger Harris, John Norton, George Webby. Presented for your delight in the Jewish Social Club Hall, Ghuznee Street, 10 December 1955. Programme. (2 copies) 1956: "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller. Producer Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber 1956; Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 26-28 April 1956. Flyer. "Volpone", by Ben Jonson. Producer George Eiby. Concert Chamber Wellington, 26-29 September 1956; Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 3-5 October 1956. Flyer. (2 copies) and bookmarks (4 copies assorted colours) The Thespians and Unity Theatre in conjunction with Wellington City Council present "Open air theatre". Sound Shell Botanical Gardens, 24-25 February 1956. Programme. "Carnival of thieves", by Jean Anouilh. Contrived by Nola Millar. Designer Helen Hitchings. Concert Chamber, 21-24 November 1956; Municipal Theatre Lower Hutt, 28-30 November 1956. Programme (2 copies), Invitation card (2 copies, one of which is addressed to Charles Brasch) Unity Revue 1956. A Crewes-Harris production. 8 December 1956. Programme. (2 copies) 1957: The Bishop's bonfire", by Sean O'Casey. Produced by Margaret Mitchell. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 27-30 November 1957. Programme (2 copies), fliers (2 yellow copies) "Come back Little Sheba", by William Inge. Produced by Dorothy Whittaker. 36 Drummond St, 8-11 August 1957. Programme. "Fast and breezy; Unity Revue Theatre". A McClymo-Crewes production. Scripts by Jeanette Stace, Ron Lynn, Grant Tilly, Barry Hill, Roger Harris and David Crewes. Jewish Social Club. 7 December 1957. Programme (2 copies). Unity Theatre presents "Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Play reading produced by Margaret Mitchell. Cast includes: Starr Robinson, Earle Spencer, Shirley Wilson, Meg Andersen, Ronald Lynn, Alex Kettles, and Jill Berry. Victoria University College Little Theatre, 16 September 1957. "Huis clos", by Jean-Paul Sartre. Produced by Kenneth Akerman. 36 Drummond Street. 21-24 March, 1957. Programme (2 copies). "The good woman of Setzuan", by Bertolt Brecht. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber, 9-13 April; Little Theatre, Lower Hutt, 15-16 April; Wainuiomata, 26 April 1957. Programme. (2 copies) 1958: "Blood wedding", by Garcia Lorca. Produced by Nola Millar. Unity Theatre Studio. 20 February - 1 March 1958. Programme (2 copies). "A view from the bridge", by Arthur Miller. Produced by Sunny Amey. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 16-19 April 1958. Programme (2 copies white, and 2 yellow) "Revunity 1958". Produced by Shirley Keane and Ron Lynn. Programme. Three one-act plays: "The stronger" by August Strindberg, produced by Anne Flannery; "The gamblers", by Nikolai Gogol, produced by Anne Flannery; "A physician in spite of himself", by Jean Baptiste Moliere, produced by Shirley Keane. 7-10 August 1958. Programme (Typescript, 2 copies) "The diary of Anne Frank", dramatised by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Produced by George Webby. Set designs by George Eiby. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-22 November 1958. Programmes (2 different; one copy of one and 2 copies of the other) 1959: A season of two plays by Eugene Ionescu. "The chairs" and "The lesson". Studio Drummond Street, 26 February - 1 March 1959. Programme "Look back in anger", by John Osborne. Produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 15-18, 21-22 April 1959. Programme (2 copies brown, 1 copy yellow) "Each his own wilderness", by Doris Lessing. Produced by Philip McHale. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 12-15 August 1959. Programme. (2 copies) "Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Peroduced by Margaret Walker. Concert Chamber Wellington. 14-17 October 1959. Programme (2 copies) "The wide open cage", by James K Baxter. Producer Richard Campion. Designer Donald Ramage. 19-22, 27-29 November 1959. Programme. (2 copies) Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

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Firth, Cedric, 1908-1994 :Professor and Mrs David Farquhar. Alterations to properties a...

Date: 1981

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans for privately-owned Wellington buildings. ca 1960-1982]

By: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994

Reference: Plans-96-008-087/100

Description: Job No 697 - Alterations to properties at 15 Nottingham Street and 10 Bristow Place, and proposed carport at 15 Nottingham Street. Quantity: 14 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and diazo, various sizes

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Photographs

Date: [1910s-1990s]

From: Carr, Edwin James Nairn, 1926-2003 : Collection

Reference: PAColl-7880-2

Description: Comprises photographs of Edwin Carr and his family. Includes photographs of Edwin Carr receiving an honour for the Governor-General, and the moving of Carr's house from Taupo to Waiheke Island. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 34 colour original photographic print(s).

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Glory to God ; a hymn / words Raydia d'Elsa

Date: 1995

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007; Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-5222-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 pages + 2 pages. Physical Description: Holographs

Manuscript

Named correspondents - M to Z, and others

Date: [ca 1980-2008]

From: Brown, Gwyneth Lee, 1925-2015 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11984-08

Description: Collection of letters and papers from and relating to Alan Mulgan, Frederick and Evelyn Page, Ruth and Fergus Pope, Alexander Turner, and others. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph, typescript, and printed matter, including newspaper clippings and photocopies

Manuscript

Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 :Various small pieces for piano

Date: 1965-1966

From: Clark, Judith Ann, 1931-2014: Papers

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: fMS-Papers-11836-11

Description: Other Titles - Three nursery tunes to play on the piano (for Katherine - Xmas 1965) Other Titles - Three more nursery rhymes (for Katherine, June 27 1966) Other Titles - On your own (For Raydia IIe [Fassig!?] 1965) Other Titles - Two Chrismas carols (for Katherine - Xmas 1966) Other Titles - Glisses for Mrs (for Raydia, June 2 1966) Other Titles - A birthday piece for Raydia (1954) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 6 vols. Physical Description: Holographs

Manuscript

Special letters

Date: 1980-2009

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11810-02

Description: Contains correspondence (letters and printed email) from folder marked "Special letters". Mainly to Allan Thomas. Also undated photograph of Thomas with ballet dancer Patricia Rianne. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and photo

Manuscript

String quartet no 1, no 3

Date: 1989-2005

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-9292-10

Description: Scores, parts, cover Contents: String quartet no 1, String quartet no 2 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (photocopies)

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Lullaby for Joanna ; [for unaccompanied voice] / words by Raydia [Farquhar]

Date: [ca 1955]

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

Reference: f-81-029-059

Description: Includes sketches of another work on the back Other - Dedicated to Joanna Hardwick-Smith Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 page). Physical Description: Holograph

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Pruden, Larry Carrol, 1925-1982 :Photographs of Larry Pruden, his family, his musical a...

Date: ca1950-1982

Reference: PAColl-6155

Description: Further correspondence, programmes, programme notes and scripts, newsclippings, photographs and other papers Arrangement: Negatives of Cambridge Music School at 1/2-181467-F to 1/2-181478-F (Some are original negs of prints at PAColl-6155) Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). 12 b&w original negative(s).

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What you've got ; [for medium voice with piano] / [words and music by] David Farquhar

Date: 2 Jun 1994

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: fMS-Papers-5089-08

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 leaf. Physical Description: Holograph

Manuscript

Correspondence

Date: Jan-Jun 1973

From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5378-027

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (some copies)

Music score

Smile my weeping ; [for mezzo-soprano with piano] / [words by] Raydia d'Elsa

Date: April 1989

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001

Reference: f-90-341-02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages). Physical Description: Holograph

Music score

Maintenance-free ; [for medium voice with piano] / [words and music by] David Farquhar

Date: 1994

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: fMS-Papers-5089-09

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) 3 leaves, 2 pages. 5 Minutes and seconds Duration. Physical Description: Holographs

Music score

Palinthalamion ; a duet for two equal voices/instruments

Date: 1994

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007

Reference: fMS-Papers-5089-12

Description: Other - Title - literal meaning "again - the wedding" Responsibility - For Raydia, forty years on - (1954-1994) Quantity: 1 folder(s) ([1], 4 pages + sketches. 5 Minutes and seconds Duration. Physical Description: Holographs

Music score

The Soldier's tale / by Igor Stravinsky

Date: 1980

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971; Harper, Edward, 1941-2009

Reference: MS-Papers-7195-12

Description: Score and scripts used by Raydia d'Elsa as narrator for Stravinsky's `The Soldier's tale', produced by Victoria University Department of Music and the Victoria University Music Society, conducted by David Farquhar, April 1980, as a double-bill with `Fanny Robin' by Edward Harper, starring Jane Manning. There are reviews, programmes and a photograph of Jane Manning. Other Titles - Fanny Robin / by Edward Harper Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some photocopies, annotated)

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Lullaby ; [for voice and piano] / words [by] Raydia d'Elsa

Date: 1992

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007; Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001

Reference: MS-Papers-4815-2

Description: Responsibility - 'For Anna Raydia' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). Physical Description: Holographs

Manuscript

Six songs of women ; for voice and piano

Date: 1955-1957

From: Farquhar, David 1928-2007 : Further papers

By: Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1892-; Sidney, Philip (Sir), 1554-1586; Rowlands, Richard A, active 1930; Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001

Reference: fMS-Papers-9179-1

Description: Comprises Young maid's lament, Spring and fall, My true love hath my heart, Rosalind's madrigal, Lullaby, Epilogue Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms (?)

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Epithalamion ; an overture for strings

Date: 1954

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

Reference: f-81-029-299

Description: Score and parts for va, db. "For Raydia" Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph