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[Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
- Date
- 1927
- Reference
- Eph-A-VARIETY-1927
- Description
Includes:
The New Famous English Humphrey Bishop Musical Comedy Company. Theatre Royal Christchurch, Wednesday 9 March [1927?]. Programme
J C Williamson Ltd present the new famous English Humphrey Bishop Musical Comedy Company. Grand Opera House Wellington, 23 March 1927. Programme
Carter the Great. Grand Opera House, 10 August 1927. Programme (2 copies) and pad of complimentary tickets
Presenting J C Williamson Celebrity Vaudeville; a galaxy of stars. (With the Lee Sisters (aerialists), Colin Crane (baritone), Belmont's Canary Opera, Les Zenga Freres (dancing), Stella Lamonde (soubrette), Phil Rich and Alyce Adair (actors), Arthur G Frost and his Orchestra, Marie Lawton (harpist), Dick Henderson (comedian), Valencia (trapeze artist)). His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, 27 August 1927. Programme
Ernest Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours. Grand Opera House, 12 November [1927]. Programme (2 copies)
Ernest Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours in "A night in Honolulu". Town Hall Greytown, 22 November [1927]. Postcard
With compliments of Evelyn Maxwell the psychic marvel. Carter the Great. Promotional card.
Henry Santrey and his world famous Orchestra and full J C Williamson Celebrity Vaudeville Company. (With Harry and Anna Seymour, Yost and Clady (clay modellers), Estelle Fratus (with dolls), the Stavannys (aerialists), Jean Barrios and his "Girls of 1927", Henry Santrey and his Orchestra of 11 stars, Arthur G Frost). Grand Opera House Wellington, 14 February [1927]. Programme (2 copies)
Searchlight Tattoo. Grand military pageant, Show Grounds Christchurch, 31 March - 5 April 1927. Programme.
Searchlight Tattoo; Grand military pageant. Newtown Park, 3-8 March 1927. Programme
E J Gravestock presents Alexander Watson, the distinguished English elocutionist. Fifth and final New Zealand tour. Third, fourth and fifth recitals. Concert Chamber Wellington, 26-28 July 1928. Programme
E J Gravestock presents Alexander Watson, the distinguished English elocutionist. Fifth and final New Zealand tour. Eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth (final) recital. Concert Chamber, Wellington, 4-6 August 1927. Programme (2 copies).
Quantity: 12 theatre programmes (plus some duplicates).
Physical Description: Programmes and flyers, various sizes under 250 mm.
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- 12 theatre programmes (plus some duplicates), Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Theatre programmes, Programmes and flyers, various sizes under 250 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Searchlight tattoo; grand military pageant, Shows Grounds, Christchurch, March 31st, Ap...
Date: 1927
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1927-04
Description: A programme for a re-enactment of scenes from English history, and the part the Army played in them. Contains photographs of groups of performers dressed as soldiers from Saxon, Norman, Crusader, Cromwellian periods and later; a group photograph of the old guard of 1790, and group photographs of "Queen Berengaria" and her maids of honour (all named), "Margaret of Anjou" and her maids (all named and including Miss Ngaio Marsh), "Queen Anne" and her maids of honour (all named), "Queen Victoria and her maids of honour (all named), "Queen Boadecia" and her maids of honour (all named). There are individual photographs of the "Queens": Mrs M Peek, Miss Millicent Jennings, Mrs Tahu Rhodes, Miss Nancy Gard'ner, Miss Dulcie McCredie Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 48 pages, each 215 x 135 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.
[Postcard]. Ernest Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours in "A night in Honolulu". Town Hall, Gre...
Date: 1927
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1927-02
Description: Shows head and shoulder portraits of the performers. The troupe appears to have visited the Wellington area in November 1927. The Ephemera collection also contains a programme for a performance at Wellington in April 1925, but this postcard is 1927, based on a perpetual calendar. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 83 x 131 mm.
Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971 :Searchlight tattoo and grand military tournament...
Date: 1927
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1927-05-cover
Description: Shows soldier riding or controlling 2 horses. Soldier's uniform based on that worn at Wembley for similar ceremonies - see inside front cover of programme. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L.C. Mitchell Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 215 x 140 mm.
With compliments of Evelyn Maxwell, the psychic marvel, [and] Carter the Great. [1926].
Date: 1926 - 1927
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1927-01
Description: Shows Evelyn Maxwell on ornate chair, right hand raised to brow, peering into the distance. Evelyn Maxwell appeared in the Grand Opera House, Wellington, with Carter the Great's show, in a season commencing 10 August 1927. She communed with the audience psychically, wrapped in a silk scarf as her conductor. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 168 x 126 mm.
Grand Opera House (Wellington) :Ernest Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours. Grand Opera House, ...
Date: 1927
From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, in 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1927-03-cover
Description: The cover of a programme for a variety show featuring Hawaiian song, dance, steel guitar, hula, and jazz. At the lower left is an illustration of a woman in traditional Hawaiian costume performing a hula dance, with a group of musicians in the background, and the moon over the sea. The illustration is signed JB. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of programme. Physical Description: Offset print on programme 217 x 140 mm.