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Date: 1978

Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1978

Description: Includes ephemera and programmes for: Perkel Productions Inc proudly present Rossini's "The barber of Seville". Producer Paul Person. [Season 22 September - 2 December 1978]. Programme "The boyfriend", a musical play by Sandy Wilson. Producer Miss M Tait-Jamieson. Presented by St Patrick's & St Catherine's Colleges. University Memorial Theatre, 1-3 May [1978]. Programme De La Tour Opera Group. "Il campanello", by Gaetano Donizetti; produced and designed by Peter Coates. [1978]. Programme (cover design by Peter Coates) "Cavalleria rusticana" with "Not in front of the waiter". Directed by Bruce Woods; producer Lois de Latour. (With Juan Matteucci, Heather Pascual, Anthony Benfell, Linda Shearer, Anne van der Sluis, Roger Creagh, Salvatore Gagliardi, Sally Sloman, Robert O'Hara, Maurice Renouf). [Auckland, 1978]. Programme Upper Hutt Operatic Society (Inc) presents "The desert song". Producer Berna Hamilton; musical director Jim Noice; choreographer Carol-Ann Moynihan. [1978]. Programme Rotorua Operatic Society. "Fiddler on the roof"; directed and choreographed by Duncan Whiting; musical direction by David Scherger. Programme Napier Operatic Society Inc proudly present in its Tabard Theatre ... "Old time music hall". Host and chairman Paul Grosvenor Waring esq. [1978]. Programme "Orfeo ed Euridice", by Gluck. Director Elric Hooper; music director Dobbs Franks (With Heather Begg and Nicola Waite). Christchurch Town Hall [1978]. Programme (2 copies) Tauranga Choral & Operatic Society presents Richard Carey's production of "The pirates of Penzance". Tauranga, 15-22 1978. Programme Stewart Macpherson's Stetson Productions. Harry M Miller ... Michael White Limited ... "The Rocky horror show", starring Gary Glitter. Now alive on stage in New Zealand [Flyer with itinerary] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on booklets and fliers, sizes varying beneath 350 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Noelen Wevell, David Lascelles, Ross Harland, Richard McEldowney, Morva Croxson.

Date: 1958 - 1977

By: Upper Hutt Repertory Society; Heretaunga Players Inc.

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-HP

Description: Includes: As the Upper Hutt Repertory Society: 1958: "Caroline", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Cyndy Tuson. 11-16 August [1958] Triple bill. "Villa for sale" by Sacha Guitry, produced by Jill Hanlon; "Master Dudley", by Philip Johson [sic], produced by Pat Long; "Still life", by Noel Coward, produced by Lillian Pine. [October 1958] 1959: "Dr Angelus", by James Bridie, produced by Jack Haxton. [May 1959] "Little lambs eat ivy", by Noel Langley, produced by Vinsen Good. [August 1959] 1960: "Doctor in the house", by Ted Willis from the novel by Richard Gordon, produced by Royce Doyle. [May 1960] "They walk alone", by Max Catto, produced by Jack Haxton. [1960] 1961: "Dead on nine", by Jack Popplewell, directed by Niall A Forsyth. [May 1961] "The white sheep of the family", by L du Garde Peach & Ian Hay; produced by Earl Gardner. [August 1961] 1962: "Running riot", by Derek Benfield; produced by Vinsen Good. [May 1962] Comedy trio; three one-act plays: "The ass and the philosophers:, by Gwenyth Jones, produced by Patricia Long; "His boon companions", by Lynn Gault; produced by Kay Hooper; "Fumed oak", by Noel Coward; produced by Alice Piper. [August 1962] "A lady mislaid", by Kenneth Horne; produced by William Campion. [October 1962] 1963: "Will any gentleman", by Vernon Sylvaine; produced by George Lafferty. [May 1963] "The mousetrap", by Agatha Christie; produced by Ken Cotton. [October 1963] 1964: "One wild oat", by Vernon Sylvaine; produced by George Lafferty. [May 1964] "Gaslight", by Patrick Hamilton; produced by Margarita Doyle [August 1964]. "Janus", by Carolyn Green; produced by Diana Bramwell. [October 1964] (With list of past productions from 1950 onwards) 1965: "The hollow", by Agatha Christie; produced by Betty Grattan. [May 1965]. "The telephone never rings", by Falkland L Cary & Philip King, produced by Alice Piper; and "Eldorado", by Bernard Gilbert, produced by Jack Haxton [August 1965] As the Heretaunga Players: Undated: "Butterflies are free", by Leonard Gershe. Directed by Margaret Belsham. Programme 1966: The pantomime "Aladdin", produced by Jack Haxton. [November 1966] 1967: "Wolf's clothing", by Kenneth Horne, produced by George Lafferty and Ken Cotton. [May 1967] Two one-act plays. "Goodby Miss Lizzie Borden", by Lillian de la Torre, produced by William Juliff; "Monsieur Bombel breaks the bank", by Yves Cabrol, produced by Carol Brown. 31 August - 2 September 1967. "The magic shoemaker", produced by Barry Brown. [November 1967] 1968: "The paragon", by Roland and Michael Pertwee, produced by Alan Barkus. [May 1968] Triple bill. "Home is the hunted", by R F Delderfield, produced by Arthur Williams; "Among those present", by Aubrey Feist, produced by Barry Brown; "A phoenix too frequent", by Christopher Fry, produced by Jim Macfarlane. 22-24 August 1968. 1969: "The Piccadilly bushman", by Ray Lawler, produced by Royce Doyle. [May 1969] "The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew", by Robert Bolt, produced by Jim Macfarlane. 25-30 August 1969. "Sweeney Todd the barber", adapted by Brian Burton, produced by Jack Haxton. Upper Hutt School Hall, 2-6 December 1969. 1970: "Major Barbara", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Les Jones. Upper Hutt School Hall, 23 May 1970. 1971: "Flowering cherry", by Robert Bolt, produced by Geraldine Sims. The Studio, Ward Street, Upper Hutt, 25 March - 3 April 1971. "Ladies in retirement", by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, produced by Jack Haxton. November 1971. 1974: "Miranda", by Peter Blackmore, produced by Eric Brown. The Studio, 17-24 November [1974] "Little Boy Blue" (pantomime), written and produced by Jim Noice. Studio, 21-30 November [1974] 1975: "The judge", by John Mortimer, produced by Arthur Williams. The Studio, 5-12 April 1975 (2 copies) Heretaunga Players Inc and the Upper Hutt Choral Society Inc presents "The bear", by Chekhov; "Trial by jury", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Baptist Hall, 12-14 June 1975. "The real Inspector Hound", by Tom Stoppard, produced by Jill Edwards. The Studio, 6-13 December 1975. 1976: "The anniversary", by Bill MacIlwraith, produced by Arthur Williams. [April 1976] (2 copies) "Talk of the town", a revue devised by Jill Edwards, directed by Jill Edwards and Jim Grant. [July 1976] 1977: "Boeing Boeing", by Marc Camoletti, produced by Jim Noice. [March 1977] "Separate tables", by Terence Rattigan, produced by Jack Haxton [June 1977] "The crucible", by Arthur Miller, designed and directed by Jim Macfarlane. [August 1977] Quantity: 46 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Offset and typescript on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Most donated from the papers of Alma Secker, Upper Hutt, in 2010. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1830.