Places

Date: 1965 - 1969

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1965/1969

Description: Includes: 1965: The York Cycle of Mystery plays. Christchurch Pan Pacific Arts Festival. Programme (2 copies) Community Players present "His Lordship" (Le Mariage de Figaro), by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Translated and produced by Murray Alford. Community Centre, Epsom Avenue, 7-14 August [1965?]. Flier only. Grafton Theatre & Auckland University Drama Society. "Measure for measure", by William Shakespeare; directed by J C Reid. Auckland University Grounds, 3-13 February 1965. Programme 1966: New Zealand Theatre Centre and D D O'Connor Productions Ltd present "The comedy of errors", by William Shakespeare. A Clifford Williams production re-directed by Gareth Morgan. March-April 1966. Programme (2 copies) Masterton Little Theatre Society present "Your obedient servant", by Diana Morgan. Directed by Jim Hudson. 11-16 July 1966. Programme. 1967: Treteau de Paris. 1967. Ninth annual tour of University Theatres in North America, and second world tour including return visit to Australia and first appearance in New Zealand. "Antigone" and "Les femmes savantes". Programme Canterbury Theatre Company (patron Dame Ngaio Marsh). Booklet discussing its aims and background. 1967. "Loose boards and seagulls", by Peter Olds. Globe Theatre, November 1967. Typescript note written by James K Baxter Mana Little Theatre presents "The pohutukawa tree", by Bruce Mason, with Thelma Grabmaier, Suzy Hensen, Emron Elkington... Produced by Barbara Heath, at the Pavilion, Plimmerton. 1-4 November [1967]. Flier. Wellington East Girls' College Senior Drama Club presents "Tobias and the angel" by James Bridie. Produced by Miss J Campbell and Miss P McColl. 8-9 August 1967. Programme Grafton Theatre presents William Shakespeare's "Twelfth night". St Andrews Hall, 1-15 April 1967. Programme / poster 1968: Benson & Hedges Drama festival 1968. Programme cover only. Community Players present "Dandy Dick" by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, in honour of Mt Eden Borough Centennial celebrations 1868-1968. Produced by Kay Williams. Mt Eden Community Centre, May 1968. Programme Heretaunga Players present "The man who came to dinner", by Hart & Kaufmann. Produced by Jim Macfarlane. 26-30 November [1968]. Programme / flier 1969: Le Treteau de Paris presents "Le Tartuffe", ou L'Imposteur, by Moliere. Directed by Yves Gasc. New Zealand tour. Flier. 1969? New Theatre Club presents "Man in conflict", devised and played by Ray Henwood. New Theatre Studio. 5-7, 12-14 September 1969. Flier. The Coyle Family Players at the Savarin Restaurant. Your invitation to the Upstage presentation of Mrs Henry Wood's famous melodrama, "East Lynne". [ca 1969?]. Flier only. Ashburton Repertory Society presents "Write me a murder", by Frederick Knott. Directed by Alex Henderson. Repertory Theatre Ashburton. 11-22 March 1969. Programme. Late 1960s?: Theatre Workshop presents to the nobility, gentry and public ingeneral the celebrated Madame Cooper in "Lady Audley's secret", by C M Hazlewood ((with performers Miss Phillips, Mr Dawick, Mr Turner, Madame Cooper, Mr O'Donnell, Mrs Dawick, Mr Steedman), Civic-Centre, Feilding and in the Concert-Chamber Palmerston North. Programme [late 1960s?] (3 copies on green or yellow paper) Quantity: 17 programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1947

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1947

Description: Includes: Otago University Dramatic Society presents the "Alcestis of Euripides". Produced by Kathleen Falconer; musicl director Dr V E Galway. His Majesty's Theatre, 3-4 July 1947. Programme Curtain Theatre presents "Ah wilderness", a comedy by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Allona Priestly [1947?]. Programme Victoria League presents "The blue goose", by Peter Blackmore, produced by Lavinia Humphreys. Theatre Royal [Nelson], 3 May 1947. Programme Auckland Repertory Theatre Inc. "Caste" by T W Robertson. Auckland. 12-17 June 1947. Programme. Christchurch Teachers' Training College presents "Our town", by Thornton Wilder. Produced by Neta Neale. Christchurch, 30 October - 1 November 1947. Programme Cornwall Hospital Dramatic Club. "Three one-act plays". Recreation Hall, (Auckland). 28 March 1947. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society. "The merchant of Venice". Directed by Mrs A G Cresswell. Masonic Hall 15 July 1947. programme Palmerston North Little Theatre Society. "Dear Brutus", by J M Barrie. Produced by Freda Dymock. Opera House Palmerston North. 16-19 August 1947. Programme. Waipukurau Dramatic Society. Four one-act plays; assisted by Waipukurau Orchestral Society. Waipukurau Theatre. 15-16 October 1947. Programme. WEA Dramatic Club (Auckland). Three one act plays of the experimental theatre. ("The long Christmas dinner" by Thornton Niven Wilder; "Overtones" by Alice Gerstenberg' "Revolt" by Lagos Biro. [1947]. Programme. Whitehall Productions. "Dangerous corner" by J B Priestley, directors Kathleen Robinson and Roland Walton. Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 1 February 1947. Programme Whitehall Productions. "Dangerous corner" by J B Priestley, directors Kathleen Robinson and Roland Walton. [Dunedin 1947]. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "The hasty heart", by Captain John Patrick. Play produced by Gerald Kirby; NZ production directed by Robert Quentin. Theatre Royal Christchurch, commencing 5 April 1947. Programme Whitehall Productions. "The late Christopher Bean", by Sydney Howard, with Megs Jenkins (portrait). Produced by John Hayden. [Wellington. ca 3 February 1947]. Programme (2 copies) Whitehall Productions. "The late Christopher Bean", by Sydney Howard, with Megs Jenkins (portrait). Produced by John Hayden. St James Theatre Wellington, commencing 31 January [1947]. Programme Whitehall Productions. "The late Christopher Bean" by Sydney Howard. With Megs Jenkins (portrait). Produced by John Hayden. [Dunedin, January? 1947]. Programme (2 copies) Whitehall Productions. "Love in idleness", by Terence Rattigan. With Kathleen Robinson and produced by Richard Parry. General programme [1947] Whitehall Productions. "Love in idleness", by Terence Rattigan. With Kathleen Robinson and produced by Richard Parry. Grand Opera House Wellington. 10 January 1947. Programme (2 copies) and promotional pamphlet Whitehall Productions presents "Love in idleness" by Terence Rattigan. [Auckland season]. 1947. Programme. Whitehall Productions present Terence Rattigan's "Love in idleness". Directors Kathleen Robinson and Roland Walton. Scenes designed and painted by William Little. [1947]. Programme with green cover. J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. "While the sun shines", by Terence Rattigan. Produced by Gerald Kirby, New Zealand production directed by Robert Quentin. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 March 1947. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 16 theatre programmes and flyers (plus some duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1953

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1953

Description: Includes: Community Arts Service Theatre. "The lady from Andalusia". Second drama tour, September-December 1953. Producer Patric Carey; publicity designed by John Holmwood. Programme Featherston Drama Society presents "While the sun shines", by Terence Rattigan. Produced by John Dunmore. Anzac Hall, 11-13 August [1953?]. Programme Gisborne Repertory Society. "Grand National night", by Dorothy and Campbell Christie. Produced by Norma Kohn. Gisborne Opera House. 10-11 August 1953. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society presents "Ladies in retirement". Produced by Geraldine Inder. St Matthew's Collegiate School Hall, 7-9 September 1953. Programme Otoko Repertory Group. "One wild oat", by Vernon Sylvaine. Produced by G Miller. Presented at Te Karaka (12 May), Patutahi (14 May), Gisborne (19 May), Wairoa (21 May), and Matawai (25 May 1953). Programme. The Utopians present "Home at seven", by R C Sherriff. Produced by Alister H Macandrew. Eastbourne. 12-14 November 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England). New Zealand tour 1953. Folded pamphlet, and small booklet. The company included: Anthony Quayle, Babara Jefford, Leo McKern, Terence Longdon, Keith Michell, Raymond Westwell, Joan McArthur, Jack Gwillim, Rosalind Atkinson (2 copies) Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England). "As you like it". Produced by Glen Byam Shaw. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. 23-28 March 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "As you like it". Produced by Glen Byam Shaw. Grand Opera House Wellington. 6-11 April 1953. Programme (2 copies) Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "As you like it". Produced by Glen Byam Shaw. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 9-18 February 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "As you like it". Produced by Glen Byam Shaw. Theatre Royal Christchurch, 9-14 March 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "Henry IV (Part I)". Produced by Anthony Quayle. Grand Opera House Wellington. 13-18 April 1953. Programme (2 copies) Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "Othello". Produced by Anthony Quayle. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 30 January - 7 February 1953. Programme (2 copies, one with ribbon-bound cover) Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "Othello". Produced by Anthony Quayle. Theatre Royal Christchurch. 2-7 March 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "Othello". Produced by Anthony Quayle. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. 16-21 March 1953. Programme. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "Othello". Produced by Anthony Quayle. Grand Opera House Wellington. 30 March - 4 April 1953. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 15 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1949

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

By: Roycroft Press Ltd; Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1949

Description: Includes: Auckland University College Drama Society. "The alchemist", by Ben Jonson. Producer S Musgrove. Set designed by A R D Fairburn. St Andrews Hall. 5-9 July [1949]. Programme. Cercle Litteraire Francais de Wellington presente "Le revizor", ou "L'Inspecteur-General", de Nicolas Gogol. Evening arranged by Madame Robert M Scotten and Mr Henry Rollet. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26 October 1949. Programme. Community Arts Service presents "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Harold Baigent. Costumes by Raeburn Griffiths. North Island tour 1949. Programme Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre presents "Quiet weekend", by Esther McCracken. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 11-12 April 1949. Programme. Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre. "Pride and prejudice", by Jane Austen. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 11 & 13 June 1949. Programme. Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre presents "Home from home", by Muriel and Sydney Box. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 4-5 October 1949. Programme. Gisborne Repertory Society. "An inspector calls", by J B Priestly. Produced by Arnold Goodwin. Opera House. 1-3 September 1949. Programme. Gisborne Repertory Society. "The circle", by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Frances Burns. Opera House Gisborne. 8-9 November 1949. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society Incorporated presents "Maudeleine", by John Lawson. Produced by John Lawson. Masterton 21, 22, 24, 25 May; Greytown, 30 May 1949. Programme National Committee of Invitation for "The forgotten factor"; industrial play. Wellington, August 1949. Pamphlet. Theatre Guild. Strand Theatre Company in "Happy as Larry", a comedy by Donagh McDonagh. Produced by Russell Reid. Programme printed by Roycroft Press Ltd, Wellington. Theatre Guild. Strand Theatre Company in "Happy as Larry" by Donagh McDonagh. Produced by Russell Reid. Holiday production, Raumati, Otaki Foxton, Paekakariki. December-Jan [ca 1949]. Programme. Wellington East Dramatic Society presents "The lilies of the field", a comedy in three acts by John Hastings Turner. produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber, 11-12 November 1949. Programme Quantity: 13 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940: Eighteenth New Zealand Rotary Conference. Empire Hall, 6 March 1940. Manawatu Repertory Society has kindly offered to entertain conference members by presenting "Bird in hand", by John Drinkwater. Producer Babette Rodgers. Programme / flier 1941: Manawatu Repertory Society. "Children to bless you". Empire Hall. 21-22 July 1941. Programme. Manawatu Repertory Society. "Fresh fields". Empire Hall. 5-7 April 1941. Programme. ca 1941-1942: "Fresh fields", by Ovor Novello. Produced by Mrs Elsie Lloyd. [ca 1941-1942?]. Programme / flier with advertisement for 1941 film "Back street" on verso. 1943: Manawatu Repertory Society. Repertory Junior High Schools Group presents "Dark betrothal" by T B Morris, produced by Mrs J Davidson; "Eldorado", by Bernard Gilbert, produced by Mrs Espiner; "Quality Street", produced by Miss K Birnie; "The Day's good causes", produced by Miss J Marshall. Opera House (Palmerston North?). 4 August 1943. Flyer / programme. 1944: Manawatu Repertory Society. "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", by Rudolph Besier, Produced by Fred Cousins. Opera House. 4 November 1944. Programme. Napier Repertory Players (Inc). "Tony draws a horse". A comedy in three acts, by Lesley Storm. Directed by Elizabeth Culford Bell. Municipal Theatre Napier, 20, 21 and 23 October 1944. Programme 1945: Dai Tung Music Society (Auckland). "Human integrity". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 27 March 1945. Programme. Drawing Room entertainment by pupils of G Helen Gard'ner. Pioneer Club Room, 18-19 December [1945]. Programme Masterton Little Theatre Society presents a dramatised reading of N C Hunter's farcical comedy "Grouse in June". Producer John Lawson. Masonic Hall, 21 July 1945. Programme /flyer Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society. Three one-act plays: "The phantom ship", by Mary E Matheson, produced by Esme Grindrod; "Charade", by Philip Johnson, produced by Beryl McMillan; "Check to the Queen", by T B Morris, produced by Noeline Myers. Flyer only. 1947: Wellington Technical College presents "Pygmalion", by G B Shaw. College Assembly Hall. 19-22 August 1947. Programme. Community Arts Service presents the C.A.S. Play Unit in ... "The sulky fire", by Jean Jacques Bernard. Produced by Arnold Goodwin. W E A Theatre. Friday 1 August [1947?]. Auckland, Pelorus Press. (Flyer only) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "The hasty heart", by Captain John Patrick. Produced by Gerald Kirby; New Zealand production directed by Robert Quentin. Grand Opera House Wellington, 15 March 1947. Programme J C Williamson (New Zealand) Ltd Company. "While the sun shines" and "The hasty heart". Two "admission money" slips for 2nd May 1947, for His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. WEA Drama Group (Wellington?) "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. 7 April 1947. Flier / programme. (PR-03-0337) 1948: The Old Vic Company. Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1948. 60-page illustrated book. (2 copies) Old Vic Company. Australian-New Zealand tour. "The school for scandal". Programme. (Three copies: one inscribed "Tuesday October 12, 1948 - I stood in a queue for five hours to get seats". One with enclosed slip: "Owing to the indisposition of Sir Laurence Olivier, the part of Sir Peter Teazle will be played by Mr Derrick Penley") Old Vic Company. Australian and New Zealand tour 1948. "Richard III". Programme (2 copies) Undated 1940s?: Programme: Hutt Valley High School Old Pupils' Dramatic Society presents "In the cellar" by gertrude Jennings, producer John B Stanton; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents "Phantom ship", by Mary Matheson, producer Esme Grindrod; Peter Pan Players present "Gran plays trump" by Alic Halsey, producer Percy W Cousins. Flier. Quantity: 21 programmes and four flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance housed at MS-Group-0450..

Date: 1950 - 1954

By: Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1950/1954

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Thursday - Community Players. "The unhallowed saint", by Stafford Byrne. Producer Mrs Myrna Wright. Flier. Victoria University College Council of Adult Education. Community Arts Players in plays by Anton Chekhov, Christopher Fry, Sydney Box. A Community Arts Service. "The proposal" by Chekhov; "Marry-go-Round" by Sydney Box; "A phoenix too frequent" by Christopher Fry/ Programme [1950s?] Wairarapa College Old Students' Association present "Quiet weekend", by Esther McCracken. Production by Edna Paterson & Shirley Cresswell. College Assembly Hall, 29-31 October [ca 1950?]. Programme Wellington Dutch Club Drama Group. "The black tulip", freely adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas by Bert van Eysselsteyn. Produced by Toetie Breman.. Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents four one act plays: "The perfect ending", by F Ryerson and C Colin, produced by Ailsa Duff; "Sanctuary", by Phoebe M Rees, produced by Helen Mitchell; "Get it at Denby's", produced by Rae Sturrock; "When the whirlwind blows", by Essex Dane, produced by Nola Millar. Programme / flier 1950: CAS Theatre. "An inspector calls", by J B Priestley. C.A.S. Theatre. September-October 1950. Pamphlet / programme. CAS Theatre. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. North Island tour 1950. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies) Gisborne Repertory Society. "The miser", by Moliere. Translated by Miles Malleson. Produced by John V Trevor. 1950. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society. "Lovely to look at", by Philip Johnson. Producer Keith Jaine. St Matthews's Collegiate School Hall, 2-6 September 1950. Programme Robert Morley and Sophie Stewart in "Edward my son". Opera House, 21 February [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley. Robert Morley and Sopie Stewart in "Edward my son". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 17 Marech [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley. 1951: Community Arts Service Theatre. "Pygmalion", by G B Shaw. North Island tour 1951. Programme Theatre Arts Guild. William Shakespeare's most excellent and lamentable tragedie of "Romeo and Juliet", presented by the Theatre Arts Guild in Christchurch at Abberley Park, February thirteenth to twentieth 1954. Produced by Gregory Kane. Programme Victoria University College German Speaking Club (Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft. "Szenen aus dem Kriegsgefangenenlager" or "R.O.W. Camp 4442", by D B Carrad. Victoria University Little Theatre. 6 August [1951]. Programme (typescript) Gisborne Repertory Society. "The shop at Sly Corner", by Edward Percy. Produced by June Irvine. Gisborne Opera House. 22-23 October 1951. Programme. 1952: Community Arts Service Theatre. "The merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme. Community Arts Service Theatre. "Captain Carvallo", by Denis Cannan. Produced by Harold Baigent. Provincial tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies). Combined Repertory Societies of Carterton, Eketahuna, Greytown, Martinborough, Masterton, Pahiatua. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by John Lawson and Joan Aldrick. Nov-Dec 1952. Programme (2 copies) 1953: Community Arts Service Theatre. Regional Council of Adult Education. "The circle", a comedy by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1953. Programme Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. New Zealand and Australia tour 1953. Illustrated booklet. (2 copies) 1954: Community Arts Players. Three one-act plays, designed and produced by Russell Reid. "Village wooing", by Bernard Shaw; "Kestrel edge", by Wilfrid Gibson; "The end of the beginning", by Sean O'Casey. Programme [with itinerary] Quantity: 20 programmes and three flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1946

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1946

Description: Includes: Otago University Dramatic Society presents "The black eye", by James Bridie; producer Ernest Griffin. Concert Chamber Dunedin, 13-15 August 1946. Programme Auckland Repertory Theatre. "How he lied to her husband", and "Androcles and the lion". Produced by A J C Fisher. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 12-17 August 1946. Programme. Auckland Repertory Theatre. "My heart's in the highlands", by William Saroyan. 7-11 May 1946. programme. Auckland University Drama Club. "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen. Produced by Frank Birkinshaw, with pianists Dorothea Franchi and Owen Jensen. 10-15 June 1946. Programme. Grafton Shakespeare Dramatic Club. "Tovarich" by Jacques Deval. Produced by Rosie Stratton. St Andrews Hall. 27 June - 3 July 1946. Programme. Hastings Group Theatre. "And so to bed", by J B Fagan. Produced by W J Mountjoy jnr, assisted by Cedric Wright. Municipal Theatre Hastings. 3 December 1946. Programme (2 copies). Masterton Little Theatre Society presents a two nights' season of four one act plays. ("The sea-shell", by Patricia Chown; "Charade" by Philip Johnson; "A flat and a sharp" by Ian Hay; "Glenforsa" by John Brandane and A W Yuill). St Matthews' Collegiate School Hall, 22-23 May 1946. Programme Masterton Little Theatre Society. A fully dramatized reading of "The blue goose", by Peter Blackmore. Produced by Mary McLaren. Masonic Hall, 22-23 March 1946. Programme Nelson Repertory Theatre. "Tony draws a horse" by Lesley Storm. Produced by Mrs K Moynihan. Theatre Royal Nelson. 2-9 November 1946. Programme. The Utopians present "Canaries sometimes sing", by Frederick Lonsdale. Produced by Vern Small. St Ronon's Hall (Eastbourne). 26-28 September [1946]. Programme. Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society. "Time and the Conways", by J B Priestley. Produced by Mollie Wilson. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 30-31 October [1946]. Programme (2 copies). Whitehall Productions. "Love in idleness", by Terence Rattigan. With Kathleen Robinson and produced by Richard Parry. Regent Theatre Masterton, 4 December [1946]. Promotional pamphlet with photographs Whitehall Productions. "Love in idleness", by Terence Rattigan. With Kathleen Robinson and produced by Richard Parry. His Majesty's Theatre, com. Monday October 14th [1946] Promotional pamphlet with photographs Quantity: 12 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1961

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1961

Description: Includes: Auckland Gallery Associates. "A time for sowing", by Frank Sargeson. Produced by Chris Cathcart. Auckland City Art Gallery, May-June 1961. Programme. Auckland University Drama Society. "Othello" by William Shakespeare. [1961?] Programme. CAS Theatre. Michael Redgrave's "The Aspern papers", based on the book by Henry James. Directed by Ronald Barker. Decor by Peter Smith. Saint Andrews Hall (Auckland). 6-11 November 1961. Flyer (2 copies) CAS Theatre. Shakespeare's "Love's labours lost". Music by Ian McLean, decoration by John Coulson; directed by Ronald Barker. Auckland Festival play 1961. Programme Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society. "Hotel Paradiso", by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres. Produced by David Reid. Little Theatre. 2-9 September 1961. Programme. Kaikoura Drama Club. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by Sidney Drury. [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Something in the attic" (producers I Vaughan and N Stove); "The bishop's candlesticks" (Producer M E Perry); "Her husband's harem" (producer V Johnston). [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Wake up and woo!", by Dudley Harcourt. produced by M E Perry. Kaikoura Memorial Centre, 18-19 October [1961?]. Programme Masterton Little Theatre Society. Harlequin; "The Happy journey", by Thornton Wilder; "Pyramus and Thisbe" by William Shakespeare. Official opening [of Harlequin Theatre for the Society]. 29 April 1961. Programme [New Zealand Theatre Company]. Bullfitt Family Players present "East Lynne", produced by Bruce Mason. [ca 1961?], Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". First national tour, June 1961. Produced by Richard Campion. Music by David Farquhar, decor by Raymond Boyce, dances arr by Walter Trevor, duelling scenes arranged by John Kardoss. Programme (2 copies), and promotional pamphlet (2 copies). New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". Grand premiere performance [of] first national tour. Opera House Wellington. 16 June 1961. Programme (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "Here we come gathering ... ", by Philip King and Anthony Armstrong. Produced by Alison Hall and directed by Kemp Eriksen. [1961?] Programme. (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "A lady mislaid" by Kenneth Horne. Produced by Norman Haines. South Wellington Intermediate School Theatrette. 27-28 June 1961. Programme. (2 copies) plus card / ticket. Southern Comedy Players. "Watch it, sailor!", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by John Kim. (With individual cast photos). 1961. Programme. Southern Comedy Players present "Watch it, sailor!"His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 14 October 1961. Programme. Taumarumui Repertory Society Inc presents "Bonaventure", by Charlotte Hastings. Produced by Joan Holmes. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 3-6 May 1961. Programme. Taumarunui Repertory Society Inc presents "Castle in the air", by Alan Melville. Produced by Armorel Rennie. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 9-12 Auguat 1961. Programme. Tawa-Linden Drama Group presents "Blithe spirit", by Noel Coward. Producer Jean Easson. Linden Community Centre, 30 October - 1 November [1961]. Programme Victoria University Department of English presents two new plays: "Free" by Joseph Musaphia; "Three women and the sea" by James K Baxter. Memorial Theatre, performed by Theatre Workshop of the New Zealand Theatre Company. 25-29 November 1961. Programmes (2 different, 2 copies of one, 3 of the other- differing colours) Wellington Teachers' College. Maori Club. "The legend of Wiremu". Produced by George Webby. College Hall, 2-4 November 1961. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 23 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.