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[Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand 1930-1935].
- Date
- 1930 - 1935
- Reference
- Eph-B-OPERA-1930/1935
- Description
Includes programmes for the following performances:
1930s:
"Joy unlimited"; a revue, in aid of unemployment funds. Produced by Pat Ward; stage manager Frank Petre, assistant stage manager Charles Levin, lighting Bill Turnbull, wardrobe Helen Whyte and Nan Pritchard. Sketches coached by Mr Clement May; dances taught by Mr David Devitt; orchestra under direction of Mr Pat Bell. [Printed by] Keeling & Mundy, Palmerston North [1930s?]. Programme.
Wellington Technical College presents "The pirates of Penzance", by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Tuesday-Friday, 19-22 August [1930s?]. Produced by Messrs Bryne, Burton and Priestley. Programme
1930:
"Whoopee". J C Williamson Ltd. (With Don Nicol, Lilian Crisp, John Ralston, Patricia Kendall, Terry Kendall). Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 1 February [1930]. Promotional pamphlet
1931:
J C Williamson Ltd. Gilbert & Sullivan opera season. Souvenir [offset lithograph sketches by Keith Bryant, stapled together, of performers: Ivan Menzies, Leo Darnton, Marie Bremner, Evelyn Gardiner, Maisie Ramsay, Mary Hotham, Gregory Stroud, John Ralston, Bernard Manning, Andrew Maccunn, and Clifford Cowley]. Souvenir produced by Art in Australia Ltd. Printed by the Green Press, Sydney. Blocks engraved by Hartland and Hyde.
1932:
Williamson-Imperial Grand Opera season, beginning with a gala performance of "Madame Butterfly". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing Saturday, October 29th, 1932. [Promotional pamphlet with photographs of members of the company].
Williamson Imperial Grand Opera season. "Cavalleria Rusticana" [and] "Pagliacci". His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, 6 December 1932. Programme
1934:
J C Williamson Ltd present their supreme comic opera attractions: "The Dubarry" and "Waltzes from Vienna", with Sylvia Welling in her famous London roles and a magnificent supporting company of one hundred principals, chorus and ballet. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing with a grand gala performance on Wednesday Sept 19th, 1934. [Promotional pamphlet with photographs of members of the company: Sylvia Welling, Ivy Kirby, Jean Gibson, Jean Duncan, John Dudley, Cecil Kellaway, Leslie Holland, Richard Parry]
1935:
Sir Benjamin Fuller and the New Zealand Grand Opera Company present Pietro Mascagni's Sicilian love tragedy, Cavalleria rusticana. St James Theatre Wellington, 6-12 December [1935]. Souvenir programme (2 copies)
Quantity: 7 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Programmes, sizes ranging under 350 mm.
Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.
Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there..
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- 7 album(s) Album(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Photolithographs, Theatre programmes, Programmes, sizes ranging under 350 mm.
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"Joy unlimited"; a revue, in aid of unemployment funds. Produced by Pat Ward; stage man...
Date: 1929 - 1934
From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand 1930-1935].
By: Keeling & Mundy (Firm)
Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1930s-01
Description: Programme for a production in Palmerston North, containing sketches. The main performers were: Pats [sic] Mills, Marjorie Statham, Cecile Duncan, Joan Evans, Valmai Cooke, Eileen Wood, John Duncan, Ted Pope, Claude Batten, Sheila Todd, Grace Booth, Isla Blair, Marjorie Ward, Jean Webster, Frank Reding, Ross Gore, Eru Gore and Pat Ward. Dated ca 1929-1934 because Mr Clement May is know to have been in New Zealand in those years. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, of 8 pages, each 245 x 387 mm. Provenance: Donated to the Wairarapa Archive by Mr Terry Tatham, from the collection of his mother, Karen Glasgow.
Sir Benjamin Fuller and the New Zealand Grand Opera Company present Pietro Mascagni's S...
Date: 1935
From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand 1930-1935].
Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1935-01
Description: Programme for an opera production by the New Zealand Grand Opera Society, of which there is an account inside the front cover. The artistic director was Lucien Cesaroni, assisted by Mr L E Strachan; conductor Frank Crowther; costumes by Henri Aubreye, Madame Cesaroni and O Johnson. Official accompanist Miss Kathleen Gieseking. There are portraits of Cesaroni, Sir Benjamin Fuller, Mr C A Rendle, Mr L E Strachan, Miss Kathleen Gieseking, Mr J F Winn, Miss Eunice Standen, Mrs F Plowden-Wardlaw, Miss Doris Black, Miss A Hand, Miss Molly Atkinson, Miss Marjorie Bennie, Miss Mavis Chamberlain, Miss N Kingswell, Mr Ray Trewern and Mr George Gray. Signor Cesaroni and Mr Frank Crowther have one page each of biographical notes. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, of 16 pages, each 268 x 212 mm.
Bryant, Keith, fl 1930s :J C Williamson Ltd. Gilbert & Sullivan opera season. Souvenir ...
Date: 1931
From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand 1930-1935].
By: Art in Australia Ltd; Bryant, Keith, active 1930s; Green Press (Sydney, N.S.W.); Hartland & Hyde (Firm)
Reference: Eph-B-OPERA-1931-01
Description: Costume sketches showing each performer in one or more roles. Performers include Ivan Menzies, Leo Darnton, Marie Bremner, Evelyn Gardiner, Maisie Ramsay, Mary Hotham, Gregory Stroud, John Ralston, Bernard Manning, Andrew Maccunn, and Clifford Cowley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs each sheet 264 x 191 mm.