Student at Victoria University Wellington in 1933. He moved to Sydney in the late 1930s and performed with Doris Fitton's pioneering Independent Theatre group and wrote material for radio star Jack Davey. During World War two he served as a staff sergeant with the Entertainment Unit of the Australian Army for which he also wrote material. He moved to England in 1948 and became a successful character actor in the theatre. On television he appeared in many series such as Maigret, Danger Man, The Saint and The Avengers. In 1968 he returned to Sydney and continued performing on stage with the Old Tote Theatre Company. In 1990, he lived in Mosman, Sydney. (Information retrieved from Wikipedia, 16 Feburary 2010)
Phillips, Redmond Bernard, 1912-1993
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company. 1961 [annual magazine].
Date: 1961
From: [Posters for drama productions in Great Britain featuring New Zealand performers and producers. 1960-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-DRAMA-GB-1961-01
Description: Illustrated booklet reviewing the year's productions. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, 320 x 245 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Louise Grant, London, in 2010.
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[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances in New Zealand. 1975].
Date: 1975
Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1975
Description: Includes: Te Puke Repertory Society. "An air for murder", by Philip King and Faulkland Cary. "On-stage" Litt Park Hall, Cameron Road, 1 May [1975]. Programme Auckland University Theatre Workshop presents William Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing", directed by Dick Johnstone. Music arranged and composed by Douglas Mews, costumes designed by Peggy Nicholson. Programme /flier (2 copies) Derek Bolt presents "An evening with Charles Dickens"; interludes by John Bates. South Arts Festival of Performing and Visual Arts, 13-23 September [1975?]. Programme Central Theatre presents "Kennedy's children", by Robert Patrick by arrangement with Don Parker. Auckland, 14 August 1975. Programme (with advance notice of "A hard God", by Peter Kenna starring actor Terence Cooper whose biographical details are given). Programme (2 copies) "Gaslight" starring Patricia Phoenix, Alan Browning and Ivan Beavis. New Zealand tour 1 February - 26 April 1975. Promotional booklet with photographs (2 copies) plus sheet of further biographical details about Patricia Phoenix (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Limited and Kerridge Odeon Corporation Limited presents Robert Morley and Bettina Welch, Donna Akerston, Tom Oliver, Charles Little and Lynn Rainbow in "How the other half loves", by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Robert Morley. Grand Opera House Wellington, 16 September 1975. Programme. "The male of the species", by Alun Owen. Directed by Val May. With Edward Woodward, Michelle Dotrice and New Zealanders Redmond Phillips and John Larking. Grand Opera House Wellington, 18 March - 5 April 1975; Theatre Royal Christchurch, 9-19 April 1975. Programme (2 copies) New Independent Theatre (incorporating Grafton Theatre Inc). "The lion in winter, by James Goldman. Directed by Edna E Harris, with Kenneth Porter and Errice Montague. Auckland Festival of the Arts, March 1975. Programme. Playcycle '75. Four N Z author plays. Wellington Repertory Theatre presents "The song", by Alan Williamson, directed by Peter Meikle; Unity Theatre presents "The whites of their eyes", by Craig Harrison, directed by Denis Harvey; Stagecraft Theatre Inc presents "If I bought her the wool", by Gordon Dryland, directed by Liz Martin; New Theatre presents "Grief goes over", by Merton Hodge, directed by Alex Aitchison. 1975. Flier (2 copies) The Reg Varney Show, with Reg Varney, Peter Caulton and Jenny Parkinson. New Zealand tour 1975. Promotional booklet with photographs. "Te Raukura, the feathers of the albatross", a play in two acts by Harry Dansey. Presented by Te Reo Maori Society, Ngati Poneke Hall, 16-18 September [1975]. Flier. Theatre des Iles. "La cantatrice chauve" by Eugene Ionesco, and "Ubu Cocu" by Alfred Jarry. VUW Memorial Theatre, 29 September, 1 October [1975?]. Flier. Theatre 87. "Lift", directed by Jean Betts. 87 The Terrace. Flier. Theatre 87. "The nobodies from nowhere". Theatre for children, every Saturday. Flier only Theatre 87. "Two finger exercise", a satirical review, written by Dave Smith and Bill Evans. 87 The Terrace. 8.30 and 11 pm, Fridays and Saturdays. Runs indefinitely. Flier. Theatre 87. "Whizz Bang"; a Christmas play for children. 20 December [1975]. Flier. Theatre 87. "Dr Holloway's Travelling Road Show; a musical entertainment". 5-19 December [1975]. Flier. Quantity: 18 programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Offset prints, varying sizes up to quarto. Provenance: One flier donated by David Austin, Wellington, in 2006; one by N Benard in 1998.
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Phillips, Redmond Bernard, b 1912 : The People on the verandah
Date: [1990]
By: Phillips, Redmond Bernard, 1912-1993
Reference: MS-Papers-4333
Description: Comprises imagined and semi-autobiographical account of Phillips's Reefton families, the Phillipses and the Chattocks, beginning with their being gathered together for the christening of Alford (Phillips's elder brother) in 1907. Phillips describes his work as a collection of sketches, stories and memories of Reefton. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (168 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations
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New Zealand Players : The New Zealand Players Company present "The solid gold cadillac"...
Date: 1956
From: New Zealand Players Company Ltd :[Theatre programmes for drama productions in 1956].
By: George W Slade Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-NZ-PLAYERS-1956-01
Description: Programme for a production including performers John Hunter, Kenneth Adams, Bernard Shine, Paddy Frost, Michael Cotterill, Rosalind Atkinson, Bryon O'Leary, Ngaire Porter, Redmond Phillips, Bridget Armstrong, Ben Hawthorne, Norman Sidey, John McRae, Maia Alexander, Selwyn Toogood, Winston McCarthy, Brian Brimer, Davina Whitehouse. Production was by George Webby and design by Jan Prain. Television sequences were filmed by the New Zealand National Film Unit. The New York backcloth was designed by Raymond Boyce. Cover design by Dennis Beytagh. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, each 247 x 188 mm.
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Photographs of actors, singers, and musical theatrical productions
Date: ca 1900-1988
From: Harcourt, Peter Millais 1923-1995 :Photographs relating to Croydon School and the history of musical theatre in New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-5204-2
Description: Plays included are 'The Laughing Cavalier', 'The Tea Girl', 'Tutankhamen', 'Free and Easy', and 'The Abbess of Whitby'.
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Group of Wellington writers in the study of Pat Lawlor's home
Date: ca 1935
From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives
Reference: 1/1-018216-G
Description: Group photograph of writers arranged around a table. The table has on it tankards, a beer bottle, books and papers. Photograph taken about 1935 by S P Andrew Studio Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).