Publishers and touring programme representatives for theatrical companies ca 1902. Head offices in Dunedin.
Mcdonald & Smith (Firm)
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[Theatre ephemera and programmes for drama productions in New Zealand, in 1902].
Date: 1902
From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]
By: Mcdonald & Smith (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1902
Description: All programmes are issues of the "Bulletin" published by McDonald & Smith. Includes: Brough Comedy Company. Revival for this night only of "The Amazons". Opera House Wellington. 10 February 1902. Programme Brough Comedy Company. First production in Wellington of "Lady Huntworth's experiment". Opera House Wellington. 27-29 January 1902. Programme. Brough Comedy Company. First production in Wellington of "Mrs Dane's defence". Opera House Wellington. 5-6 February 1902. Programme. Brough Comedy Company. First production in Wellington of "The second in command". Opera House Wellington. 30 January - 1 February 1902. Programme. Brough Comedy Company. First and only production in Wellington of "Sweet and twenty". Opera House Wellington. 7 February 1902. Programme (2 copies) Brough Comedy Company. First production in Wellington of "The tyranny of tears". Opera House Wellington. 3-4 February 1902. Programme (2 copies) William F Hawtrey's Company. "A message from Mars", by Richard Ganthony. Opera House Wellington. 17 February 1902. Programme (2 copies) Hawtrey Comedy Company. "The Lady of Ostend". [Gisborne. 1902?] Flyer only. (This may be from a later period as the company includes some members not listed on other 1902 prgrammes - Miss Emma Bronton, Miss Mary Bancroft, Miss Maud Torrance, Mr Leonard Stanley) Quantity: 8 theatre programmes (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm.
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[Theatre ephemera and programmes for drama productions in New Zealand, in 1905].
Date: 1905
From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]
By: Mcdonald & Smith (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1905
Description: Includes: Miss Janet Achurch in "The new Magdalen". OPera House Wellington (possibly 1905??). Flyer / programme. Brough-Flemming Comedy Company. "Little Mary". Opera House Wellington. 12 December 1905. Programme. Brough-Flemming Comedy Company. "Quality Street". Opera House Wellington. 2 December 1905. Programme. Brough-Flemming Comedy Company. "Sowing the wind". Opera House Wellington. 16 December 1905. Brough-Flemming Comedy Company. "The village priest". OPera House Wellington. 9 December 1905. Programme. Brough-Flemming Comedy Co. "Beauty and the barge". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 26 December 1905. Programme. Miss Tittell Brune as Juliet. in "Romeo and Juliet. Opera House Wellington 21-24 June 1905. Two-sided flyer. Miss Tittell Brune. "L'Aiglon" (15 June), "Romeo and Juliet" (21-24 June). OPera House Wellington. Programme (one with red cover, one with brown) Miss Tittell Brune. "Sunday" (26-28 June), "Theodora" (29 June - 1 July). Opera House Wellington. (Programme (blue cover) Miss Tittell Brune. "Theodora" (29 June - 1 July), "The second Mrs Tanqueray" (3-4 July). Programme (one with red cover, two with brown cover) Miss Tittell Brune. "Leah Kleschna", "Merely Mary Ann", "Sunday". Opera House Wellington [June 1905?] Miss Tittell Brune. "The second Mrs Tanqueray" (3-4 July), "Camille" (5 July). Opera House Wellington. Programme (blue cover) Miss Tittell Brune. "L'Aiglon" (7 July), "Theodora" (15-17 July). THeatre Royal Christchurch. Programme (orange cover). Miss Tittell Brune. Invitation card. 15 June 1905 to the Ewan family. Dunedin Shakespeare Club. Selections will be read from "Richard II" (With performers including Gertrude Pitts, Agnes Wilson, and Mr Hanlon). Choral Hall Moray Place, 28 April 1905. Programme Knight-Jeffries Company. "Comedy and tragedy". Opera House Wellington26 December 1905. Programme. Knight-Jeffries Company. "The darling of the gods". Opera House Wellington. 26 December 1905. Programme (plus leaflet plot synopsis). Knight-Jeffries Company. "Monsieur Beaucaire". Opera House Wellington. 26 December 1905. Programme. Knight-Jeffries Company. "A royal divorce" (7 January), "Sign of the Cross" (14 January), "The Silver King" (18 January), "The Lady of Lyons" (21 January). Opera House Wellington. Programme. Miss Nance O'Neil. "Magda" (5 October), "Marie Antoinette" (7 and 9 October), "Ingomar" (10 October), "Trilby" (11-12 October), "Elizabeth, Queen of England" (13-14 October). Opera House Wellington. Programme. (2 different covers, 2 copies grey, 1 of the blue) Miss Nance O'Neil. "Magda" (18 October), "Marie Antoinette" (19 October), 'Trilby" (20 October), "Ingomar" (21 October), "Elizabeth queen of England" (23 October) Strand Theatre Comedy Co. (Meynell & Gunn). "The 'J.P.'". Opera House Wellington. 19 December 1905. Programme. (2 copies) Some programmes printed by McDonald & Smith. Quantity: 22 theatre programmes flyers and pamphlets (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by the Campbell family, Wellington, in 2007.
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[Theatre ephemera and programmes for drama productions in New Zealand, in 1904].
Date: 1904
From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]
By: Mcdonald & Smith (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1904
Description: Includes: Amateur theatrical performance at Government House, 13 October 1904. "Which is which?" (with Dr Mason, Dr Purdy, A. N. Other, Miss E Fell, Miss M Fell, Miss M Fitzgerald); "Old Gooseberry" (with Mr H C Waterfield, Hon M Bingham, Miss E Williams, Hon Kathleen Plunket). Mr Cuyler Hastings and the J C Williamson Famous Dramatic Company. "The light that failed". Farewell tour 1904. Folded brochure / programme. Mr Cuyler Hastings and J C Williamson Famous Dramatic Company. "Sherlock Holmes". Promotional foldout pamphlet with portrait photographs, printed in Melbourne. (2 copies) Charles Holloway Dramatic Coy. [Ticket. ca 1904]. Wellington Dramatic Students. "Fennel", "My Lord in livery", "The Marble Arch", "The man in the street", "The Duchess of Bayswater & Co". Sydney Street Schoolroom, 15-16 February 1904. [Brochure]. J C Williamson presents "A Royal Divorce", with Julius Knight & Maud Jeffries. Opera House Wellington. 7 January 1904. Programme. J C Williamson presents Julius Knight and Maud Jeffries in "The Eternal City". Theatre Royal Christchurch. 25 October 1904. (Also "A Royal Divorce", and "Sign of the Cross") J C Williamson presents "Monsieur Beaucaire" with Maud Jeffries and Julius Knight. Theatre Royal Christchurch. 20 October 1904. (Also previews "The Eternal City") Knight-Jeffries Company. "The eternal city", "Sign of the Cross", "A royal divorce". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 19 December 1904. Programme J C Williamson presents "Monsieur Beaucaire" and previews "The eternal city" (31/12/04), with Julius Knight and Maud Jeffries. Opera House Wellington 23 December 1904. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson's New Comedy Company. "The marriage of Kitty". Opera House Wellington. 27 August 1904. Programme J C Williamson's New Comedy Company. "The Marriage of Kitty". His Majesty's Theatre. 1 June 1904. [Promotional flyer in the form of a marriage certificate]. J C Williamson's New Comedy Company. "The Duke of Killicrankie". Opera House Wellington 7-8 September 1904. Programme. J C Williamson's New Comedy Company. "His Excellency the Governor". Opera House Wellington. 3-6 September 1904. Programme. Woods-Williamson Company, under the direction of Mr George Abbott, business manager Mr J F McMahon. Repertoire & cast list for: "Gates of bondage", "The Christian", "Hands across the sea", "Awoman's sin". Auckland [1904]. Some programmes printed by McDonald & Smith. Quantity: 12 theatre programmes flyers and pamphlets (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm.