Wellington Shakespeare Society :[Programmes and syllabuses. 1941-1965]

Includes:

1941:

Syllabus/programmes for 1941 and 1942 seasons

1942:

Wellington Shakespeare Society NZ. "King Lear". Producer C G Bloore; directions Mrs E C Harvie. Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street, 6 August 1942. Programme.

Wellington Shakespeare Society NZ. [Selections]. Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street, 10 September 1942. Programme

Wellington Shakespeare Society NZ. "The merry wives of Windsor". Reading directed by Mrs W G Ross. Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street, 5 November 1942. Programme (2 copies).

Wellington Shakespeare Society NZ, Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street. President E C Feltham. Programme arranged by W A Armour. 3 December 1942. Programme

1943:

"The tempest", directed by Mrs W G Ross. Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street, 6 May 1943. Programme

"Coriolanus". Directed by H F Von Haast; play in charge of C G Bloore. Alexander Turnbull Library Bowen Street, 5 August 1943. Programme

Shakespeare commemoration on the occasion of the 381st anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. "This is my birthday". The Wellington Shakespearean Society, assisted by Mr Karl Atkinson, at the Wellington Public Library Hall, 23 April 1945. Programme (2 copies)

First dinner by the Wellington Shakespeare Society NZ to commemorate the 392nd anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 at the Founders' Hall, Wakefield House Wellington. 23rd April 1956. Toast list and menu (formerly belonging to C R H Taylor, and autographed by several members on the back)

Syllabus/programmes for the following seasons: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

Quantity: 21 theatre programmes and syllabuses.

Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlets and programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Provenance: Some programme originally collected by member in 1943, Mr Melville E Hankins, and purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 19 September 2013, lot 320.