[Theatre programmes for drama productions in New Zealand, in 1951]

Date
1951
By
Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000
Reference
Eph-A-DRAMA-1951
Description

Includes:

Auckland Amateur Operatic Society Inc presents Terence Rattigan's "Playbill". Society's Hall, Grafton Road, Auckland. 6-13 October 1951. Programme (2 copies)

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "The Devil's disciple", by George Bernard Shaw. Artistic director Ngaio Marsh. Grand Opera House Wellington. 13-16 August 1951. Programme (2 copies)

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Six characters in search of an author", by Luigi Pirandello. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. General programme printed by Caxton Press.

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Six characters in search of an author", by Luigi Pirandello. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Grand Opera House Wellington. 30 July 1951. Programme (2 copies)

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Six characters in search of an author". Producer Ngaio Marsh. 30 July - 4 August 1951. Promotional brochure. (2 copies)

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. General programme printed by Caxton Press.

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Theatre Royal Christchurch. 29 August - 8 September 1951. Programme.

British Commonwealth Theatre Company. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Grand Opera House Wellington. [5-12? August 1951]. Programme (2 copies)

Celebrity Theatres Pty Ltd present "Ladies night in a Turkish bath", by Avery Hopwood, Cyrus Wood and Chareton Andrews. Directed by Harry Wren. Grand Opera House Wellington. 8 January 1951. Programme (2 copies)

Community Arts Service Theatre. "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1951. Programme (2 copies)

Curtain Theatre presents "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by Stanley Vinsen. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street, 20-23 November 1951. Programme

Gisborne Repertory Society presents "Outward bound", by Sutton Vane. Produced by frances Burns. Opera House Gisborne. 13-14 August 1951. Programme.

Goethe's "Faust", in the translation of Louis MacNeice. Produced by Maria Drinke. Concert Chamber Wellington. 5-9 October 1951. Folded pamphlet (2 copies)

Frederick Farley presents the Group Theatre School in "World theatre"; a theatrical documentary in two parts. Commentary written by Marie Hall. The production arranged and directed by Frederick Farley. St Francis Hall Wellington. 27-29 June 1951. programme (2 copies)

Public Service Drama Group presents "Star in eclipse", by Dorothy Williams. Produced by Peter Downes. [Wellington], 29-30 May 1951. Programme

The Theatre Arts Guild. "A midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Pippa Robins. Amberley Park. 17-24 February 1951. Programme.

The Theatre Arts Guild presents two plays by Sophocles. "Oedipus Rex" (14-18 July 1951, and "Antigone" (19-21 July and at Dunedin 28 July). Provincial Council Chambers Christchurch. 1951. Programme.

Wanganui Branch Little Theatre (RSA) presents "Gaslight", a Victorian thriller, by Patrick Hamilton. Producer Leicester Aitken. Opera House Wanganui, 16-17 october 1951. Programme

Wellington East Dramatic Society presents "Miss Mabel", by R C Sherriff. Producer Noeline Armstrong. Rongotai College Hall. 21-22 June 1951. Programme (2 copies).

J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. Evelyn Laye and Frank Lawton in "Bell, book and candle", by John van Druten. Produced by Ronald Fortt. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 27 December 1951. Programme.

J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present the record-breaking comedy "Worm's eye view". New Zealand tour 1951. Programme (2 copies)

J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "Worm's eye view", by R F Delderfield. Produced by William Hodge. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin. [3 October 1951]. Programme.

J C Williamson THeatre Ltd present the record breaking comedy "Worm's eye view", by R F Delderfield. Produced by William Hodge. Grand Opera House Wellington. 16 October 1951. Programme (2 copies)

Quantity: 21 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates)..

Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

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Part of
[Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]
Format
21 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates)., Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Theatre programmes, Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.
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