Theatre Corporate :[Theatre programmes and fliers for drama productions. 1970-1980s].

Includes programmes for:

1970s:

"A unicorn for Christmas", by Ngaio Marsh. Directed by Roger McGill. [1970s?] Programme / flier.

1977:

List of forthcoming productions 1977.

"Happy days", by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Roy Patrick. Pre-June 1977. Programme

"Krapp's last tape" and "Not I", by Samuel Beckett. Producer Roger McGill. [ca 1977?]. Programme/card.

"The fantastiks", by Tom Jones; music by Harvey L Schmidt. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 24 November 1977. Programme.

"The two tigers", by Brian McNeill. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 19 October 1977. Programme.

1978:

"Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. March 1978. Programme.

List of plays produced 1976-1978.

1979:

1979 programme for February to May.

"Summer of the seventeenth doll", by Ray Lawler. Directed by Paul Minifie; designed by Iain Aitken. Theatre Corporate, 11 April 1979. Programme.

"A doll's house", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 21 February 1979. Programme.

1979/80 programme for October 1979 to March 1980.

"A Christmas carol", by Charles Dickens. Theatre Corporate, 14 Galatos Street Newton. 5 December [1979]. Flier.

1980:

"Metamorphosis", by Franz Kafka, adapted for the stage by Steven Berkoff. Directed by Paul Minifie. 1980. Programme (2 copies) and card / programme

"Foreskin's lament", by Greg McGee. Theatre Corporate, 30 October 1980. Programme.

1981:

"Piaf", by Pam Gems. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne. 10 October 1981 (return season). Programme.

"The rose", by Roger Hall. Directed by Roger McGill. Premiere performance, 19 August 1981. Programme.

"The end of the golden weather". First company performance by Theatre Corporate, 27 November 1981. Programme

1982:

"Duet for one", by Tom Kempinski, featuring Bridget Armstrong and Paul Minifie. [1982]. Flier.

"Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris". Produced by Raymond Hawthorne. Theatre Corporate, 1982. Programme

"Waiting for Godot", by Samuel Beckett. 1-24 July 1982? Flier (2 copies)

"Mabel", by Campbell Smith (about Mabel Howard). Opening 13 October [1982]. Stand-up card featuring a portrait of Mabel Howard holding up large bloomers against herself.

1983:

"The ragged trousered philanthropists". Opening 17th November [1983]. Flier. (2 copies)

"King Lear", by William Shakespeare. Opening 30 September [1983]. Flier. (2 copies)

"Badjelly the witch", by Spike Milligan. August holidays. [1983]. Flier.

"Badjelly the witch", by Spike Milligan. Opens 12th December [1983]. Flier.

"Out in the cold", by Greg McGee. 25 May 1983. Card only.

"The threepenny opera", by Bertolt Brecht. 11 August [1983]. Flier only

"Vinegar Tom", by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Judith Gibson. Opening 6 July [1983?]. Flier (2 copies).

"A street called Straight", by Seamus Quinn. Opening 9 June [1983]. Flier.

"The trial", by Franz Kafka, adapted by Steven Berkoff. Opening 23 March; "Wings over water", written and performed by Darien Takle. Directed by Judith Gibson. Opening 13 April [1983]. Flier. (2 copies).

"The lady from the sea", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Roger McGill. Opening 28 April [1983]. Flier.

1984:

Theatre Corporate '84. Programme card [March - July]

"Cabaret". 24 February 1984. Silver and black flier (2 copies)

"Gulls", by Robert Hewett. New Zealand premiere, opens 16 August [1984?] Promotional card (2 copies)

"A kind of Alaska", by Harold Pinter. With Bridget Armstrong, Raymond Hawthorne, Elizabeth Hawthorne. Opening 27 January [1984?]. Flier (2 copies)

Return triple season. "Top girls", by Caryl Churchill, directed by Sarah Peirse; "Cabaret", by John van Druten. Directed by Raymond Hawthorne; "A kind of Alaska", by Harold Pinter, directed by Paul Minifie. September / October 1984. Combined programme. (2 copies) and card

"Shuriken". Opening 24 May 1984. Promotional card (2 copies)

"Three sisters", by Anton Chekhov. Theatre Corporate, opening 13 April 1984. Promotion postcard

"Tom and Viv". Theatre Corporate, opening 13 July 1984. Promotional postcard

"Top girls", by Caryl Churchill. Opening 30 May [1984]. Promotional postcard (2 copies)

"Wednesday to come", by Renee. Opening 9 November 1984. Promotional card (2 copies)

"The winter's tale", by William Shakespeare. Opening 6 July 1984. Promotional card

1985:

"The Caucasian chalk circle", by Bertolt Brecht. Theatre Corporate, opening 24 May [1985]. Flier

"Hooters, trumpets and raspberries", by Dario Fo. Theatre Corporate, 27 September 1985. Card. (2 copies)

"Fen", by Caryl Churchill. Theatre Corporate, opening 17 August [1985]. Flier (2 copies).

Card with programme for 1985: "Fen", "Hooters, trumpets and raspberries" and "Happy end". (2 copies)

"The flight of the godwit"; a portrait of Robin Hyde, devised and performed by Bridget Armstrong. From 7 March [1985]. Flier

Card with programme for April - May 1985: "Torch song trilogy", "Catastrophe", "Caucasian chalk circle" (2 copies)

"Torch song trilogy", by Harvey Fierstein. Opening 13 April [1985]. Flier (2 copies)

"Stretchmarks", by Sarah Delahunty. From 23 April [ca 1986?]. Programme

"Trafford Tanzi". Theatre Corporate in Fiesta '85. His Majesty's. $1.00 off with this invitation. [Flier]. (2 copies)

1986:

"Kid's stuff", by Raymond Cousse. Directed by Paul Minifie. With Ilona Rodgers. Theatre Corporate, 25 January 1986. Programme, and card (2 copies).

"Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Paul Sonne. With Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Hedda. 17 October 1986. Programme.

"Pass it on", by Renee. Theatre Corporate, opens 1 March [1986]. Flier

Quantity: 50 theatre programmes and flyers..

Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes below 250 mm.

Provenance: One programme donated by Ms Joanna Newman, Wellington, in 2006. Two programmes purchased in 2006. One donated by Downstage Theatre in 2003.