Heretaunga Players :[Theatre programmes for drama productions of the Upper Hutt Repertory Society and the Heretaunga Players. 1958-1977]

Includes:

As the Upper Hutt Repertory Society:

1958:

"Caroline", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Cyndy Tuson. 11-16 August [1958]

Triple bill. "Villa for sale" by Sacha Guitry, produced by Jill Hanlon; "Master Dudley", by Philip Johson [sic], produced by Pat Long; "Still life", by Noel Coward, produced by Lillian Pine. [October 1958]

1959:

"Dr Angelus", by James Bridie, produced by Jack Haxton. [May 1959]

"Little lambs eat ivy", by Noel Langley, produced by Vinsen Good. [August 1959]

1960:

"Doctor in the house", by Ted Willis from the novel by Richard Gordon, produced by Royce Doyle. [May 1960]

"They walk alone", by Max Catto, produced by Jack Haxton. [1960]

1961:

"Dead on nine", by Jack Popplewell, directed by Niall A Forsyth. [May 1961]

"The white sheep of the family", by L du Garde Peach & Ian Hay; produced by Earl Gardner. [August 1961]

1962:

"Running riot", by Derek Benfield; produced by Vinsen Good. [May 1962]

Comedy trio; three one-act plays: "The ass and the philosophers:, by Gwenyth Jones, produced by Patricia Long; "His boon companions", by Lynn Gault; produced by Kay Hooper; "Fumed oak", by Noel Coward; produced by Alice Piper. [August 1962]

"A lady mislaid", by Kenneth Horne; produced by William Campion. [October 1962]

1963:

"Will any gentleman", by Vernon Sylvaine; produced by George Lafferty. [May 1963]

"The mousetrap", by Agatha Christie; produced by Ken Cotton. [October 1963]

1964:

"One wild oat", by Vernon Sylvaine; produced by George Lafferty. [May 1964]

"Gaslight", by Patrick Hamilton; produced by Margarita Doyle [August 1964].

"Janus", by Carolyn Green; produced by Diana Bramwell. [October 1964] (With list of past productions from 1950 onwards)

1965:

"The hollow", by Agatha Christie; produced by Betty Grattan. [May 1965].

"The telephone never rings", by Falkland L Cary & Philip King, produced by Alice Piper; and "Eldorado", by Bernard Gilbert, produced by Jack Haxton [August 1965]

As the Heretaunga Players:

Undated:

"Butterflies are free", by Leonard Gershe. Directed by Margaret Belsham. Programme

1966:

The pantomime "Aladdin", produced by Jack Haxton. [November 1966]

1967:

"Wolf's clothing", by Kenneth Horne, produced by George Lafferty and Ken Cotton. [May 1967]

Two one-act plays. "Goodby Miss Lizzie Borden", by Lillian de la Torre, produced by William Juliff; "Monsieur Bombel breaks the bank", by Yves Cabrol, produced by Carol Brown. 31 August - 2 September 1967.

"The magic shoemaker", produced by Barry Brown. [November 1967]

1968:

"The paragon", by Roland and Michael Pertwee, produced by Alan Barkus. [May 1968]

Triple bill. "Home is the hunted", by R F Delderfield, produced by Arthur Williams; "Among those present", by Aubrey Feist, produced by Barry Brown; "A phoenix too frequent", by Christopher Fry, produced by Jim Macfarlane. 22-24 August 1968.

1969:

"The Piccadilly bushman", by Ray Lawler, produced by Royce Doyle. [May 1969]

"The thwarting of Baron Bolligrew", by Robert Bolt, produced by Jim Macfarlane. 25-30 August 1969.

"Sweeney Todd the barber", adapted by Brian Burton, produced by Jack Haxton. Upper Hutt School Hall, 2-6 December 1969.

1970:

"Major Barbara", by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Les Jones. Upper Hutt School Hall, 23 May 1970.

1971:

"Flowering cherry", by Robert Bolt, produced by Geraldine Sims. The Studio, Ward Street, Upper Hutt, 25 March - 3 April 1971.

"Ladies in retirement", by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, produced by Jack Haxton. November 1971.

1974:

"Miranda", by Peter Blackmore, produced by Eric Brown. The Studio, 17-24 November [1974]

"Little Boy Blue" (pantomime), written and produced by Jim Noice. Studio, 21-30 November [1974]

1975:

"The judge", by John Mortimer, produced by Arthur Williams. The Studio, 5-12 April 1975 (2 copies)

Heretaunga Players Inc and the Upper Hutt Choral Society Inc presents "The bear", by Chekhov; "Trial by jury", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Baptist Hall, 12-14 June 1975.

"The real Inspector Hound", by Tom Stoppard, produced by Jill Edwards. The Studio, 6-13 December 1975.

1976:

"The anniversary", by Bill MacIlwraith, produced by Arthur Williams. [April 1976] (2 copies)

"Talk of the town", a revue devised by Jill Edwards, directed by Jill Edwards and Jim Grant. [July 1976]

1977:

"Boeing Boeing", by Marc Camoletti, produced by Jim Noice. [March 1977]

"Separate tables", by Terence Rattigan, produced by Jack Haxton [June 1977]

"The crucible", by Arthur Miller, designed and directed by Jim Macfarlane. [August 1977]

Quantity: 46 theatre programmes and flyers..

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

Provenance: Most donated from the papers of Alma Secker, Upper Hutt, in 2010.

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1830.