[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances in New Zealand. 1950-1954].

Includes:

1950s?:

Thursday - Community Players. "The unhallowed saint", by Stafford Byrne. Producer Mrs Myrna Wright. Flier.

Victoria University College Council of Adult Education. Community Arts Players in plays by Anton Chekhov, Christopher Fry, Sydney Box. A Community Arts Service. "The proposal" by Chekhov; "Marry-go-Round" by Sydney Box; "A phoenix too frequent" by Christopher Fry/ Programme [1950s?]

Wairarapa College Old Students' Association present "Quiet weekend", by Esther McCracken. Production by Edna Paterson & Shirley Cresswell. College Assembly Hall, 29-31 October [ca 1950?]. Programme

Wellington Dutch Club Drama Group. "The black tulip", freely adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas by Bert van Eysselsteyn. Produced by Toetie Breman..

Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents four one act plays: "The perfect ending", by F Ryerson and C Colin, produced by Ailsa Duff; "Sanctuary", by Phoebe M Rees, produced by Helen Mitchell; "Get it at Denby's", produced by Rae Sturrock; "When the whirlwind blows", by Essex Dane, produced by Nola Millar. Programme / flier

1950:

CAS Theatre. "An inspector calls", by J B Priestley. C.A.S. Theatre. September-October 1950. Pamphlet / programme.

CAS Theatre. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. North Island tour 1950. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies)

Gisborne Repertory Society. "The miser", by Moliere. Translated by Miles Malleson. Produced by John V Trevor. 1950. Programme.

Masterton Little Theatre Society. "Lovely to look at", by Philip Johnson. Producer Keith Jaine. St Matthews's Collegiate School Hall, 2-6 September 1950. Programme

Robert Morley and Sophie Stewart in "Edward my son". Opera House, 21 February [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley.

Robert Morley and Sopie Stewart in "Edward my son". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 17 Marech [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley.

1951:

Community Arts Service Theatre. "Pygmalion", by G B Shaw. North Island tour 1951. Programme

Theatre Arts Guild. William Shakespeare's most excellent and lamentable tragedie of "Romeo and Juliet", presented by the Theatre Arts Guild in Christchurch at Abberley Park, February thirteenth to twentieth 1954. Produced by Gregory Kane. Programme

Victoria University College German Speaking Club (Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft. "Szenen aus dem Kriegsgefangenenlager" or "R.O.W. Camp 4442", by D B Carrad. Victoria University Little Theatre. 6 August [1951]. Programme (typescript)

Gisborne Repertory Society. "The shop at Sly Corner", by Edward Percy. Produced by June Irvine. Gisborne Opera House. 22-23 October 1951. Programme.

1952:

Community Arts Service Theatre. "The merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme.

Community Arts Service Theatre. "Captain Carvallo", by Denis Cannan. Produced by Harold Baigent. Provincial tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies).

Combined Repertory Societies of Carterton, Eketahuna, Greytown, Martinborough, Masterton, Pahiatua. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by John Lawson and Joan Aldrick. Nov-Dec 1952. Programme (2 copies)

1953:

Community Arts Service Theatre. Regional Council of Adult Education. "The circle", a comedy by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1953. Programme

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. New Zealand and Australia tour 1953. Illustrated booklet. (2 copies)

1954:

Community Arts Players. Three one-act plays, designed and produced by Russell Reid. "Village wooing", by Bernard Shaw; "Kestrel edge", by Wilfrid Gibson; "The end of the beginning", by Sean O'Casey. Programme [with itinerary]

Quantity: 20 programmes and three flyers..

Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.