Unity Theatre :[Programmes, fliers and small posters relating to plays and dramatic performances. 1940-1949].

Includes:

1946:

"All god's chillun got wings", by Eugene O'Neill. Play reading produced by Richard Campion. Cast includes: Edith Campion, Dorothy McKegg, John McCreary, Aithna Cato, and Kathleen Ross. Theatre rooms, 134 Cuba Street, 28 July 1946

1947:

"Close quarters" by W. O. Somin. Play reading produced by Catherine Crosse. With Nola Millar, and Don McClymont. Theatre rooms, 134 Cuba Street, 20 April 1947. Flier

"All god's chillun got wings", by Eugene O'Neill. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 14-15 March 1947. Flier

1948:

"The Apple cart", by George Bernhard Shaw. Play reading produced by James Delahunty. Cast includes: Virginia Stott, George Webby, Nola Millar, Bruce Mason, John McCreary, and Elizabeth Stead. Theatre Rooms, 30 May 1948. Flier / cast list from secretary Donald McClymont

"Born yesterday", by Garson Kanin. Play reading produced by Beatrice Ashton. Cast includes: Bruce Mason, Diana Mason, Kathleen Ross, George Webby, Les Souness, and John Ashton. Theatre Rooms, 134 Cuba Street, 18 December 1948. Flier / cast list from secretary, Bruce Mason.

"Distant point", by Afinogenev. Produced by George Webby. Cast includes: Marc Frankel, Olive Wright, June Delahunty, Ray Nunes, Pamela Stewart, Ray Nunes, and Elizabeth Stead. Flier / cast list

"Julius Casear", by William Shakespeare. Play reading produced by Michael Turnbull and James Delahunty; Stage manager Athol Howarth; lighting Phillip Evans; Music Bruce Mason. Cast includes: Richard Collins, Bruce Mason, Michael Turnbull, James Delahunty, Ray Nunes, George Webby, and Leslie Souness. Theatre Rooms, 134 Cuba Street, 20 June 1948. Flier / programme from secretary D McClymont.

"The male animal" by James Thurber and Elliot Nugent. Produced by Robert Stead; set design by George Eiby and Helen Hitchings. Cast includes: Bruce Mason, Brigid Lenihan, George Webby, and Beatrice and John Ashton. Town Hall Concert Chamber 12-14 August 1948. Programme, flier

"The male animal" by James Thurber and Elliot Nugent. Produced by Robert Stead; set design by George Eiby and Helen Hitchings. Cast includes: Bruce Mason, Brigid Lenihan, George Webby, and Beatrice and John Ashton. Municipal Theatre Napier, 25 October 1948. Programme

Our Town", by Thornton Wilder. Play reading produced by Nola Millar; stage manager Nat Beatus. Cast includes: Nat Beatus, Shirley Maddock, Bruce Mason, George Webby, June Delahunty, Joan O'Brien, and Brigid Lenihan.Theatre Rooms, 27 June 1948. Flier / cast list

"The three sisters" by Anton Chekhov. Play reading produced by Robert Stead and Richard Campion. Cast includes: Edith Campion, George Webby, Richard Campion, George Webby, Donald McClymont, Vivienne Heiss, and Elizabeth Stead. Theatre Rooms, 18 April 1948. Flier / cast list from secretary, Don McClymont

"The women" by Clare Boothe. Produced by Robert Stead; stage manager H. Downes, lighting by P. Evans. Cast includes: Diana Mason, Winifred Robertson, Pamela Stewart, Pat Warner, Eve Major, and Jacqueline Richards Theatre Rooms, 27 June 1948. Flier / cast list from secretary, D McClymont

1949:

Annual general meeting on 23 March 1949. Notification from Bruce Mason as Unity Theatre Secretary.

"An enemy of the people" by Henrik Ibsen. Produced by John McCreary; set design by George Eiby. Cast includes: Nat Beatus, Harry Wilkins, Mary Hopewell, June Delahunty, Basil Barker, Don Singe, and George Webby. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 3-5 November 1949. Programme

"Crisis in heaven" by Eric Linklater. Play reading produced by Catherine and H.E.P Downes. Cast includes: Nat Beatus, H.E.P. Downes, Jackie Richards, Amos McKegg, and Jim Delahunty. Held in the rooms of the Society for Closer Relations with Russia (SCR), 212 Lambton Quay, 11 May 1949. Newsletter from secretary, Mrs J. Delahunty

"Har:Eqiomade" [ie Harlequinade"], by Terence Rattigan. Produced by Nola Millar. Cast includes: Nola Millar, John McCreary, George Webby, Beatrice Ashton, Kathleen Ross, Gloria van de Poots, and Coeur de la Cour. Diocesan Church Hall, Sydney St East, 3 September 1949. Flier

"King Richard 11", by William Shakespeare. Play reading produced by Katherine Ross. Cast includes Bruce Mason, Nola Miller [sic], Patricia Warner, Jack Shallcrass, Nat Beatus, and George Webby. Theatre Rooms, 134 Cuba Street, 25-26 September 1949. Newsletter from secretary, Bruce Mason.

"The moon in the yellow river", by Denis Johnston. Produced by Nat Beatus, set design by George Eiby, music arranged by Leslie Souness. Cast includes: Grace Buchanan, Shirley Williams, Hein Jurgensen, Phyllys MacCormac, John Simpson, Jack Shallcrass, and Jim Delahunty. Town Hall Concert Chamber 27-30 July 1949. Programme

"No smoking", by Benavente Jacinto. Produced by Jim Delahunty. With Gertrude Nieman, Shirley Williams, and Richard Collins. Diocesan Church Hall, Sydney St East, 3 September 1949. Flier

"Our Town", by Thornton Wilder. Produced by Nola Miller [sic]. Cast includes: Bruce Mason, Catherine Downes, George Webby, Nat Beatus, and James Delahunty. Town Hall Concert Chamber 9-12 March 1949. Programme, and flier

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Photocopies and offset prints, sizes varying around 300 x 200 mm.