Actor in New Zealand television series "Close to home" in the 1970s. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Australia, a few weeks after taping his final scenes in the Australian TV series "Cop shop".
Stalker, William Robert, 1948-1981
Downstage Theatre :[Posters for productions. 1977-1978]
Date: 1977 - 1978
From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters for productions. 1964-2013]
Reference: Eph-C-DOWNSTAGE-1977/1978
Description: Includes posters for: 1977: "Ashes", by David Rudkin; by arrangement with Michael Codron (With Catherine Wilkin and Bill Stalker). 2-26 November [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "The balcony", by Jean Genet. Downstage Theatre, 10 August - 3 September [1977] (2 copies) "Children", by A R Gurney jr. Downstage Theatre 14 September - 15 October [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) Palace of Varieties presents ... music hall. "East Lynne"; festive family fare. 1 December [1977] - 28 January [1978]. Programme / song sheet (2 copies), and poster / booking form (2 copies) "Halfway up"; Autumn season of late night and Sunday shows in Downstage's new theatre space Halfway Up in the Hannah Playhouse, from March 23 for nine weeks [1977] (2 copies) "Judgement", by Barry Collins, by arrangement with the National Theatre of Great Britain. Limited season Hannah Playhouse, 18-29 October [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Love's labours lost", by William Shakespeare. Downstage, 26 May t0 2 July [1977] (2 copies) "Otherwise engaged", by Simon Gray. 6 July - 6 August [1977] "Perfect strangers", by Craig Harrison. From April 20; "Fat little Indians", by Gordon Dryland. From May 5 [1977] (2 copies) Tom Stoppard's "Travesties". Directed by Anthony Taylor. 2 March - 2 April [1977] (2 copies) 1978: "Crossing Niagara", by Alonso Alegria. Downstage Theatre, 9 February - 18 March [1978] (2 copies) "Heroes & butterflies", by Robert Lord. Downstage Theatre newsletter February 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Same time next year", by Bernard Slade. Downstage Theatre newsletter October 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Savages", by Christopher Hampton. Downstage Theatre newsletter April 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Screenprints on posters, sizes varying around 400 x 550 mm.
Photographs of productions
Date: December 1977, February-March 1978
From: Downstage Theatre (Wellington): Photographs of productions
By: McCurdy, Stephen John, 1949-
Reference: PAColl-7704-04
Description: Photographs of the Downstage Theatre productions of 'Palace of Varieties - East Lynne' (December 1977) and 'Crossing Niagara' (February to March 1978), including 7 colour postcards with images of Niagara Falls. Quantity: 74 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s) contact sheets with 19 images. 7 postcards.
Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets and fliers for productions in 1978].
Date: 1978
Reference: Eph-B-DOWNSTAGE-1978
Description: Includes: "Candide", the best of all possible shows. Music by Leonard Bernstein; book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler. Director Anthony Taylor; musical director Peter Marshall. Hannah Playhouse, 30 November 1978. Programme (2 copies) "Candide", the best of all possible shows. Packaging (2 copies) "Crossing Niagara", by Alonso Alegria, translated by Gwenda Pandolfi. (With Bill Stalker as Blondin; John Banas as Carlo). Direction Jan Prettejohns. 9 February 1978. Programme / flier (2 copies) Press release 7 March 1978: re "Heroes and butterflies", "Stage-Truck" and "Crossing Niagara" Press release 2 May 1978: re "School for clowns", "Three New Zealand poets read their work", "Standard safety" Press release 1 June 1978: re "State of the play", publication of "Middle Age Spread", "Standard safety" Newsletter 1 June 1978: re Downstage Theatre-in-Education '78. ("Varnished faces", "The merchant of Venice") Press release 23 August 1978: re "Fancy's child", Shakespeare the sadist" News sheet re: "The Palace of varieties", and "Crossing Niagara" Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes and fliers, sizes varying below 330 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Stella Milne, Wellington, in 2014
University of Canterbury Drama Society :[Programmes and ephemera. 1945-1970s]
Date: 1945 - 1977
By: University of Canterbury. Drama Society; Caxton Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-UCDS-1945/1979
Description: Includes: 1945: The Canterbury University College Drama Society presents "A midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare. All the music for this production has been specially composed by Douglas Lilburn. Play produced by Ngaio Marsh. Cast included Ian Ainsley, Robert Gormack, Brigid Lenihan, Mervyn Glue, Mary Hopewell. Radiant Hall, 26-31 July 1945. Programme. Printed at the Caxton Press (2 copies) The Canterbury University College Drama Society assisted by members of the Christ's College Dramatic Society presents "[The chronicle of] King Henry V", by William Shakespeare. Trumpet flourishes by Douglas Lilburn played by Dave Christensen and Norman Goffin. Play produced by Ngaio Marsh. Cast included Mary Hopewell, Ian Ainsley, John Pocock. Robert Gormack, Catherine Osbourne, George Webby, Michael Cotterill. The Little Theatre, 8, 10 & 11 December 1945. Programme, printed at the Caxton Press (2 copies) Substitute programme. Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington. D D O'Connor presents "Othello the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh (With Robert Newman, Jack Henderson, Alan de Malmanche, Paul Molineaux, John Lovell-Smith, John Humphreys, Ian Ainsley, Robert Gormack, Vaughan Hatrick, Anne Gabites, etc). 2-3 February [1945?]. Flier / programme (2 copies) 1949: Canterbury University College Drama Society. Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus". Produced by Nancy Bell. Little Theatre, 5-12 March 1949. Programme (with illustration by Leo Bensemann) 1953: William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", presented by the Canterbury University College Drama Society. The set designed and built by Tom Taylor. The play produced by Ngaio Marsh. 25 July to 5 August 1953. Programme printed at the Caxton Press (2 copies) 1956: "The tragedie of King Lear", by William Shkaespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh (With David Hindin, Murray Alford, Ian Cochrane, Mervyn Glue, Janice McLeod, Beverley Crozier, Annette Facer, Paul Robinson, Gerald Lascelles, William Scannell, John (Jonathan) Elsom, Jack Witbrock, Elric Hooper, Malcolm Couper, Brian Cashin, Bill More, Robin Frizzell, Tim Birch, David Lorking, Ross Bourne, Ross Thackwell, Neil Griffith, Robin Frizzell, Marie Collett, etc). Civic Theatre, 23-27 August 1956. Programme. Printed by the Caxton Press (2 copies) 1957: Canterbury University College Drama Society. The life of King Henry V, William Shakespeare. Play produced by Ngaio Marsh. Set and costumes designed by Jon Elsom; music composed and arranged by Frederick Port. Civic Theatre, 19-25 July 1957. Souvenir programme (2 copies) 1958: "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark". [Produced by Ngaio Marsh?]. Civic Theatre, 11-17 July 1958. Programme. 1959: "Antony & Cleopatra", [by] William Shakespeare. University of Canterbury Drama Society. The play produced by Ngaio Marsh. Musical composer and director Frederick Port. Civic Theatre, July 1959. Programme (2 copies) 1960: Canterbury University Drama Society. "The playboy of the Western world", by J M Synge. Produced by Martyn Sanderson; set designed by Julian Royds. Repertory Theatre, August 1960. Programme printed by Caxton Press "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh assisted by Gerald Lascelles. Civic Theatre, 27 July - 3 August [1960?]. Programme 1962: "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare. University of Canterbury Drama Society. Produced by Ngaio Marsh, assisted by Gerald Lascelles. Music composed by Frederick Port. Poster and programme designed by Stephen Furlonger. 1962. Programme printed by Caxton Press 1963: "The history of King Henry IV, part One", by William Shakespeare. Produced by [Ngaio Marsh?] assisted by Gerald Lascelles. Music composed by Frederick Port. Programme (2 copies) 1964: "Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh assisted by Gerald Lascelles. Pompey's statue by Bernard Stokes. Song for Lucius composed by T J Kirk-Burnnand. [1964]. Programme (2 copies) 1967: "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh assisted by Gerald Lascelles. Music composed by David Sell [1967]. Programme (2 copies) 1968: Canterbury University Drama Society presents "A scent of flowers", by James Saunders. produced by Huntly Eliott. Ngaio Marsh Theatre, 25-30 March [1968]. Programme "Serjeant Musgrave's dance", by John Arden. Produced by Mervyn Thompson (With Richard Nunns as Musgrave). 3-10 August 1968. Programme 1969: University of Canterbury Drama Society. "A midsummer night's dream". Directed by Ngaio Marsh; associate director Elric Hooper, assisted by Annette Facer. Set design Peter Ridder; music composed by John Cousins. Cast included Nigel Neill (ie Sam Neill), Bill Stalker, Douglas Blair, Jane Thompson, Catherine Wilkin, Deirdre O'Connor, Yvonne Mackay, Mervyn Glue (all photographed on cover). 1969. Programme printed by Caxton press. The Canterbury University Dramatic Society production of "The persecution and assasination of Jean Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade", by Peter Weiss. Directed by Mervyn Thompson. Musical direction Stephen McCurdy. (Cast included: Bill Stalker, Mervyn Thompson, Catherine Wilkin, Douglas Balir, Mattie Wall, Nigel Neill (ie Sam Neill), Richard Nunns, Jane Thompson). Downstage Theatre, 27-31 January [1970]. Programme (2 copies) and typescript on flier "The persecution and assassination of Jean Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton, under the direction of the Marquis de Sade" (With David Bridges, Bill Stalker, Mervyn Thompson, Catherine Wilkin, Douglas Blair, Mattie Wall, Richard Nunns, etc). Producer Mervyn Thompson; music director Simon Tipping. [This may have been the revival that was taken to Dunedin for the University Arts Festival - Mervyn Thompson's "All my lives", page 86]. Programme 1977: Canterbury University Drama Society. Shakespeare's "Measure for measure", directed by Elric Hooper. Composer and musical director Philip Norman. Ngaio Marsh Theatre, 20 July - 6 August [1977]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 19 programmes. 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Programmes and fliers under 300 mm.
Photographs relating to Richard Nunns' career
Date: [ca 1946-ca 2000]
From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection
By: Clayton, Ross, active 1988-
Reference: PAColl-9112-1
Description: Photographs representing stages of Richard Nunns' life and career, from his student days in the mid 1960s, through school teaching - English and drama - (circa 1970-1990), to his years researching, leading workshops and performing with taonga puoro - Maori musical instruments - (from 1991 to 2000). Includes images from the following: Richard at about 16 months, in 1946; Matamata Intermediate School class photograph, 1958; Rehearsals in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Christchurch, and performances in the Ngaio Marsh Theatre, of `Sergeant Musgrave's Dance', by John Ardern, directed by Mervyn Thompson. Participants were members of the University of Canterbury Drama Society, circa 1966. Richard Nunns played the leading role and other actors included Bill Stalker and Deidre O'Connor; Production of Gilbert and Sullivan's `Pirates of Penzance', for which Richard Nunns was the Pirate King, directed by Fleur Stark at Matamata College, circa 1971; Camp at Totaranui for seventh form English students from Nelson Girls High School, where Richard Nunns was a drama teacher from 1978; Performance at Chez Eelco, Nelson: Teriu Lemon - bass guitar, Richard Nunns - tuba and porutu, Brian James - soprano saxophone, and poet Lewis Scott. Circa 1980; `Sox and Gumboots', a group of teachers (including Richard Nunns) and students from Fairfield College, Hamilton, who put on shows for local schools. Circa 1978; Workshops, wananga and presentations made in various venues; A stone quarry site on the Maitai River, Nelson; Collection of putorino from an unnamed museum; Richard Nunns playing the pumotomoto (made by Brian Flintoff) over the pregnant belly of Deborah Waikapohe; Taonga puoro played by Richard Nunns, including the following: a koauau named Kaiwhakaruaki, made by Brian Flintoff; Hamumu ira garara (Southern term for purerehua), made by Huata Holmes of pounamu; putorino, Te ara ki te kainga, made by John Collins, of matai; koauau ponga ihu, nguru and putatara. Some images from the book `Toiapiapi' are by Ross Clayton. Performances involving taonga puoro with other musicians including Hirini Melbourne and Judy Bailey, circa 1991-2000; Four koauau: one made of totara carved by Jimmy Fergus; Ki a piopio, of maire; two made by Clem Mellish, of black argillite from the Croixelles, near Durville Island, and of pounamu; Participants at a flute convention, circa 1998, including: Ingrid Culliford, Douglas Mews, John Wells, Kirsten Eade, Michelle Scullion, Michael Cooper, Eric Hoover, Brian James and Alexa Still; Harry Nunns (Richard's father) leading a swing band called `Last of the Summer Wine', in St George's Hall, Thames, circa 1990. Quantity: 102 colour original photographic print(s). 15 b&w original photographic print(s) Includes 1 proof sheet with 9 images.
The University of Canterbury Drama Society presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer N...
Date: 1969
Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1969-01
Description: Shows group portrait of some cast members: Yvonne McKay as Hermia, Bill Stalker as Lysander, Nigel ('Sam') Neill as Theseus, Deirdre O'Connor (rear) as Helena, Catherine Wilkin (front) as Hippolyta, Douglas Blair as Demetrius. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 575 x 370 mm.
Australia brought you Bazza McKenzie and Alvin Purple; now New Zealand brings you "Wild...
Date: 1977
From: [Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinemas. 1970-1979]
Reference: Eph-D-CINEMA-1977-01
Description: Shows illustrations of scenes from "Wild man", including a grimacing man in a mask and leopard-spotted tunic, with photographic portraits of actors Martyn Sanderson, Bill Stalker, Ton y Barry, Ian Watkin, Patrick Bleakley and Val Murphy. In the lower section are photographs from the film "Dagg Day Afternoon", with John Clarke as Fred Dagg. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 760 x 570 mm.
Downstage Theatre :[Programmes, pamphlets and fliers for productions in 1977].
Date: 1977
Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1977
Description: Includes: "Ashes", by David Rudkin. With Bill Stalker and Catherine Wilkin. Directed by Colin McColl; design by Janet Williamson. [November 1977?] Flier / programme (2 copies) "The balcony", by Jean Genet. Translated by Terry Hands and Barbara Wright. Directed by Phillip Mann; design by Raymond Boyce. 10 August 1977. Programme (2 copies) and booking form (2 copies) "Children", by A R Gurney jr. Directed by Anthony Taylor; design by Raymond Boyce. Lighting by Jacquie Hardinge; music by Stephen McCurdy. 14 September 1977. Programme (2 copies) "The foursome", by E A Whitehead. Directed by Colin McColl; designed by Raymond Boyce; lighting by Jacquie Hardinge. [February 1977]. Programme (2 copies) "Judgement", by Barry Collins, with John Banas as Vukhov. Direction Nonnita Rees; design Raymond Boyce; lighting Jacquie Hardinge; sound Stephen McCurdy. 18 October 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Love's labours lost", by William Shakespeare. Directed by Anthony Taylor; design Raymond Boyce; music Stephen McCurdy. 26 May 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Otherwise engaged", by Simon Gray. Directed by Antony Groser; design Rohanna Hawthorne; lighting Jacquie Hardinge. With Ray Henwood, Lloyd Scott, Patrick Smyth, John Callen, Donna Akersten, Lewis Rowe, Alice Fraser. 6 July 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Perfect strangers", by Craig Harrison, directed by Stuart Devenie; designed by Raymond Boyce. 20 April 1977; "Fat little Indians", by Gordon Dryland, directed by Jean Betts; designed by Raymond Boyce. 5 May 1977. Combined programme (2 copies) "Spring awakening; a children's tragedy", by Frank Wedekind, translated by Tom Osborne. Directed by Colin McColl; design Raymond Boyce. Music Stephen McCurdy. 5 September 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Travesties", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Anthony Taylor; designed by Raymond Boyce. Lighting by Rex Gilfillan. 2 March 1977. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.
Photographs of productions
Date: August 1977, October-November 1977
From: Downstage Theatre (Wellington): Photographs of productions
By: McCurdy, Stephen John, 1949-
Reference: PAColl-7704-03
Description: Photographs of the Downstage Theatre productions of 'The Balcony' (August 1977), 'Judgement' (October 1977), and 'Ashes' (November 1977). Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s) in 1 box.