Auckland University College. Drama Society

Date: 1955 - 1959

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1955/1959

Description: Includes: 1955: C.A.S. Theatre (Regional Council of Adult Education). "The tempest", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Harold Baigent. Autumn tour 1955. Programme Palmerston North Operatic Society; Manawatu Repertory Society; Palmerston North Little Theatre Society present "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Produced by Mavis Mortland. Palmerston North Opera House. 19-26 March 1955. Programme. Victoria University College Council of Adult Education. "Gaslight", by Patrick Hamilton, a Community Arts Service. Programme. Auckland University College Drama Society. "The alchemist", by Ben Jonson. August 1955. Pelorus Press. Flier only. The Ralph Richardson 1955 tour of Australia and New Zealand, presented by Garnet H Carroll in association with H M Tennent Ltd. Illustrated booklet (2 copies). 1956: Theatre Arts Guild. "The taming of the shrew", by William Shakespeare. Abberley Park, Christchurch. 3-11 February 1956. Caxton Press. 1956. Programme. Wairoa Combined Arts Council Drama Festival. Gaiety Theatre 10-12 July 1956. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Tuai Drama Circle, producer Michael G Allison; Country Women's Institute Players, producer Joan Roberts; Gisborne Tamarau C.W.I., producer Mrs Moles; Wairoa College, producer Michael Martin; Wairoa Jaycee, producer Des Cairns; Gisborne Country Girls' Club, producer Mrs June Daniels; Wairoa Play Reading Circle, producer Doreen Parker; Gisborne Little Theatre, producer Jack Roderick) Theatre Guild NZ Ltd. "York Nativity Play". Directed by John N Thomson. Auckland, Otahuhu and Hamilton season, 9-16 December 1956. Programme. 1957: Shoestring Players presents "The Bathroom door", "The fair and the lovely". 2 July 1957. Flier. Shoestring Players. "The happiest days of your life". St Thomas Hall Newtown. 12-13 November [1957?]. Flier only. NZ Drama Council, 8th annual Residential Theatre School. Massey Agricultural College Palmerston North. 7-16 January 1957. Flier. Theatre Arts Guild presents Shakespeare's "Tempest"; the Guild's 7th outdoor production. Producer Arnold Goodwin. Abberley Park, 15-23 February 1957. Programme Quantity: 11 programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Offset prints, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1948

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1948

Description: Includes: Otago University Dramatic Society presents "The ascent of F6", by W H Auden & Christopher Isherwood. Production manager Helen Paine. Allen Hall, Otago University, 7-10 July 1948. Programme Auckland University Drama Society. "The tragicall historie of the life and death of Dr John Faustus". Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, 2-6 August 1948 (2 copies) Dargaville Players present three one-act plays ("Up to date"; "Tea for three"; "Riders to the sea"). Church of England Parish Hall, 25 November [1948]. Programme Dargaville Community Centre Repertory Society presents "Quiet wedding", by Esther McCracken. Royal Theatre Dargaville, 28-29 July 1948. Programme "The devil's disciple" by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Pat Lowe, set designed by Frank Dean and Roy Cowan. July 1948. (2 copies) Gisborne Repertory Society. "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. Opera House, Gisborne, 20-22 November 1948. New Zealand Drama Council. [Booklet]. Wellington New Zealand 1948. New Zealand Theatre. A repertory of plays. ("No medals", "French without tears", "Fools rush in", "The light of heart", "The man from the Ministry"). South Island tour sponsored by Kerridge Odeon. 1948. Programme. New Zealand Theatre presents "The man from the ministry", a comedy in three acts by Madeleine Bingham. Directed by Gabriel Toyne. Playhouse Auckland [1948]. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Theatre presents "Fools rush in", a comedy in three acts by Kenneth Horne. Directed by Gabriel Toyne. Playhouse Auckland [1948]. Programme. Old Vic Theatre Company. Australian and New Zealand tour 1948. "Richard III". (With Peter Cushing, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh et al) Programme (2 copies) Old Vic Theatre Company. Australian and New Zealand tour 1948. "The school for scandal" (2 copies plus a note from the St James Theatre advising that Laurence Olivier was indisposed and his part was to be taken by Mr Derrick Penley, 12-14 October 1948). Old Vic Theatre Company. Australian and New Zealand tour 1948. "The Skin of our Teeth". (2 copies) The Oliviers' a brief chronicle as featured in the Saturday Book no 6, here produced as a tribute to the British Council and to assist the Food for Britain appeal. (Illustrated booklet about Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh). The New Zealand Theatre presents the Pasadena Players in "Charley's Aunt". Auckland Playhouse Theatre, 1948? Training College Drama Club. Training College One-Act plays, April 30th, 1948. "Cathleen ni Houlihan" (produced by Derm Sullivan); "Two gentlemen of Soho" (produced by Marion Chappell); "The shewing ip of Blanco Posnet" (produced by Klaus Neuberg). (2 copies) "There'll be a spring", a play by Claude Evans; produced by Neta Neale. Radiant Theatre, 8-15 May 1948. Programme W.E.A. Dramatic Club (Auckland). "The beautiful people" by William Saroyan. W.E.A. Theatre, 26-30 June 1948. (Card only) Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents "Goodness, how sad!", a comedy in three acts by Robert Morley. Produced by Nola Millar. [1948] Programme (2 copies) Whangarei District Federation of Women's Institutes. 11th annual play festival ("The signal", and "Snowed up with a duchess" presented by Poroti Women's Institute; "Oh Mr Smythe", presented by the Portland Women's Institute; "Too much Bluebeard", presented by the Omana Women's Institute; "The patchwork quilt" present by the Kamo Women's Institute; Mime, presented by Whangarei Centre Women's Institute; "No count boy", presented by Whangarei Repertory Society; "Anti-clockwise", presented by Dramatic Four; "Peace in our time", presented by Whakapara Women's Institute; "Mother's Day" sketch presented by Dargaville Women's Institute; "Merely Miranda sketch, presented by Whangarei Centre; "According to instructions" presented by Onerahi Women's Institute ... "Beauty for sale" presented by Titoki Women's Institute, etc. Town Hall Whangarei, 21-22 July 1948. Programme Quantity: 12 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1958

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1958

Description: Includes: CAS Theatre presents "Waiting for Godot", by Samuel Becket. Produced by Ronald Barker. [August 1958]. Flyer and programme (2 copies) The Benmoss Circuit by arrangement with Celebrity Circuit Attractions Pty Ltd presents "Ladies' night in a turkish bath", by Cyrus Wood, Avery Hopwood and Charleton Andrews. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 26 December 1958. Programme. CAS Theatre presents "Candida" by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Ronald Barker. University of Auckland Council of Adult Education [1958]. Programme. Community Players. "Yes and no", by Kenneth Horne, under the direction of Mae Cleall. Community Centre Hall, Cambridge terrace Wellington, 24-25 June 1958. Programme Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 November 1958. Programme (2 copies) Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 10 November 1958. Programme. (2 copies) Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Opera House Palmerston North, 24-26 November 1958. Programme Robert Helpman in "Nude with violin", by Noel Coward. Theatre Royal Christchurch. [1958]. Programme. New Zealand University Drama Festival. VUW Little Theatre. 19-20 August 1958. (VUW "the rope", by Eugene O'Neill, produced by Heather Scott; AU "Empty theatre", by Graeme Nixon, produced by Graeme Nixon' OU "The ass and the philosophers", by Gwenyth Jones, produced by Tudor Bostock; CU "The strolling clerk from Paradise", by Hans Sacchs produced by Joan Jackson). Programme. Shoestring Players Berhampore. "See how they run", by Philip King. Produced by Kemp Eriksen. 24-25 June [1958?]. Programme. Shoestring Players Berhampore "Tell me the truth", by Leslie Howard. Produced by Kemp Eriksen and Alan Smith. South Wellington School Hall. 10-12 November 1958. Programme. Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 5 April 1958. Programme. Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. Theatre Royal Christchurch [1958]. Programme Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson in "The chalk garden", by Enid Bagnold. Grand Opera House Wellington. 24 April 1958. Programme (2 copies) and flyer. Taumarunui Repertory Society presents "The Hollow", by Agatha Christie. Produced by Anne McClymont. Winter Show Building Taumarunui, 19-22 November 1958. Programme. Thursday Theatre Society Inc. "Cry wolf", by Stafford Byrne. Produced by Bruce Hamlin. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-7 June 1958. Programme. Wanganui Repertory Society. "Witness for the prosecution", by Agatha Christie. Prodiced by Alexia Rankin. Wanganui Opera House, 26-28 April 1958. Programme Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens. Tour of New Zealand and Australia, 1958. Programme. (2 copies) D D O'Connor in association with R J Kerridge presents Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens. Wellington Concert Chamber. Commencing 31 March 1958. Flyer. Emlyn Williams as "A boy growing up", an entertainment from the stories of Dylan Thomas. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 20 theatre programmes and flyers (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Transfers: Transfer to Published: Wellington Competitions Society festival programme 1918.

Date: 1949

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

By: Roycroft Press Ltd; Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1949

Description: Includes: Auckland University College Drama Society. "The alchemist", by Ben Jonson. Producer S Musgrove. Set designed by A R D Fairburn. St Andrews Hall. 5-9 July [1949]. Programme. Cercle Litteraire Francais de Wellington presente "Le revizor", ou "L'Inspecteur-General", de Nicolas Gogol. Evening arranged by Madame Robert M Scotten and Mr Henry Rollet. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26 October 1949. Programme. Community Arts Service presents "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Harold Baigent. Costumes by Raeburn Griffiths. North Island tour 1949. Programme Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre presents "Quiet weekend", by Esther McCracken. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 11-12 April 1949. Programme. Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre. "Pride and prejudice", by Jane Austen. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 11 & 13 June 1949. Programme. Gisborne High School Old Students' Little Theatre presents "Home from home", by Muriel and Sydney Box. Produced by John Kitchen. Opera House Gisborne. 4-5 October 1949. Programme. Gisborne Repertory Society. "An inspector calls", by J B Priestly. Produced by Arnold Goodwin. Opera House. 1-3 September 1949. Programme. Gisborne Repertory Society. "The circle", by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Frances Burns. Opera House Gisborne. 8-9 November 1949. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society Incorporated presents "Maudeleine", by John Lawson. Produced by John Lawson. Masterton 21, 22, 24, 25 May; Greytown, 30 May 1949. Programme National Committee of Invitation for "The forgotten factor"; industrial play. Wellington, August 1949. Pamphlet. Theatre Guild. Strand Theatre Company in "Happy as Larry", a comedy by Donagh McDonagh. Produced by Russell Reid. Programme printed by Roycroft Press Ltd, Wellington. Theatre Guild. Strand Theatre Company in "Happy as Larry" by Donagh McDonagh. Produced by Russell Reid. Holiday production, Raumati, Otaki Foxton, Paekakariki. December-Jan [ca 1949]. Programme. Wellington East Dramatic Society presents "The lilies of the field", a comedy in three acts by John Hastings Turner. produced by Nola Millar. Concert Chamber, 11-12 November 1949. Programme Quantity: 13 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1950s

Description: Includes: 1952: 21st annual Festival of Community Drama. (With history and list of past 20 years winners inside front) Concert Chamber Town Hall, 28 July - 2 August 1952. Adjudicator Ailsa Stephens. (Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Petone Playreaders - producer Mollie Howarth; Unity Theatre - producer Beatrice Ashton; WEA Drama Group - producer Terence Journet; Newlands & Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joane Stone; Curtain Theatre - "Rising tide" written and produced by John Mihell; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer L M Doran; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; VUC Drama Club - producer Ian Free; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Khandallah Players - producer Margaret Simpson; Brooklyn Townswomen's Guild Drama Circle - producer Nada Bowers; Kaiwaiwai South Featherston Women's Institute - producer Marjorie Wilton; I.C.I. Staff Drama Club - producer F A Baily; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer Margaret Simpson; Martinborough Little Theatre Society - producer Olive Madsen; Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Blenheim Women's Institute - producer Chris Ashley; Redwoodtown Women's Institute - producer Patricia Rees) (2 copies). 1953: National Final Festival of Community Drama. Adjudicator W J Mountjoy. Opera House Wellington, 17 September 1953. (Auckland University College Drama Society - producer Douglas Drury; Timaru Catholic Dramatic Club - producer Mrs M Clarke; W.E.A. Drama Group - producer Keith M Bennett). Programme 1954: Wellington Area 23rd Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26-31 July 1954. Adjudicator Frank Newman. (VUC Drama Club - producers Bruce Hillyard and David Bridges; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Edna Wiggs; Bluebird Readers - producer J Halkett Millar; Wainui-o-mata Country Women's Institute - producer Joan Caldwell; Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joan Stone; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; Curtain Theatre - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wellington Area Federation of Townswomen - producer Alison Tindill; I.C.I. Staff Drama group - producer H M Taylor; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer R L Carey; Brooklyn Community Centre Theatre '52 - producer George Horwood; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Collie; Greek Olympic Youth Society - producers Christopher Lewis and Nick Galates; Onslow Girls' Drama Group - producers Irene Demchenko and Lois Lafrentz; Catholic Women's League - producer Meryl Goodson; WEA Drama Group - producers Keith Bennett and Terence Journet; Community Players - producer Georgie Fox). Programme (2 copies). 1955: Wellington Area 29th [ie 24th] Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 1-6 August 1955. Adjudicator: Mr John Thomson (Auckland). (Thursdays Drama Club - producer Wilfred J Wright; Wellington Jewish Social Club - producer Victor Corn; Pukerua Bay Country-Women's Institute - producer Ngita Woodhouse; WEA Drama Group - producer A Street; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer D C B Jenkins; Community Players - producer Basil Barker; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producers Bert Schonewille and Jeanie Longman; VUC Drama Club - producer Bruce Hillyard; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Club, "The licensed victualler" by Bruce Mason - producer Ivan Bushell; Peter Pan Players - producer H G Woolcott; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; The Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Country Players - producer P M Dryden; Unity Theatre, "The verdict" by Bruce Mason - producer George Webby; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs) (2 copies). 1956: Wellington Area 25th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 30 July - 4 August 1956. Adjudicator Harold Pointer. (Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Dorothy M Battiston; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Hataitai Methodist Drama Group - producer B J Stewart; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Society - producer Nyra Bentley; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Reg Davis; Thursday Club - producer Bruce Hamlin; Theatrical productions Academy - producer L Assheton-Harbord; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Mrs A Hildreth; Community Players - producer Stan Campbell; Strathmore Players - producer Doug G Edwards; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Penelope Ormerod; Federation of Townswomen's Guild (Wellington) - producer Dorothy Alecock; C[r]ocks Club - producer Marie Bullock, Helen Brew; Catholic Women's League - producer Marie O'Brien; Thursday Club - producer Irene Adcock and Mirna Wright; VUC Drama Club - producer Pauline Kermode) (2 copies). 1957: Programme for social evening, Monday 15 April 1957. Community Centre Hall, Campbridge Terrace Wellington ("Reminiscences of the early days of BDL" by Amy Kane; Community Players present "Clouded crystal", by Norman Holland; produced by Peter Downes) Wellington Area Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 29 July - 3 August 1957. Adjudicator John Thomson. Cover title British Drama League New Zealand Branch Inc. Silver jubilee. (Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Ronald Gillies; Wainuiomata Dramatic Club - producer Patricia Griffin; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer H G Woolcott; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Ellinore Ginn; Community Players - producer Mirna Wright; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Larry Williams; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Peg Davies and Allan Jesson; The Leader Studio Dramatic Club; Thespians Monday Club). (2 copies) 1958: 27th annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 28 July - 2 August 1958. Adjudicator Miss Frona King. (Welsh Society Drama Group - producer G A and Allan Jesson; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Lewis Evans; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Joan Caldwell; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer J R Laybourn; Pukerua Bay C.W.I. Drama Circle - producer Ngita Woodhouse; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Bruce Hamlin; Studio Theatre - producer Catherine Fulton; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Marjorie Oaks; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Peter Pan Players - producer Harry Woolcott; The Ariel Players - producer Marjorie Williams; Shoestring Players - producer Mae Cleall; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Vida Stokes; Area Federation of Townswomen's Guilds (Khandallah) - producer Myrna Wright; Thespian Monday Club - producer Anne Lane). (2 copies) 1959: 28th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 27 July - 1 August 1959. Adjudicator Mrs Lesbia Paine. (Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; The Out of Town Players - producer Mollie Lennane; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Keith M Bennett; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Northland Community Players - producer Lesley Webb; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Thursday Community Players - producer Michael G Dunne; Shoestring Players - producer Meredith Paterson; I.C.I. Social Club Drama Group - producer Stanley Campbell; Khandallah Arts Theatre - producer Pauline McLean; Thursday Community Players - producer Myrna Wright; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Gloria Power; General Motors Amateur Dramatic Group - producer Betty Childs; Wainuiomata Dramatic and Operatic Society - producer F M Renner). (2 copies) Quantity: 11 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1961

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1961

Description: Includes: Auckland Gallery Associates. "A time for sowing", by Frank Sargeson. Produced by Chris Cathcart. Auckland City Art Gallery, May-June 1961. Programme. Auckland University Drama Society. "Othello" by William Shakespeare. [1961?] Programme. CAS Theatre. Michael Redgrave's "The Aspern papers", based on the book by Henry James. Directed by Ronald Barker. Decor by Peter Smith. Saint Andrews Hall (Auckland). 6-11 November 1961. Flyer (2 copies) CAS Theatre. Shakespeare's "Love's labours lost". Music by Ian McLean, decoration by John Coulson; directed by Ronald Barker. Auckland Festival play 1961. Programme Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society. "Hotel Paradiso", by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres. Produced by David Reid. Little Theatre. 2-9 September 1961. Programme. Kaikoura Drama Club. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by Sidney Drury. [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Something in the attic" (producers I Vaughan and N Stove); "The bishop's candlesticks" (Producer M E Perry); "Her husband's harem" (producer V Johnston). [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Wake up and woo!", by Dudley Harcourt. produced by M E Perry. Kaikoura Memorial Centre, 18-19 October [1961?]. Programme Masterton Little Theatre Society. Harlequin; "The Happy journey", by Thornton Wilder; "Pyramus and Thisbe" by William Shakespeare. Official opening [of Harlequin Theatre for the Society]. 29 April 1961. Programme [New Zealand Theatre Company]. Bullfitt Family Players present "East Lynne", produced by Bruce Mason. [ca 1961?], Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". First national tour, June 1961. Produced by Richard Campion. Music by David Farquhar, decor by Raymond Boyce, dances arr by Walter Trevor, duelling scenes arranged by John Kardoss. Programme (2 copies), and promotional pamphlet (2 copies). New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". Grand premiere performance [of] first national tour. Opera House Wellington. 16 June 1961. Programme (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "Here we come gathering ... ", by Philip King and Anthony Armstrong. Produced by Alison Hall and directed by Kemp Eriksen. [1961?] Programme. (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "A lady mislaid" by Kenneth Horne. Produced by Norman Haines. South Wellington Intermediate School Theatrette. 27-28 June 1961. Programme. (2 copies) plus card / ticket. Southern Comedy Players. "Watch it, sailor!", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by John Kim. (With individual cast photos). 1961. Programme. Southern Comedy Players present "Watch it, sailor!"His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 14 October 1961. Programme. Taumarumui Repertory Society Inc presents "Bonaventure", by Charlotte Hastings. Produced by Joan Holmes. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 3-6 May 1961. Programme. Taumarunui Repertory Society Inc presents "Castle in the air", by Alan Melville. Produced by Armorel Rennie. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 9-12 Auguat 1961. Programme. Tawa-Linden Drama Group presents "Blithe spirit", by Noel Coward. Producer Jean Easson. Linden Community Centre, 30 October - 1 November [1961]. Programme Victoria University Department of English presents two new plays: "Free" by Joseph Musaphia; "Three women and the sea" by James K Baxter. Memorial Theatre, performed by Theatre Workshop of the New Zealand Theatre Company. 25-29 November 1961. Programmes (2 different, 2 copies of one, 3 of the other- differing colours) Wellington Teachers' College. Maori Club. "The legend of Wiremu". Produced by George Webby. College Hall, 2-4 November 1961. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 23 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-C-DRAMA-1960s

Description: Includes: 1961: Central Theatre, 347 Remuera Road, founded 1961. Information flier (Yellow) "A time for sowing", a New Zealand play by Frank Sargeson, produced for the Gallery Associates by Chris Cathcart. Art Gallery [Auckland]. 31 May - 8 June [1961]. (Poster featuring James Barry's painting of Thomas Kendall with the chiefs Hongi and Waikato). (2 copies, one autographed) 1962: Grafton Theatre Incorporated in conjunction with Auckland University Drama Society. "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Sydney Musgrove. (With cast Liza [Lisa] Harrow, Eric Woo[l]fe). [ca 1962] Programme. 1964: John Gielgud. Brief New Zealand tour. "Ages of man". Wellington Grand Opera House 30 December [1963] - 1 January [1964]; Auckland His Majesty's Theatre 2-4 January [1964]. Flyer. 1965: Canterbury Children's Theatre. "The wizard of Oz", by Neta Neale. Musical director Rolf Just; choreography Doreen Herbert. [ca 1965]. Programme. J C Williamson Theatres Ltd and Phillip Productions Pty Ltd & Tivoli Circuit Pty Ltd present Peter Jones, in "Boeing, Boeing". Opera House Wellington, 26 April 1965. [Flyer] 1966: "The tempest" by William Shakespeare, acted and presented by the Auckland University Theatre Company. Produced by John Dixon. University Grounds, 26 January - 12 February 1966. Programme/poster Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Various print media on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDL-1960s

Description: Includes: 1962: British Drama League Auckland Area present the Auckland Drama Festival. Preliminiaries 7-16 July; finals 25-26 July. programme with details of all groups which include finalists: Mairangi Players, Whangarei Repertory Society, University Drama Society Theatre, Westlake Adult Drama Group, Central Theatre (these are listed in a separate flier). Adjudicator Percy Cousins. Constitution and rules of the British Drama League (NZ Branch) Inc. [1962] 1963: British Drama League. Manawatu Area drama festival. Feilding Community Players (Producer Lance Mclean); Palmerston North Teachers' College Drama Club (Producer Marjorie Webster); Pallmerston North Little Theatre Society (Producer Junne Bendall). Little Theatre Feilding, 5-6 August 1963. Programme 1966: 1966 full length playwriting competition. British Drama League NZ Branch in co-operation with The Thespians. Adjudicator Mr Roy Stacey, London. Entry instructions and form. British Drama League Waikato area. 26th annual festival. Playbox Theatre Hamilton. 28 June - 2 July. Adjudicators Mr Percy Cousins and Professor John Reid. Programme (Teacher's College Drama Group - producer Robert Bottomley; Melville C.W.I. - producer Molly Knipe; Hamilton Playbox Repertory Theatre - producer Michael Mullord; Te Awamutu Little Theatre - producer Joan V Saggers; Matamata Dramatic Society - producer Arline J Reeve; Te Aroha Dramatic Society - producer Prudence B Edmondson; Huntly College Prefects - producer Mrs Robin L Aitken; Otorohanga Players - producer Claire C Trezona; Te Awamutu Little Theatre - producer Royston R Brown; Te Aroha Dramatic Society - producer Murray Hutchinson; Omokoroa Drama Group - producer Betty Francis; Matamata Dramatic Society - producer Myra Lucas). 1967: Annual festival of drama 1967. List of all entries in all areas. 1968: 1968 division festival. 9-10 August 1968. Adjudicator Mrs Nancy Russell of Hawera. (Stagecraft Theatre - producer Ian Carrie; Wanganui Repertory Theatre - producers J Pettigrew and L Jamieson; Manawatu Theatre Society - producer Martin van Hale; Wellington Repertory Theatre - producer Graham Punnett; Ruatoria Drama Club - producer F S Strickson; Hawera Repertory : Society - producer Nan Leathem. Programme. 1969: Auckland Area British Drama League. Festival of one-act plays, 1-12 July 1969. Programme. (Adult groups included Titirangi Drama Group, Hobsonville Village Players, Community Players, Mairangi Players, Western Players, Manurewa Theatre Inc, Westbridge Theatre Club, Players Youth Theatre, Howick Little Theatre, Players Theatre) Quantity: 7 pamphlets and programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDL-1950s

Description: Many of these programmes were part of the Percy Cousins collection, and he adjudicated for many of these festivals. Includes: 1951: British Drama League (NZ Branch) and the Masterton Little Theatre Society. Drama festival programme of one act play competition to be held in Wairarapa College Hall, 17-19 May 1951. (Carterton Little Theatre Society "The house with twisty windows" produced by Faith Bingley; Masterton Little Theatre Society "Jezebel" produced by Brenda Jaine; Masterton Little Theatre Society "The boy comes home" produced by Harry Gifford; Masterton Little Theatre Society "Campbell of Kilmohr" produced by Keith Jaine; Carterton Little Theatre Society "The cat and the cream" produced by Doris McGreevy; Masterton Little Theatre Society "The Simeon Stylites" produced by Margaret Robinson; Masterton Little Theatre Society "The monkey's paw" produced by John Lawson; Lansdowne Women's Club "The phantom ship" produced by Mrs Robert Miller; Martinborough Little Theatre Society "Sunday costa five pesos" produced by Olive Madsen) Rotorua Area British Drama League (Waipa Drama Group and Rotorua Players). "When we are married" by J B Priestley. 1951. Programme. South Taranaki School of Drama. High School Hall, Camberwell Road, Hawera. 1-2 September 1952. Director Martin Browne; associate Miss Henzie Raeburn. Souvenir programme for the School of Drama Hamilton, at the Little Theatre, Palmerston Street. 18-19 August 1951. 1952: Drama Festival (BDL Christchurch and North Canterbury Area). Christchurch Repertory Theatre. 22 - 25 July 1952. Adjudicator Mr P Cousins. (WEA Drama Class - "Before the flood", by A A Milne; Woodend Dramatic Society - "Pavel the fox", by Norman Holland; Elmwood Players - "Snake on Sunday", by H Agg; WEA - "Petticoats preferred", by T B Morris; Risingholme - "Boy with a cart" by Christopher Fry; Sheffield Women's Institute - "Charade" by Philip Johnston; Christchurch Religious Drama Society - "Tobias and the angel", by James Bridie; Risingholme - "Kestrel Edge", by Wilfrid Gibson; Linwood Townswomen's Guild - "Where every prospect pleases"). North Island Elimination Festival (Northern section) Embassy Theatre Hamilton, 27 August 1952. Adjudicator John N Thomson. (Parish Players present "Women at war", by Edward Percy - producer Catherine O Holmes; Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society presents "Lithania" by Rupert Brooke - producer David W Reid; Waipa W.D. F.F. presents "The vixen and the grapes", by Margery Watson - producer Joyce McVerry) North Island Elimination Festival (Northern section) Embassy Theatre Hamilton, 28 August 1952. Adjudicator John N Thomson. (Auckland Repertory Theatre presents "'Ile", by Eugene O'Neil - producer Edna E Harris; Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society presents "The roll of the drum", by Cyril Roberts - producer Pauline Huntington; Rotorua Thespians presents extracts from "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare - producer Joy Dalgliesh) 1953: British Drama League Wanganui Area. First annual festival of one act plays. Adjudicator P W Cousins. Opera House 14-16 1953. (Kaitoke W.I. Drama Circle presents "The last word" by Stuart Ready; Kai Iwi W.I. Drama Circle presents "Girdle round the earth", by Margaret Love - producer Edna Laird; Wanganui Repertory Theatre presents "Lithuania" by Rupert Brooke - producer Vera Thrush; St Mary's Drama Circle present "The druid's ring", by T B Morris - producer Doreen Edwards; Westbourne W.I. Drama Circle presents "The great dark" by Dan Totheroh - producer Joan V Kendrick; R.S.A. Little Theatre presents "Reunion", by W St John Tayleur - producer Roland Young; Mosston W.I. Drama Circle presents "Women within walls" by A J Bradbury - producer May Minnell; YWCA Drama Circle presents "The vixen and the grapes" by Marjorie R Watson - producer Audrey Gleeson; RSA Little Theatre presents "The trap" by Kathleen Ross - producer Eileen Warnock) British Drama League (Central Taranaki Area) Drama Festival, Civic Theatre Eltham. 22-23 July 1953. Adjudicator Percy Cousins. (Norfolk Women's Institute "Problem child" by Estelle Corney - producer Yvonne Brown; Parish Players "The rose and the Cross", by Clifford Bax - producer Pauline F Brooks; Eltham Little Theatre "Hearts and humours", by Richard Tydeman - producer Hilda Turner; Toko Drama Club "A bed for Her Majesty" by Leslie Walker - producer Rema Smith; Parish Players "The end of courage", by T B Norris - producer Gladys Black; Eltham Little Theatre "Dimitrios" by Norman Holland - producer Maisie McCallum) British Drama League South Taranaki Drama Festival. Opera House Hawera. 20-21 July 1953. (Patea Players presents "Women within walls" by A J Bradbury - producers M D Smith and P A Clark; Wesley Players presents "Michael" by Miles Malleson - producer Joyce Oliver; The Hawera Women's Club presents "Shadows in the South", by Helen Hall - producer W Knight; Hawera Repertory Society presents "The fight for Mr Lapraik" by James Barrie - producer Nancy Russell; St John's Drama Club presents "Hate and wait", by I V Harden-Thomas - producer Irene V Thomas; Hawera Hospital Drama Club [presents "Marry-Go-Round" by Sydney Box; Hawera Repertory Society presents "Element of doubt" by Anthony Booth - producer Iliffe Burns; Wanganui Repertory Theatre presents "Lithuania" by Rupert Brooke - producer Vera Thrush) National Final Festival of Community Drama. Opera House Wellington. 17 September 1953. Adjudicator W J Mountjoy, jr. (Auckland University College Drama Society - producer Douglas Drury; Timaru Catholic Dramatic Club - producer Mr M Clarke; W E A Drama Group (Wellington) - producer Keith M Bennett, with "The machine song" by NZ Author J A S Coppard). Programme (2 copies) 1954: Annual Festival of one-act plays. Repertory Theatre Kilmore Street. 12-14 August 1954. [Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins]. (Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society "Jenny in the orchard", by Charles Thomas - producer Fiona King; Darfield Drama Club "At the Golden Ram", by L du Garde Peach - producer Ken Wooster; South Brighton Women's Institute "Joanna & the candles", by Joyce Dennys - producer Beryl Windsor; Canterbury Repertory Bedford Row Club "My girl's a Yorkshire girl", by Harold Pointer - producer Harold Pointer; Christchurch Religious Drama Society "Jacob's well", by Stephanie Fone - producer Yvette Bronley; Christchurch W.E.A. Drama Group "Apple pie order", by T B Morris - producer Marjorie Bassett; Risingholme Drama Group "My heart's in the Highlands", by William Saroyan - producer Alan de Malmanche; Theatre Arts Guild "A jubilee", by Anton Chehov [sic] - producer R N O'Reilly; Risingholme Drama Group "The magic voice, by Alan de Malmanche - producer Alan de Malmanche; Heathcote Valley Drama Group "Puck's post", by Olga Katzin - producer Keith M Thomson; Risingholme Drama Group "The flight of the Queen", by Lord Dunsany - producer Dorothy R Crumpton; Elmwood Players "Parlour game", by Philip Johnson - producer George Benson). British Drama League Nelson Area. Second annual drama festival. Theatre Royal Nelson. 30-31 August 1954. Adjudicator Percy Cousins (Nelson and Provincial New Settlers Drama Group "Columbine in Camberwell" by Ivan Butler - producer Dorothy Wright; Moutere Hills Drama Group "Act III. Uncle Vanya", by Anton Tchekoff - producer Pat Harris; Waimea Dramatic Society "Russian salad" by Philip Johnson - producer Nancy Gardiner; Tahunanui C.W.I. Drama Circle "Element of doubt" by Anthony Booth - producer Alma Barlow; Takaka Dramatic Society "When the old cock crows" by Joe Corrie - producer George Benbow; Waimea Dramatic Society "The fair and lovely", by Wm Dinner and Wm Morum - producer Nora Humphreys; Takaka Dramatic Society "Pavel the fox", by Norman Holland - producer Marie Reilly). British Drama league Wanganui Area. Second annual festival of one act plays. Adjudicator Eric Bradwell. Wanganui Girls' College [presents the winning play of the inter-house festival]; Wanganui RSA Little Theatre "Without end" by Kathleen Healey (Dunedin); St Mary's Drama Club "Symphony in illusion" - producer Alexia Rankin; St Andrews Drama Group "Campbell of Kilmhor" - producer D Tizard; Wanganui Repertory Theatre "Twilight"; Wanganui Girls' College [presents the second play of the inter-house festival]; Mosston C.W. Institute "As others see us" - producer Lillian Sparks; Westmere C.W.I. Drama Circle "Breaking point"; Wanganui RSA Little Theatre "Lily" - producer Edith Gilberd. Opera House, 18-19 August 1954. Programme 1955: North Island Divisional Finals Festival. Opera House Hawera. 5-6 September 1955 Adjudicator Miss Beatrice MacKenzie. (Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wairoa Play-Reading Circle - producers Eileen Spence and Edna Peet, Opunake Players - producer George Whitham; Hawera Repertory Society - producer Iliffe Burns; Opunake Players - producer Nell Smith; Wanganui Repertory Society - producer Audrey Gleeson and in Peffers, Hawera Repertory Society - producer Nancy Russell; Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock. Programme. British Drama League (Waikato Area). Fifteenth Annual Festival. Little Theatre Hamilton 11-16 July 1955. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Southwell Players - producer Mrs J Cumming; Nawton-Rotokauri C.W.I. - producer Aileen Crawshaw; Melville C.W.I. - producer Laura Henry; Hamilton Boys' High School Junior - producer Alan Findlay; Te Kuiti Repertory Society - producer W L McLean; St John's Drama Club (Te Awamutu) - producer Mervyn Haines; Morrinsville Dramatic Society (Junior) - producer Rene Thomas; Morrinsville Dramatic Society - producer A T Williams; Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society - producer Violet Stephens; Te Awamutu College Drama Theatre - producer G Beddoe; Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society (Junior) - producer Michael Blake; Te Awamutu College Drama Theatre - producer G Beddoe; Maeroa Intermediate School (Junior) - producer Miss D V McEldowney; Ngaruawahia C.W.I. Drama Circle - producer Irma Moir; Pokuru-Te Kawa Drama Group - producer Hugh Baxter; Fencourt C.W.I. - producer Mrs A W Langlands; Paeroa Drama Club - producer P R Morrison). 1955 Drama Festival. Inglewood Town Hall, Eltham Town Hall, by North Taranaki Federation of Country Women's Institutes. 23-24 May 1955. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Inglewood Country Women's Institute "The sitter-in" by Dan Sutherland - producer Hilda Longley; Vogeltown Country Women's Institute "The Saint" by Nora Ratcliff - producer Min Russell; Rawhitiroa Country Women's Institute "Between the soup and the savoury" by Gertrude Jenninks - producer Dorothy Silver; Westown Country Women's Institute "The trumpet shall sound", by Phoebe M Rees - producers Pat french and Dorothy Wharehoka; Rawhitiroa Country Women's Institute "That's murder", by Lionel Shawe - producer Dal Knuckey). 1956: British Drama League (Nelson Area). Fourth annual drama festival. Theatre Royal Nelson. 7-8 August 1956. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Nelson and Provincial New Settlers Drama Group "Good blood, bad blood" by Walter Hudd - producer Jane Berry; Stoke Dramatic Society "The distant drum" by Philip Johnson - producer Elizabeth Stockdill; Stoke Dramatic Society "Heaven on earth", by Philip Johnson - producer Isobel Robb; Motueka C.W.I. "Members of the jury", by Stuart Ready - producer Eileen Stewart; Waimea Dramatic Society "April Dawn", by Philip Johnson - producer Bevis Malone; Motueka Dramatic Society "A certain man", by Leslie Walker - producer Don Crawford)(2 copies) British Drama League (Central Taranaki Area). Drama festival Town Hall Stratford. 2-3 July 1956. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Toko Drama Club "Dangerous twilight" by Anthony Booth - producer Judy Payne; Westown C.W.I. "The queen's ring", by L du Garde Peach - producer Dorothy Wharehoka; Turururu C.W.I. "Aunt Lizzie's frined", by Olive McKenzie - producer Eileen Martin; Otakeho W.D.F.F. Entertainment Circle "Where every prospect pleases" by Philip Johnson - producer Clara O'Brien; New Plymouth Repertory Society "Master Dudley", by Philip Johnson - producer Nancy Priest; Opunake Players "The Neighbours", by Yves Cabrol - producer George Whitham). 1958: British Drama League Auckland Branch. Annual drama festival 1958. St Andrews Hall 26 July - 1 August. Finals Town Hall Concert Chamber 5-9 August 1958. Adjudicator Ronald Barker. (Henderson Little Theatre - producer Mary Amoore; Sheridan Players Inc - producer Les Crichton; Bailey Academy Players - producer Gil Cornwall; Onewhero WDFF Drama Group - producer Nora Rollinson; Independent Players - producer Ray Stoupe; Bailey Academy Players - producer Gil Cornwall; [indserted extra play on separate sheet: Glen Innes Townswomen's Guild - producer Iris McGarry); Richmond Players - producer Brian Fisher; University Drama Society - producer Gabriel Prendergast; Henderson Little Theatre - producer Jack Reiman; Passant Players - producer Wally Gordon; W E A Dramatic Club - producer Cathy Bennett; Titirangi C W I Drama Circle - producer Imelda Thomson; New Lynn C W I Drama Group - Producer B E Pauling; Auckland Teachers' College Drama Club - producer Richard Poore; W E A Drama Club - producer Ray Stoupe; Richmond Players - producer Rae Leitch; Howick Little Theatre - producer Marjorie Williams; Auckland Repertory Theatre Inc - producer Kathie Lennox [plus high school contributions] British Drama League Christchurch and North Canterbury Area. Annual Festival of drama 1958. Repertory Theatre 23-26 July 1958. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Papanui Drama Players - producer George Taylor; Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society - producer Berly Bigg-Wither; Christchurch Teachers' College Drama Club - producer Jan Mitchell; Linwood Townswomen's Guild - producer George McCleary; Christ's College Drama Society - producer Yvette Bromley; Phoenix Theatre - producer Alan de Malmanche; Christ's College Drama Society - producer Yvette Bromley; Millbrook Drama Circle - producer Florence Cook; William Morris Group - producer Gregory Kane; Christchurch Religious Drama Society - producer Isobel Provan; West Christchurch High School Drama Club - producer W Leslie; Theatre Arts Guild - producer Molly Pritchard; Phoenix Theatre - producer Alan de Malmanche; Christchurch North Townswomen's Guild - producer Pat Benson; Papanui Drama Players - producer George Taylor; Elmwood Players - producer Alex Henderson). 1959: British Drama League Auckland Area. Auckland Drama Festival. St Andrews Hall 18-25 July; finals Town Hall Concert Chamber 29-30 July 1959. Adjudicator Patric Carey (Auckland Teachers' Training College - producer Rae McIvor; De La Salle Players 0 producer Deb Jenkins; Bailey Academy Players - producer Peter Morgan; Henderson Little Theatre - producer Walter C Colman; Bailey Academy Players - producer Gil Cornwall; Drama Club 58 - producer John Graham; Avon Players - producer Terry Copping; Richmond Players - producer Kenneth Gamble; Panmure C W I - prodeucer Majorie Whale; Auckland Repertory Theatre - producer Rae Leitch; Community Players - producer Wally Gordon; Bailey Academy Players - producer Gil Cornwall; Grafton Theatre - producer Pam Schauman; Community Players - producer Kathleen Williams; Richmond Players - produer Byron evans; Auckland Repertory Theatre - producer Mary Amoore [and junior sections] British Drama League Whakatane Area. Festival of Community Drama. Whakatane War Memorial Hall. 16-18 July 1959. Adjudicator Mr Percy Cousins. (Opotiki College "The patchwork quilt", by Rachel Lyman Field - producer Dorothy Calvert; Opotiki College (junior) "The panic", by Nora Ratcliff - producer Dorothy Calvert; Ohope Drama Club "Legacy of ladies", by Sam Bate - producer Dorothy Tebbutt; Whakatane Repertory Society "The Matchmaker", by Thornton Wilder - producer M P Morrison; Kawerau Players "Enclosed premises", by Philip Johnson - producer Joy Merrin; Taneatua C.W.I. "On both your houses", by E J Mitchell - producer Val McCready; Opotiki C.W.I. "All my Juliets", by Dinner and Morum - producer Mildred Coursey; Tauranga Boys College (junior) "The Winslow boy", by Terrance Rattigen - producer Ernest E Bush; Kawerau Players "Back to zero", by Arthur Bax - producer Ike de Korte; Opotiki Drama Club "Clay", by Eric Bradwell - producers Mildred Coursey and Pat Coursey; Whakatane Repertory Theatre "The proposal", by Anton Tchekoff - producer Johan Bonnevie and Joy Parker; Opotiki Players (junior) "Wife required", by Falkland Cary and Phillip King - producer Mildred Coursey; Kawerau Players "In camera", by Jean-Paul Sartre - producer E Beever) National Finals Festival. Grand Opera House Wellington. 12 September 1959. Adjudicator Mrs Nora Ratcliff. (Phoenix Players (Otago) - producer Mary Middleditch; Hastings Group Theatre - producer Anthony Taylor; Phoenix Theatre (Canterbury) - producer Alan de Malmanche; Bailey Academy Players (Auckland) - producer Gil Cornwall). Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 24 Programme(s) and pamphlets plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.