Kim, John, active 1959

Date: 1957 - 1964

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-SCP

Description: Includes: 1957: "Charley's Aunt". Directed by Patric Carey. [1957] (2 copies) 1958: "Private lives", by Noel Coward. Produced by Patric Carey. Stage manager William Menlove. Second tour 12 February - 1 April 1958 (2 copies) 1959: "The cat and the canary", by John Williard. Directed by Grahame Clifford. With Sybil Westland, Desmond Lock, William Menlove. Summer tour 1959-1960. Programme. "Salad days", by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade. Produced by Grahame Clifford. With Sybil Westland, Bernard Esquilant, William Menlove, Desmond Lock, Robin Stevens. Winter tour 1959. Programme (2 copies) "While the sun shines", by Terence Rattigan. Directed by Grahame Clifford. With Jon (Jonathan) Elsom, Mary Goodwin, Joy Rowlatt. Summer tour 24 Janaury to 24 March 1959. Programme. 1960: "Blithe spirit", by Noel Coward. Produced by Grahame Clifford. Eighth major tour, 3 March - 5 May 1960. Programme. "Free as air". Grand Opera House Wellington [1960?]. Directed by Grahame Clifford. Choreography by Barbara Bonnar. (2 copies) "Free as air". Directed by Grahame Clifford, choreography by Barbara Bonnar. Second full NZ tour. [1960?] (2 copies) "Free as air". Directed by Grahame Clifford, choreography by Barbara Bonnar.Theatre Royal Christchurch. 2nd full New Zealand tour [1060?] Programme 1961: "Watch it, sailor!", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by John Kim. 1961. Programme. 1962: "Johnny Belinda", by Elmer Harris. With Peggy Turvey, William Menlove, Bill Hargreaves. Directed by Frank Newman. [Dunedin, 1962]. Programme (2 copies) "Beauty and the beast", by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Produced by Bernard L Esquilant. 1962. Programme A season with Bruce Mason. "The end of the golden weather, 14-19 March; "Lat night extra", 25-27 March; "The pohutukawa tree" by Bruce Mason, directed by the author. Playhouse, 30 March - 10 April 1963. Programme 1964: "The living room", by Graham Greene. Produced by Bernard L Esquilant. The Playhouse, 11 June 1964; Civic Theatre Invercargill, 20 June 1964. Quantity: 10 theatre programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1979

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1979

Description: Includes: Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society. "The alchemist". Directed by John Kim. [Christchurch] 15-22 September 1979. Programme Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). 5 years, 1974-1979. Pamphlet. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "The foursome". 19 October - 11 November [1979]. Flier only. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "The daughter-in-law" by D H Lawrence. 14 September - 14 October [1979]. Flier only. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "Look back in anger", by John Osborne. 27 January - 25 February [1979]. Flier. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). Beryl Te Wiata in "Mrs Kiwi Arthur presents...", with "White Cliffs". 4-9 September [1979], and season of three plays: "Sons and daughters" - with "Coming ready or not", The daughter-in-law", "The foursome". Flier only. Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "Blue comedy", by Paul Ableman (includes "Madly in love" and "Hank's night"); directed by Hazel Menehira. [1979]. Programme Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "Glide time", by Roger Hall; directed by Robyn Payne. [1979?]. Programme (2 copies) Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "How the other half loves", by Alan Ayckbourn. Wanganui [February 1979]. Programme / flier. Foxton Little Theatre. Re-union 1946-1979. 27-28 October 1979. President Daphne Hunt; secretary/treasurer Val Philpott. Programme / songbook Mime Theatre Cologne [presents] Milan Sladek. Promotional booklet. [1979] Mime over matter. Mime '79/80, by Robert Bennett. Programme. New Independent Theatre. "Batholomew fair", by Ben Jonson. Directed by John Curry. Auckland. May 1979. Programme (inside back cover contains list of all productions 1974-1979) New Independent Theatre. "Unlikely places", by Gordon Dryland. Directed by Myra de Groot. October 1979. Programme. New Zealand Theatre Federation. 1979 One act play festival. Central division festival (Bats Theatre presents "Into the abyss", by Ray Bradbury, directed by Lorraine Burton; Opunake High School presents "The cagebirds", by David Campton, directed by Gabrielle Barr; Waiouru Amateur Theatrical Society presents "Behind my skull", by William Dinner & William Morum, directed by Christine Scott; Opunake Players presents "The faithful widow of Ephesus" by Thomas Cruder, directed by Jim Barr & Alan Love; Hawera Repertory Society presents "Auto-da-fe" by Tennessee Williams, directed by Russ Standing; Mana Little Theatre presents "George the mad ad-man" by Peter Bland, directed by Barbara Heath. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 17-18 August 1979. Programme Pilgrim Productions presents the New Zealand premiere of "Sentenced to life", by Malcolm Muggeridge and Alan Thornhill. Directed by Sam Winer. Maidment Theatre. 10-24 November 1979. Programme. Stewart Macpherson's Stetson Productions proudly present "Night and day", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Eric Thompson, with Lynnette Davies and Donald Burton. NZ tour 1979. Programme (2 copies) Dave Smith Productions present "I, Wallace", a satirical review by Dave Smith [with caricature of Wallace (Bill) Rowling on the cover]. VUW Memorial Theatre. 6-24 November 1979. Programme. Solo Productions present Beryl Te Wiata in her two widely acclaimed one-woman shows, "Mrs Kiwi Arthur presents", and "The white cliffs". Fortune Theatre Dunedin (5-6 Nov), Christchurch Town Hall James Hay Theatre (8-9 Nov), VUW Memorial Theatre (11-12 Nov) 1979. Flier only. Stage Theatre presents "Billy Liar", by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Directed by Jane M Tite. [Wellington], 14-24 March [1979]. Programme Stage Theatre. Stage One presents "The fourposter; a gentle comedy in three acts", by Jan de Hartog. Directed by Jane M Tite [Wellington, 1979]. Programme with inset sheet Waipukurau Little Theatre. "Middle-age spread", by Roger Hall. Directed by Laurie Swindell. 17 May - 2 June 1979. Programme. Theatre unknown. Requirements for a casting of "Habeas corpus". 1979. (Flier) Victoria University. Department of Romance Languages (Italian) presents Pirandello "Six characters in search of an author". Memorial Theatre. 31 May [1979]. Programme. "The wind in the willows", by Kenneth Grahame. Adapted and directed by Linda Tucker; music arranged and directed by Mariel Malcolm. 8 Braithwaite Street, Karori. 8 and 11 December 1979. Programme. Quantity: 19 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: [ca 1959-1964]

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-06

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; identified persons entered under Name below. Also includes programmes for CAS productions; letters to Mus, Jim, Bernard; Dick (possibly Hollyer); Budge; Gordon; Bob; letters from the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Wellington; Chic re New Zealand plays; correspondence with Ron (possibly Barker or Mason), Dunedin; Tom, University of Pennsylvania; and questionnaire with responses regarding Curnow's work as a writer and a university employee etc. Other Titles - Modern test for obscenity Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: New Zealand Players :[Posters and broadsheets relating to the drama company and its productions. 1953-1959]

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-NZ-PLAYERS-1958-01

Description: Text and news story by "Special correspondent", about the actors who once performed with the New Zealand Players, and their subsequent careers. Actors mentioned and pictured are: Michael Cotterill, John Hunter, John Carson-Parker, Roy Patrick, John Kim, Allen Paton, Desmond Digby, Kenneth Adams, Terence Bayler, Ngaire (Nyree Dawn) Porter, Brian [Bryon] O'Leary, John Gordon, Brian Bell, Rosalind Atkinson, Eleanor Elliot, Bridget Armstrong. Also mentions Redmond Phillips, Brigid Lenihan, Stafford Byrne, Susan Stovell, Paddy Frost, Ben Hawthorne, Bernard Shine. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Text and news story by "Special correspondent, about the actors who once performed with the New Zealand Players, and their subsequent careers. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Shirley Megget in 2006.

Date: 1953

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-26-37

Description: Art and craft specialists visiting Oruaiti and other schools in Northland, photographed in 1953, probably by Gordon Tovey. From left: Jean Stewart, Bob McEwan, Jeanne Bensemann, Ian McIntosh, Gwen Watts, John D Kim, Peter Smith, Bettina Buckley, Mike Feather. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Art & craft specialists visiting Oruaiti & other schools in Northland 1953. L to r: Jean Stewart (later Hurring), bob McEwan, Jeanne Bensemann, Ian McIntosh, -, - John Kim, Peter Smith, Bettina Buckley (Paton), Mike Feather. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 1/4-115785 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 10 x 13.8 cm