Hamilton Boys' High School

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.

Date: 6 Dec 1972

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-70906-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 4 Apr 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66849-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 4 Apr 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66848-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 10 Oct 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-39155-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate