Sayers, Dorothy Leigh, 1893-1957

Date: 1937 - 1938

By: Glasgow, Karen Ross Margret, 1907-1994

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-NRT

Description: Includes: 1937: "Full house", by Ivor Novello. Produced by Reginald Kingsford. Majestic Theatre Nelson, 15-16 November 1937. Programme. 1938: "Busman's holiday", by Dorothy Sayers. Produced by Reginald Kingsford. Theatre Royal Nelson, 1-3 November 1938. Programme. 1948: Nelson Repertory Society one-act evening: "Her affairs in order", "The girl in the tube", "Red sky at night", "Heard in camera". Theatre Royal, 9 August 1948. Programme Quantity: 2 programmes. Physical Description: Offset prints in booklets, sizes up to 300 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Hutt Repertory Theatre

Reference: Eph-A-HUTT-REPERTORY-1950s

Description: Includes: 1951: "Home and beauty", by Somerset Maugham. Produced by F M Renner. Horticultural Hall, 12-14 June [1951]. Programme "Murder without crime", by J Lee Thompson. Producer Briton Chadwick. Horticultural Hall, 21-23 [1951]. Programme "Young Mrs Barrington", by Warren Chetham Strode. Directed by Mrs Brenda Saville. Horticultural Hall. 30 October - 1 November 1951. Programme. 1952: "Bonaventure", by Charlotte Hastings. Produced by Kenneth Adams. 1952. Programme. "Home at seven". Produced by Assheton Harbord. 1952. Programme "When we are married", by J B Priestley. Produced by Mrs P Dowse. 1952. Programme (2 copies) "Young wives' tale:, by Ronald Jeans. Produced by Mary MacKenzie. 1952. Programme 1953: "The cherry orchard", by Anton Chekhov. Produced by Alix McMillan. 1953. Programme (2 copies). 1954: "Background", by Warren Chetham-Strode. Produced by Mrs Percy Dowse. 1954. Programme "The rising generation", by Wyn Weaver and Laura Leicester. prodcued by L Assheton Harbord. 1954. Programme. 1955: "The bat", by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Produced by Bernard O Jones. 1955. Programme. "The rose and the ring", by W M Thackeray, adapted by Harris Deans. Produced by L Assheton Harbord. 1955. Programme. "The sacred flame", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Francis M Renner. 1955. Programme. 1956: "Busman's holiday", by Dorothy L Sayers and M St Clare Byrne. Produced by Mrs Percy Dowse. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 23-26 May 1956. Programme. "Dear James", by James M Barrie. Produced by Lois Mair. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 17-21 July 1956. Programme. 1957: Programme for 1957 (small format) "After my fashion", by Diana Morgan. Produced by John James. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 9-13 July 1957. Programme "Don't listen ladies!", by Sacha Guitry. Directed by Alix McMillan. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 17-21 September 1957. Programme "Seven keys to Baldpate", by George M Cohan. Produced by L Assheton Harbord. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 26-30 March 1957. Programme and flier. "Puss in boots", by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre Lower Hutt. 16-23 November 1957. Programme. 1958: "A view from the bridge", by Arthur Miller. Produced by Bernard O Jones. 1958. Programme (2 copies) "Affairs of state", by Louis Verneuil. Produced by Lois Mair. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 15-19 July 1958. Programme. 1959: "The bride and the bachelor", by Ronald Millar. Produced by Norris Smith. 22-26 September 1959. Programme "Sailor beware; a comedy", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre, 7-11 April 1959. Programme (2 copies) "The snow queen", by Suria Magito and Rudolf Weil. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre, 28 November - 5 December 1959. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 24 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1964 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-DC-1960/1999

Description: Includes: 1960s?: "The fire raisers", by Max Frisch. Wesley Church Hall. 31 October - 7 November [1953, 1959 or 1964]. Flier (2 copies). 1964: Festival of dedication, Cathedral Church of St Paul. Admission programme. 27 June [1964]. "The Emperor Constantine; a chronicle-history play" by Dorothy Sayers. Performed by Drama Christi players from the City Churches of Wellington. 1966: "J B", by Archibald MacLeish. [27 Aug 1966]. Wesley Hall, 75 Taranaki Street. Admission programme. 1968: "Thor with angels", by Christopher Fry. Wesley Church, 75 Taranaki Street. 7-9 June [1968]. Programme (2 copies) 1969: The moral play of "Everyman". Programme. 1970s: John Arden's "Business of good government", by John Arden. Mid-December [1970s?] Pamphlet. 1970: Drama Christi Revue 21. 11, 16-18 July 1970. Programme with a list of productions since the group began in 1949. 1970: Navidad Nuestra; a folk nativity. [Picture book of the Nativity story]. (2 copies) 1971: "Antigone", adapted from the play by Sophocles. 30-31 July, 1, 5-7 August; New Plymouth 14 August 1971. Programme. 1972: Navidad Nuestra; a folk nativity dance. [Picture book of the Nativity story]. Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 15-22 December 1972. Programme 1977: "Mass for the theatre". Music by Leonard Bernstein. 24 June - 3 July [1977?] - modern dance and mime. Wesley Church [Taranaki Street, Wellington]. Programme (2 copies)l and flier for pre-conference performance, 31 October. 1978: "The skin of our teeth", by Thornton Wilder. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 75 Taranaki Street. 4-13 August [1978]. Programme. 1982: "Whanautanga". Flier [1982?] 1983: "Song of the people" a dance drama based on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, to music composed by Mikis Theodorakis. Wesley Church, 75 Taranaki Street. 11 December [1983]. Flier. 1986: "Reynard the Fox". Wesley Church Taranaki Street. 12 December 1986. Flier (2 copies) 1997: "You can't take it with you; a screwball comedy by Hart & Kaufman. Director Roger Olsson. Drama Christi Studio, 3-12 October 1997. Programme 1998: "Heaven can wait", by Harry Segall. 75 Taranaki Street. 5-13 September 1998. Flier. Drama Christi was established in 1949. Quantity: 15 programmes / fliers. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1941

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1941

Description: Includes: Newsletter and announcement of postponement of annual general meeting. "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25-29 November 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Berkeley Square", by John L Balderston with J C Squire. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Grand Opera House Wellington. 12-15 May 1941. Programme (2 copies) "Busman's honeymoon", by Dorothy L Sayers and M St Clare Byrne. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 18-22 March 1941. Programme (2 copies) "End of summer", by S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber 1-5 July 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Indoor fireworks", a farcical comedy in three acts by Arthur Macrae. Produced by Mrs Elsie Lloyd. St Francis Hall, 14 November 1941. Programme (blue) (2 copies) "Indoor fireworks", a farcical comedy in three acts by Arthur Macrae. Produced by Mrs Elsie Lloyd. Entire proceeds to RSA Premises Appeal and Navy League (Wellington Branch). 10-12 December 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Jupiter laughs", by A J Cronin. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 21-25 October 1941. Programme (2 copies). "The light of the heart", by Emlyn Williams. Produced by G H A Swan and Mrs Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 9-13 September 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Nine till six", by Philip and Aimee Stuart. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-20 September 1941. Programme (2 copies). Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) theatre programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1989

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-DC-1900s

Description: Includes: 1960s?: "The zeal of thy house", by Dorothy Sayers, presented by Wesley Drama Christi. Saturday March 4 [1960s?]. Programme (2 copies) 1969 or 1975?: Peter Ustinov's "The unknown soldier and his wife", presented by Drama Christi in Drama Christi Studio, 25-27 July, 1-3 August [1969 or 1975]. Programme (2 copies) 1975: "Business of good government", by John Arden. Wesley Church, 12-14 December [1975]. Flyer only 1975: "Downtown Minestrone", Drama Christi's irreligious, religious, libellous, satirical scandalous revue. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 17-19 October [1975]. Programme / flyer 1976: "Pilgrim"; his death-defying progress from the city of destruction to the city of gold. Presented by Drama Christi sponsored by M.E.D. in the Dell of Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 20-28 March [1976]. Flyer (2 copies) 1976?: "Johnson over Jordan", by J B Priestley. Drama Christi Studio, 24-26 September, 1-3 October [1976?]. Flyer (2 copies) 1976/1977?: You are invited to meet "Androcles and the lion" at Drama Christi Studio, 30 July - 4 August [1976/77?]. Flyer (2 copies) 1978: "Mass for the Theatre". The tensions of a modern city - torn between scepticism and hope. Modern dance and mime by Drama Christi of Wellington. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Wellington Wesley Church 18-19 March; Wanganui Trinity Church 1 April; Hawera Memorial Theatre 2 April; St James Church Hutt City 8 April [1978]. Flyer 1978: "The skin of our teeth", by Thornton Wilder. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 4-6, 11-13 August [1978]. Flyer 1978: "The world turned upside down", by Clive Sansom. Presented by Drama Christi, 10 December [1978]. Flyer 1981: "The business of good government", by John Arden; a Christmas play with a difference. Wesley Church Taranaki Street, 11 and 13 December; Presbyterian Church Island Bay 13 December [1981]. Flyer only 1981: The Daniel Jazz and captain Noah and His Floating Zoo, presented by Drama Christi in the Dell, Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 1-8 March [1981]. Michael Flander's [sic] sparkling words set to rollicking music by Joseph Horovitz. Flyer (2 copies) 1982: "A Midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 6-8, 13-15 August [1982]. Flyer only 1982: "Whanautanga"; presented by Maori, Pakeha, Samoan, Tongan and Fijian groups of Drama Christi, in the Dell of the Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 14-21 March [1982]. Flier (2 copies) 1983: "Lady Precious Stream", by S I Hsiung. A light hearted melodrama of ancient China. Drama Christi Studio, 75 Taranaki Street, 12-21 August [1983]. Programme and flyer 1985: Shakespeare's "The winter's tale". Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 9-18 August 1985. Flier only (2 copies) 1986: "The fire raisers", by Max Frisch. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 19-28 September 1986. Flyer only (2 copies) Drama Christi was established in 1949. Quantity: 16 programmes / fliers. Physical Description: Photocopies and offset prints on programmes and flyers, sizes below 340 mm.