Thomas, Brandon, 1856-1914

Date: 1955

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1955

Description: Includes: "The burning glass". by Charles Morgan. Produced by Patric Carey. Grand Opera House, 28 March - 2 April 1955. Programme (2 copies) "Charley's aunt", by Brandon Thomas. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Grand Opera House. 9-16 July 1955. Programme (2 copies) "Colombe", by Jean Anouilh (version by Denis Cannan). Produced by Lynda Hastings. Concert Chamber 23-26 February 1955. Programme. (2 copies) "The cure for love", by Walter Greenwood. Produced by Davina Whitehouse. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 7-10 September 1955. Programme (2 copies) "Dream girl", by Elmer Rice. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. [Grand Opera House, August 1955]. Programme (2 copies) "Jack and the beanstalk"; Repertory's Christmas pantomime 1955. Directed by Cedric Gardiner; musical director Fanny McDonald. Grand Opera House. 3-17 December 1955. Programme (2 copies) "The rivals", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Ralph Hogg. Grand Opera House Wellington. 14-21 May 1955. Programme (2 copies). "The white carnation", by R C Sherriff. Directed by Ernest le Grove. Grand Opera House. 8-15 October 1955. Programme (2 copies). "The young and fair", by J Richard Nash. Produced by Francis M Renner. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 20-23 April 1955. Programme (2 copies). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1977 - 1979

By: Fortune Theatre (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-FORTUNE

Description: Includes: 197_?: Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Tony Richardson. Programme with photographs of company members (Tony Richardson - director, Iain Aitken - designer, Peter Drake - associate director, Margaret Blay, Paul Gittins, Caroline Claver, Pamela Pow, Brian NcNeill, Sylvia Rands, Arthur Ranford, Peter Verstappen, Aline Sandilands - administration and publicity, Tony Rabbitt technical director, Anne Coombs - graphic and wardrobe, Gillian Bailey - stage management, Peter Williams - technician, Alistair Robertson - stage management, Ian Norton - set construction) 1977: Newsletter 1977. Booking form for "The bed before yesterday", "Sweeney Todd", "What the butler saw" (2 copies) "The bed before yesterday", by Ben Travers. Produced by Richard Barker. 21 November - 10 December [1977]. Programme (2 copies) "Female transport", by Steve Gooch. Directed by Alex Gilchrist. 19 March - 2 April [1977]. Programme "The glass menagerie", by Tennessee Williams. With Louise Petherbridge. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. 2-16 July [1977]. Programme "Glide time", by Roger Hall. Directed by Derek Wooster. [1977] Programme. "Private lives", by Noel Coward. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. 23 April - 14 May [1977]. Programme "Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet St", by Mr George Dibdin Pitt. Directed by Mr Hutchinson. 13 December [1977] - 14 January [1978]. Programme 1978: "What the butler saw", by Joe Orton. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. 21 January - 11 February [1978]. Programme. 1979: Newsletter July 1979 including advertisement for "You're a good man, Charlie Brown", 21 July - 12 August [1979]. Flier (2 copies) "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Peter Drake. [June 1979?] Programme (2 copies) "Charley's aunt", by Brandon Thomas. Directed by Alex Gilchrist. [1979]. Programme "Crown matrimonial", by Royce Ryton. Directed by Alex Gilchrist. [September 1979]. Programme (2 copies) "Dear Liar", by Jerome Kilty. (With John McKelvey and Marijke Mann). Directed by Patrick Libby. [1979]. Programme (2 copies) "Free as a bird", by Jenny Dodge. Directed by Peter Drake. World premiere. [1979]. Programme / flier (2 copies) "Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Alex Gilchrist. [25 July - 11 August 1979]. Programme (2 copies) Schiller's "Mary Stuart", adapted by Stephen Spender. Directed by Murray Hutchinson [1979]. Programme (2 copies) "My fat friend", by Charles Laurence. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. [1979]. Programme / flier (2 copies) "Sherlock Holmes", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. [1979]. Programme "Sweet nothin's", devised and written by Janet Findlay and Cathy Downes. (With Kim McGovack, Janet Findlay, Eli Gray-Smith, Murray Hutchinson, Mike Parminter [Parmenter]) [1979]. Programme / flier "The Winnie the Pooh Show", adapted by Murray Hutchinson from the stories of A A Milne. Directed by Murray Hutchinson. [1979]. Programme / flier. 1988: "After the crash", by Roger Hall. Directed by Campbell Thomas. Fortune Theatre, 1 July - 6 August 1988. Programme (autographed by Roger Hall) and flier. Quantity: 25 programmes. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying Provenance: One programme donated by Joanna Newman, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1985

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1985

Description: Includes: Pamphlet "Happy 21 birthday Downstage" "Charley's aunt" by Brandon Thomas. Directed by Phillip Mann. 6 December 1985. Programme (2 copies) "The cherry orchard", by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Colin McColl. 25 October 1985. Programme (2 copies) and promotional flier (2 copies) "Foreskin's lament", by Greg McGee. Directed by Colin McColl and Ellie Smith. September 1984. Programme (2 copies) "Happy End", by Kurt Weill and Bertoldt Brecht. Directed by Phillip Mann. 10-18 April 1985. Programme (2 copies) and song list (2 copies), plus $100 note from the Bank of Happy End "Happy end", and "The life of Galileo". Promotional flier (2 copies) "The life of Galileo", by Bertolt Brecht, transl Howard Brenton. Directed by Phillip Mann. 10 April 1985. Programme (2 copies) "One for the road", by Harold Pinter. Directed by Ellie Smith. Presented by Downstage Theatre and Amnesty International [1985]. Promotional flier/programme (2 copies). "Steaming", by Nell Dunn. Directed by Colin McColl. 12 July 1985. Programme (2 copies), and flyer (2 copies) "We can't pay; we won't pay", by Dario Fo. Directed by David Groves. 18 January 1985. Programme (2 copies), and flyer Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets sizes varying below 250 mm. Provenance: Most programmes donated by Downstage Theatre.

Date: 1914

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1914

Description: Includes: William Anderson's Great American Musical Burlesque Co. "A day at the races". Grand Opera House Wellington. 11 April 1914. Programme. William Anderson's Great American Musical Burlesque Co. "The grafters"; and "Dream City" (23 April). Grand Opera House Wellington. 11 April 1914. Programme. William Anderson presents the American Musical Burlesque Company in "Dream City". Country tour. 1914. Programme. Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "David Garrick", by Tom Robertson. Preceded by "The man in the street", by Louis N Parker. Grand Opera House Wellington commencing 12 September 1914. Programme Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "Fanny's first play". Presented by Beaumont Smith. Grand Opera House Wellington. Programme [copies for 19 & 21 September and for 30 September 1914]. Programme. Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget present "The gay Lord Quex", by Sir Arthur Pinero. Grand Opera House Wellington. 22-23 September 1914. Programme Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "The great adventure", by Arnold Bennett. Presented by Beaumont Smith. Grand Opera House Wellington. 25 September 1914. Programme. (2 copies) Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "His house in order", by Sir Arthur Pinero. Presented by Beaumont Smith. Grand Opera House Wellington. 12 September 1914. Programme. (3 copies - red, green, yellow covers) Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "The school for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Presented by Beaumont Smith. Grand Opera House Wellington. 26 September 1914. Programme. Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "Sweet lavender", by Arthur Pinero. Grand Opera House Wellington. 28-29 September 1914. Programme (2 copies) Mr Hugh Buckler and Miss Violet Paget in "The school for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Preceded by "Sweet lavender", by Arthur Pinero. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 12 September 1914. programme Joseph Coyne in "Nightie night", by Martha M Stanley and Adelaide Matthews. Wellington n.d. Fragmentary programme. Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "Monsieur Beaucaire", by Henry Booth Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 26 December 1914. Programme Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "A royal divorce"; with "The Scarlet Pimpernel". Opera House Wellington. 26 December 1914. Programme. (4 copies - 2 red, one yellow, one cream cover). Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "The scarlet pimpernel"; preceded by "The sign of the cross". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 26 December 1914. Programme Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "The sign of the Cross", by Wilson Barrett. Preceded by "The silver king". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 26 December 1914. Programme Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "The silver king", by Henry A Jones and Henry Herman. Preceded by "Monsieur Beaucaire". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 26 December 1914. Programme Julius Knight and Irene Browne. "The sign of the Cross", by Wilson Barrett. Municipal Theatre Napier. 25 November 1914. Programme. (2 copies) Mr and Mrs Graham Moffat in "Bunty pulls the strings", by Graham Moffat. Grand Opera House Wellington. 24-28 October 1914. Programme. (2 copies) Mr and Mrs Graham Moffat in "Bunty pulls the strings", by Graham Moffat. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 9 December 1914. Programme New Zealand Natives' Association (Dramatic section) presenting Brandon Thomas's world-famed comedy "Charley's aunt". Grand Opera House Wellington, 1-3 June 1914. Programme Fred Niblo and Josephine Cohan, with J C Williamson's Company of Comedians. "The fortune hunter", by Winchell Smith. Grand Opera House Wellington. 6 August 1914. Programme (3 copies, one white, one green, one blue) Fred Niblo and Josephine Cohan with J C Williamson's Company of Comedians. "Never say die", by W H Post and William Collier. Grand Opera House Wellington. 6 August 1914. Programme. Fred Niblo and Josephine Cohan with J C Williamson's Company of Comedians. "Officer 666", by Augustin McHugh. Proceded by "The fortune hunter". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 6 August 1914 . Programme Ellen Terry. Discourses on Shakespeare's heroines. Town Hall Auckland, 11 and 13 June [1914]. Programme (Fragile - in white envelope) Ellen Terry. "Two discourses of Shakespeare with illustrative acting". Presented by the London Entertainments Syndicate. Grand Opera House Wellington. 18-19 June 1914. Programme. Mr Alexander Watson, in excerpts from "The Merchant of Venice" 6 August 1914; "A Christmas Carol" 7 August 1914; "Macbeth" 8 August 1914. Carlyle Sm Smythe, Celebrities Direction. [1914]. Flier/ programme. J C Williamson Ltd presents Charles A Millward and William Harrigan, together with Gertrude Boswell, Sylvia Bremer, Arthur Styan, George Bryant and Maggie Moore, in "Ready money", by James Montgomery; and, "The Argyle case", by Harriet Ford and Harvey J O'Higgins. Grand Opera House Wellington. 24 August 1914. Programme (2 copies) George Willoughby's New Dramatic Co. "The bad girl of the family", by Frederick Melville. Grand Opera House Wellington. 13 May 1914. Programme. George Willoughby presents the Powerful Dramatic Combination. "The beggar girl's wedding". Grand Opera House Wellington. 16 February 1914. Programme (2 copies) George Willoughby's Dramatic Co. "The ever open door", by George R Sim and H H Herbert. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 18 January 1914. Programme George Willoughby's New Dramatic Co. "At Cripple Creek", by Hal Reid. Preceded by "For the term of his natural life". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 13 May 1914. Programme George Willoughby's New Dramatic Co. "For the term of his natural life". Preceded by "The bad girl of the family". Grand Opera House Wellington. 13 May 1914. Programme (2 copies) George Willoughby's New Dramatic Co. "Uncle Tom's cabin". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 13 May 1914. Programme George Willoughby's New Dramatic Co. "Under two flags", by Ouida, produced by George Cross. Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 19 January 1914. Programme (2 copies) George Willoughby, Ltd present the Powerful Dramatic Combination. "No mother to guide her". Grand Opera House Wellington. 16 February 1914. Programme (2 copies) George Willoughby Ltd and E J Carroll present "The rosary", by Edward E Rose. Grand Opera House Wellington. 26 June 1914. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 37 theatre programmes and flyers plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-A-COURT-1984

Description: Includes programmes or fliers for: "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Yvette Bromley. 17 July 1984. Programme "Bent", by Martin Sherman. Directed by Elric Hooper. Court Studio, 30 October 1984. Programme. "Can't pay, won't pay", by Dario Fo. Directed by Alison Quigan. Court Studio, 21 July 1984. Programme. "Charley's Aunt", by Brandon Thomas. Directed by Elric Hooper. Court Theatre, 8 December 1984. Programme (2 copies) "The cherry orchard", by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Elric Hooper. Court Theatre, 29 September 1984. Programme (2 copies) and pamphlet (Court cues, October-November 1984). The Court Theatre presents Circa. "Conversations with a fainthearted feminist", by Jill Tweedie & Heather Lindsay. Directed by Susan Wilson. Court Studio, 25 August - 8 September 1984. Programme "84 Charing Cross Rd", by Helene Hanff. Directed by Jonathan Elsom. Court Theatre, 5 May 1984. Programme (2 copies) "Footrot Flats", by Murray Ball, adapted by Roger Hall, A K Grant and Philip Norman. Directed by Elric Hooper. Court Theatre 1984. Programme. "A man for all seasons", by Robert Bolt. Directed by Murree Hutchinson. Court Theatre, 24 March 1984. Programme (2 copies) "'Night, Mother", by Marsha Norman. Directed by Elizabeth O'Connor. Court Studio, 16 June 1984. Programme (2 copies) "The perfectionist", by David Williamson, directed by Elizabeth O'Connor. Court Studio, 12 May 1984. Programme. "The real thing", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Aileen O'Sullivan. Court Theatre, 9 June 1984. Programme (2 copies) "The threepenny opera", by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Directed by Elric Hooper. Court Theatre, 18 August 1984. Programme "True west", by Sam Shepard. Directed by Elizabeth O'Connor. Court Theatre, 25 September 1984. Programme. "Wednesday to come", by Renee. Directed by Alex Gilchrist. Court Theatre, 3 November 1984. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 15 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes around 210 mm.

Date: 1972

Reference: Eph-A-MERCURY-1972

Description: Includes: "Charley's aunt", by Brandon Thomas. Produced by Raymond Hawthorne; designed by Russell Craig. Mercury, 26 January 1972. Programme (2 copies) "Conduct unbecoming", by Barry England. Produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John S Roberts. Mercury Theatre, 12 April 1972. Programme "Guys and dolls", based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon. Produced by Anthony Richardson; musical direction Robert Alderton. Mercury Theatre, 22 November 1972. Programme (2 copies) Mercury Theatre presents "Kean" at His Majesty's; an Auckland Festival production. (With Ewen Solon as Kean; Gareth Farr as "A boy"). Produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John S Robert; music and sound by Robert Alderton; Othello stage design by Russell Craig. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 13 May 1972. Programme (2 copies) The University of New South Wales Drama Foundation presents the Old Tote Theatre Company in "The legend of King O'Malley", by Michael Boddy and Robert Ellis. Director Robin Lovejoy. An Auckland Festival attraction. Mercury Theatre Auckland. Programme "Love's labours lost", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Anthony Richardson; designed by John Roberts; original music Robert Alderton. Mercury Theatre, 5 July 1972. Programme (2 copies) "Lulu"; Peter Barnes' adaptation of "Earth spirit" and "Pandora's box", by Frank Wedekind, translated by Charlotte Beck. Produced by Ian Mune; design by Russell Craig. With Paddy Glynn as Lulu. Mercury Theatre, 25 October 1972. Programme (2 copies) "Macrune's Guevara", as realised by Edward Hotel by John Spurling, with Tony Blackett as Edward Hotel, David Weatherley as MacRune, and Raymond Hawthorne as Che Guevara. Directed by Don Farr; designed by John S Roberts. Music composed or arranged by Robert Alderton. Mercury Theatre, 23 February 1972. Programme "A man for all seasons", by Robert Bolt. Produced by Roy Hope. Setting designed by John S Roberts, costumes by Russell Craig; dance arranged by Basil Pattison (With photo and biographical notes about Paul Minifie). Mercury Theatre, 15 March 1972. Programme (2 copies) "The skin of our teeth", by Thornton Wilder. Produced by Raymond Hawthorne (With photo and biographical notes about Paddy Glynn). Mercury Theatre, 7 June 1972. Programme (2 copies) "There's a leek in your hat!" By Don Farr; music by Robert Alderton; dance by Basil Pattison. World premiere, Mercury Theatre, 4 October 1972. Programme (2 copies) "Threepenny opera", by Brecht and Weill. Produced by Anthony Richardson and Basil Pattison; musical direction Robert Alderton. (With photo and biographical information about Myra de Groot). Mercury Theatre, [1972]. Programme (2 copies) "Tom Tom and the happy army", by Jan Farr. Music composed by Robert Alderton. Directed by Don Farr; designs by Russell Craig; musical direction by Robert Alderton. Mercury Theatre, 29 August 1972. Flier / programme "You never can tell", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Raymond Hawthorne; design by Russell Craig. Mercury Theatre, [1972]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to octavo.