Solon, Ewen, 1917-1985

Date: 1979

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1979

Description: Includes programmes for: "Bedroom farce". Royal Lyceum Theatre Company edinburgh, 17 October - 3 November 1979. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Canaries sometimes sing". Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 13 February - 3 March 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Canaries sometimes sing". Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, 12 March 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Canaries sometimes sing". Grand Theatre Wolverhampton, 2 April 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Canaries sometimes sing". Theatre Royal Nottingham, 25 June 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Canaries sometimes sing". Kings Theatre Southsea, 2 July 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Canaries sometimes sing". Richmond Theatre. 26 March 1979. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "The crucifer of blood". Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1979. Programme (3 copies, two for March and one for June 1979) (Denis Lill) "Filumena". Lyric Theatre London. June 1979 (first performed 2 November 1977). Programme (Felicity Steel) "Funny peculiar". Theatre Royal Nottingham, 27 August 1979. Programme (Roy Patrick, director) "Funny peculiar". Wyvern Theatre and Arts Centre Swindon, 18 June 1979. Programme (Roy Patrick, producer) "Jet set". Theatre Royal Brighton, 1979. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Jet set". Theatre Royal Windsor, 9-27 October 1979. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Lovers and kings". Theatre Royal Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Feb-April 1979. Programme (Lisa Harrow) "Middle-age spread". Alexander Theatre Birmingham, 24 September 1979. Programme (Roger Hall) "Middle age spread", by Roger Hall. Lyric Theatre London. 17 October 1979. Programme. "On approval". Theatre Royal Windsor, 5-23 June 1979. Programme (Jonathan Elsom) (2 copies) "Portrait of Dora", by Helene Cixous. Theatre at New End, Hampstead, [1979]. Programme (Terence Bayler) "The primary English class", by Israel Horovitz. Richmond Fringe Theatre at the Orange Tree. [1979]. Programme (Graeme Eton) Quantity: 20 programmmes. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by the Theatre Museum, London, in 2003; some purchased from Louise Grant, dealer London, in 2003-2017.

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1984

Description: Includes programmes for: "The chalk garden". Richmond Theatre, 17-22 September 1984. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "The chalk garden". Theatre Royal Brighton, 15-20 October 1984. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "The chalk garden". Theatre Royal Glasgow, 5 November 1984. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "David & Jonathan". Redgrave Theatre Farnham, 12-30 June 1984. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "A day in the death of Joe Egg". Leicester Haymarket Theatre, opening 5 September 1984. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "Eve". Lyric Studio, 19 January - 18 February 1984. Programme (Matt Mckenzie, sound design) "The heiress". Palace Theatre Centre, 17 October - 3 November [1984]. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "The mousetrap". St Martin's Theatre, January 1984. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Multiple choice", by Roger Hall. Richmond Theatre, 5-10 November 1984. Programme (Roger Hall) "Present laughter", by Noel Coward. Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 2-26 May 1984. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Relative strangers". Ashcroft Theatre, 25 January - 4 February 1984. Programme (Ruth Mayo) "Rents". Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, 2 February - 10 March 1984. Programme (Matt Mckenzie, sound design) Quantity: 12 programmmes. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1983

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1983

Description: Includes programmes for: "The bed before yesterday". Plymouth Theatre Royal Company, 21 April - 7 May 1983. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Beyond here are monsters". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 7 November - 3 December 1983. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Confusions". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 27 July - 13 August 1983. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Dirty linen". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 6-23 July 1983. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Foxtrot". Theatre Royal Brighton, 25-30 April 1983. Programme (Terence Bayler) "Happy family". Duke of York's Theatre London. 26 July 1983. Programme (James Laurenson) "It could be any one of us". Scarborough Theatre Trust, 5 October 1983. Programme (Graeme Eton) "Lent". Lyric Studio Hammersmith, 24 February - 26 March [1983]. programme (John Otto - designer) "Much ado about nothing". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 28 September - 22 October 1983. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Nightcap". Ashcroft Theatre, 5-17 September 1983. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Nightcap". Theatre Royal Nottingham, 19 September 1983. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Nightcap". Theatre Royal Bath, 8-20 August 1983. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "The rivals". Beck Theatre, 25-30 April 1983. Programme (Anna Ziman) "Salonika". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 17-27 Augut 1983. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "The school for scandal". Churchill Theatre, 21 November - 10 December 1983. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "The sleeping prince". Theatre Royal Haymarket. 24 November 1983. Programme (Donald Lawson Ross - accordionist) "The table of the two horsemen". Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal. 9 March - 2 April 1983. Programme (Simon Cutter) "Tom Jones". Leeds Playhouse, 17 February 1983. Programme (Roderick Horn) Quantity: 18 programmmes. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased from Louise Grant, London, in 2003 and 2004, others donated by the Theatre Museum London.

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1981

Description: Includes programmes for: "The best man". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 25 March - 11 April 1981. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Britannicus". Lyric Studio, 21 May - 27 June 1981. Programme (Matt McKenzie, sound design) "The cherry orchard". Alexander Theatre Birmingham, 21-28 August 1981. Programme (Denis Lill) "Dandy Dick". Theatre Royal Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 Septmber 1981. Programme (Denis Lill) "The devil's disciple". Theatre Royal Brighton, 13 July 1981. Programme (Denis Lill) "The devil's disciple". Theatre Royal Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 18-22 September 1981. Programme (Denis Lill) "Hamlet". Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, October 1981. Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Having a ball! (Private practices)". Hammersmith Lyric Theatre. 4June - 4 July [1981?]. Programme (Pam Ferris) (2 copies) "Journey's end". Churchill Theatre / Bromley, 18 November - 5 December 1981. Programme (Ewen Solon) Te Wahapu Company in "Leaving home". New Zealand House, 26-27 August; Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, 1-5 September [1981]. Programme (Barbara Ewing, Martyn Sanderson, Hemi Rapata, Ronnie Letham, Rory Dempster, Mark Squires, Timoti Karetu, Stephen Mawditt, Julie Thompson) (2 copies) "Life and times of Nicholas Nickleby". Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, May 1981. Programme (Roderick Horn) "Macbeth". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 11-28 February 1981. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Mary Rose". Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 15 April - 2 May 1981. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Middle age spread", by Roger Hall. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 4-23 May 1981. Programme. "Middle age spread", by Roger Hall. Empire Theatre Liverpool, 13-20 July 1981. Programme (Roger Hall) "Murder in mind". Richmond Theatre, 28 September 1981. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Murder in mind". Ashcroft Theatre, 12-24 October 1981. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "No more sitting on the old school bench". Crucible Theatre, 1981. Programme (Pam Ferris) "Richard III". Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, December 1981. Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Season's greetings". Scarborough Theatre Trust, 20 May 1981. Programme (Graeme Eton) "Suburban strains". The Round House Scarborough. [1981] Programme (Graeme Eton) (2 copies) "The suicide". Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre. 1981. Programme (Roderick Horn) "Ten little Indians". Churchill Theatre Bromley, 15 April - 9 May 1981. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Troilus and Cressida". Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, August 1981. Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Way upstream". Scarborough Theatre Trust, 2 October 1981. Programme (Graeme Eton) "You should see us now". Scarborough Theatre Trust, 12 August 1981. Programme (Graeme Eton) Quantity: 26 programmmes. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes purchased from Louise Grant Theatre Programmes, Middlesex, in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Date: 1950 - 1954

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1950/1954

Description: 1950s: "The wind and the rain". Rugby Theatre, [1950s?] Programme (Merton Hodge, playwright) 1950: "Surfeit of lampreys", by Ngaio Marsh. Embassy Theatre [1950]. Programme (Ngaio Marsh, author) 1951: "King Henry the Fourth Part I". Memorial Theatre Stratford Upon Avon, 1951. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) "King Henry the Fourth Part II". Memorial Theatre Stratford Upon Avon, 1951. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) "The second Mrs Tanqueray". Coliseum Theatre Harrow. [13 March 1951]. Programme (Marie Ney) 1952: "The circle". Nottingham Playhouse, 25 February 1952. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Johnny Belinda". Marlowe Theatre commencing 27 October [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "A lady mislaid". Marlowe Theatre commencing 1 December [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "The mousetrap". Ambassadors Theatre London. [1952?] Programme (No New Zealand connection) "The perfect woman". Marlowe Theatre commencing 3 November [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "Random harvest". Marlowe Theatre commencing 17 November [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "Ring round the moon". Marlowe Theatre commencing 20 October [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "The seventh veil". Marlowe Theatre commencing 6 October [1952]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) 1953: "Ambrose Applejohn's adventure". Marlowe Theatre commencing 13 January [1953]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "Born yesterday". Ipswich Theatre, [June? 1953]. Programme (Clive Revill) "The boy David", by Sir J M Barrie. Nottingham Playhouse, 2 March 1953. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Dead secret". Marlowe Theatre commencing 16 March [1953]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "Jupiter laughs". Marlowe Theatre commencing 2 March [1953]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "Murder without crime". Marlowe Theatre commencing 19 January [1953]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "The white sheep of the family". Marlowe Theatre commencing 9 March [1953]. Programme (Brigid Lenihan) "The orchard walls". St Martin's Theatre 1953. Programme (Colin Douglas) 1954: "Mr Bolfry". Ipswich Theatre, July? 1954. Programme (Clive Revill) "Right you are (if you think you are)", by Luigi Pirandello. Produced by Edward Burnham. City Literary Institute (London), 3-4 December 1954. Programme (Harry Baker, actor) "The road to ruin". Bristol Old Vic Company at Theatre Royal Bristol, 30 August 1954. Programme (Tom Kneebone) Quantity: 24 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1976

By: Campion, Edith, 1923-2007

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1976

Description: Includes programmes for: "Absurd person singular". Northampton Repertory Theatre, 25 August 1976. Programme (Alice Fraser) "Absurd person singular". Haymarket Theatre Leicester, 21 January - 14 February 1976. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Anastasia". Theatre Royal Brighton, 12 July 1976. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Banana ridge". Savoy Theatre London. 19 July 1976. Programme (Vivienne Martin) "Banana Ridge". Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 8 June - 3 July 1976. Programme (Vivienne Martin) "The chairman", by Philip Mackie. Globe Theatre, 10 March 1976. Programme (Barrie Cookson) "Comedians", performed by the Nottingham Playhouse. Wyndham Theatre. February 1976. Programme (donor Edith Campion) "The country wife". Arts Theatre Cambridge, 6-10 April 1976. Programme (Vivienne Martin) "Dirty linen" & "New-Found Land", presented by Ambiance Ltd. Arts Theatre London. 1976. Programme (2 copies of plain version, 1 copy with the sticker "American Revolution Bicentennial designated event" printed on front cover) (Jonathan Elsom) "Equus". National Theatre Production at Albery Theatre. Programme (2 copies, one donated by Edith Campion, otherwise New Zealand connection unknown) "Ivanov". Royal Shakespeare Company. Aldwych Theatre 1976. Programme (donated by Edith Campion, otherwise New Zealand connection unknown) "Midsummer nights dream". Phoenix Theatre Company 1976. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "The Norman conquests", by Alan Ayckbourn. Haymarket Theatre Leicester, 1 September - 9 October 1976. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Old flames". Arts Theatre Club London, [February 1976]. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "Otherwise engaged". Comedy Theatre London, 4 October 1976. Programme (Douglas Nottage) "The provok'd wife". Thorndike Theatre, 23 March - 10 April 1976. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Royal hunt of the sun", by Peter Shaffer. Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 3-20 November 1976. Programme (Michael Cotterill) Shakespeare at St Georges. Pamphlet (donor Edith Campion) "She stoops to conquer". Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 3-20 November 1976. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "There goes the bride". Theatre Royal Brighton, 23 February 1976. Programme (Ewen Solon) Sophocles: the Theban plays. "Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Colonus", "Antigone". Haymarket Theatre Leicester, 13 October - 6 November 1976. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Twelfth night". Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 6-23 October 1976. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "Underarm bowling", by Henry Woolf. Theatre at New End, 22 October 1976. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Very good Eddie". Piccadilly Theatre 23 March 1976. Programme (Peter Sutherland) "Wild oats". Aldwych Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company. 9 December 1976. Programme (Lisa Harrow) "Yahoo". Queen's Theatre 1976. Programme (Edith Campion donation, otherwise New Zealand connection unknown) Quantity: 26 programmmes. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by the Theatre Museum, London, in 2003 and 2005, and some purchased from Louise Grant in 2003 and 2004.

Date: 1855 - 1925 - 1983 - 1857 - 1975 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-GB-1800/1999

Description: Includes promotional cards for Mr Copping (no New Zealand connection known): 1855: Royal Grecian, City Road (Proprietor B O Conquest). Mr Copping's annual benefit. Thursday March 22, 1855. (With portrait of Mr Copping) Great National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch (Proprietor Mr John Douglass). For the benefit of Mr Copping, Thursday March 19, 1857. Sixpenny ticket for pit. Includes programmes for: 1925: Nottingham Empire. Moss Empires Ltd. Variety programme 4 May 1925. Programme (Joe Brennan, "the New Zealand comedian") 1926: The Victoria Palace. Miss Clarice Mayne, Wilkie Bard, The Victoria Girls, Gillie Potter, The Dawn Sisters, the Flying Winskills, Louie Louise. 29 March 1926. Programme (No known NZ connection) 1927: "Shake your feet". London Hippodrome, 20 July 1927. Programme 1931: Al-Wright's screaming comedy Circus. Her Majesty's Theatre Walsall, 6 April 1931. Programme (Barnes & O'Donnell, New Zealand's acrobatic comedians) 1933: Coliseum programme, commencing Monday February 27th, 1933. Programme (Keith Wilbur as "Just a New Zealander") 1935: Birmingham Hippodrome programme, commencing 22 April 1935. Programme (Lance Fairfax) 1936: Charles B Cochran's 1936 revue "Follow the sun". Adelphi Theatre 1936. Programme (Lance Fairfax) "O-Kay for sound". London Palladium, 2 November 1936. Programme (Lance Fairfax) 1940: Palace of Varieties, County Theatre Reading. Programme (Keith Wilbur, international radio artiste in "Just a New Zealander") 1943: "Scotch & Splash". Aston Hippodrome Birmingham, 22 March 1943. Programme (Iris Day (Edmonds)) 1948: Chiswick Empire Theatre. Variety show presented by Bernard Delfont. 26 April 1948. Programme (Ewen Solon) 1951: "Bonsoir mesdames". Wood Green Empire, 17 September 1951. Programme (John Guest) "Bon Soir Mesdames". Empire Theatre Nottingham, 30 July 1951. Programme (John Guest) 1953: Palace Theatre Morecambe presents Heldy Claxton's "Gaytime". Souvenir programme (Valerie Gray and Arthur Downes) 1953 or 1959?: "Fun and the fair". London Palladium, Wednesday October 7th. Programme (John Hauxvell) 1954: "Light fantastic". King's Theatre Hammersmith. 22 July 1954. Programme (Phillipa Reid) 1955 or 1960?: "Ocean revue". Ocean Theatre, Clacton Pier, [1955?]. Programme (Peter Crago) 1956: Circus a la Moscow. Hippodrome, Derby, 21 May 1956. Programme (Roy Mack) 1958: "For amusement only". Theatre Royal Nottingham, 22 September 1958. Programme (Vivienne Martin) ca 1960?: "Cavalcade of Commonwealth", presented by the Joint Commonwealth Societies. Devised and directed by Richard Campion. London, ca 1960?. Programme (2 copies) (Other New Zealanders taking part were Diana Baxendale, Denise le Compte, Hilary Debden-Wilkins, Trilby Sandhan, Valerie Deakin, Michael Cotterill, Edith Campion, Anna and Jane Campion; stage director Kenneth Adams; also Margaret Leamey, Noeline Pritchard) 1960s: Jack Billing Ltd present "Summer spectacular". Pavilion Rhyl, 1960s? Programme (Peter Crago) 1963: "Round Leicester Square". Prince Charles Theatre, 28 April 1963. Programme (Vivienne Martin) 1964: "The good old days". Nottingham Playhouse, 30 March 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) 1967: City Variety Leeds. "The Latin Quarter peep show". Week commencing 10 April 1967. Programme (Tui Alba) "The Bouquets". The glamorous summer show. Esplanade Theatre Bognor Regis, 17 June 1967. Programme (2 copies) (Bette Gilmore) 1969: "Dick Whittington". Watford Palace Theatre, 20 December 1969 - 17 january 1970. programme (Jack Gunn) 1971: "A little of what you fancy". Hampstead Theatre Club, 16 August [1971]. Programme (Bette Gilmore, David O'Brien) 1973: "Mother Goose". Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House, 19 December 1973. Programme (Louise Pajo) 1974: Max Bygraves Show. Theatre Royal Nottingham, 5 October 1974. Programme (Denise Keene and Happy Tenana) Max Bygraves Show. Theatre Royal Nottingham, 11 May 1974. Programme (Denise Keene and Happy Tenana) Max Bygraves Show. Programme (Denise Keene and Happy Tenana) Paul Raymond's Royalty Folies [sic]. Royalty Theatre, London [1974]. Programme (Jack Gunn)(2 copies) 1983: "The two Ronnies". London Palladium, March 1983. Programme (Ed Fardell, sound designer) 1993: Players' Theatre presents Victorian Music Hall. Thorndike Theatre, 6-11 December 1993. Programme (Peter Sutherland) 1997: "Tales from the Triangle"; a weekend of stories and songs for adults and children. Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery, Fife. Programme (Mike Paterson) Quantity: 30 programmmes. 2 promotional cards. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by the Theatre Museum, London, in 2003; some purchased from Louise Grant, dealer London, in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017.

Date: 1964

From: [Theatre programmes for drama productions in Great Britain featuring New Zealand performers and producers. 1960s]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1964

Description: Includes: "All for love". Vanbrugh Theatre, May 1964. Programme (Kenneth Poitevin) "The bashful genius". Nottingham Theatre, 12 February 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) "Dead and alive". Theatre in the Round. Summer 1964. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "The golden rivet". Phoenix Theatre, [1964]. Programme (Ewen Solon - biographical notes and portrait) "Hay fever". Cambridge Arts Theatre, 28 September - 3 October 1964. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) Royal Shakespeare Company in "The Jew of Malta". Aldwych Theatre, 1964. Programme (Clive Revill) "King Henry the Fifth" and "The taming of the shrew". Open Air Theatre Regent's Park , 1964. Programme (Walter Brown) "Luther". Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, 2 June 1964. Programme (Jonathan Elsom) "Make me a widow". Golder's Green Hippodrome, 6 July 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) (2 copies) "The mayor of Zalamea". Nottingham Playhouse, 11 March 1964. Programme (Vivienne Martin) Royal Shakespeare Company in "The persecution and assassination of Marat...". Aldwych Theatre. London, 1964. Programme (Clive Revill) (2 copies) "Peter Pan". Wimbledon Theatre, commencing 24 February 1964. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Play", and "Philoctetes". National Theatre 1964. Programme (Sunny Amey, Bruce Purchase) Her Majesty's Theatre Haymarket. "The Right Honourable gentleman". 28 May 1964. Programme (Terence Bayler) "Sweet lavender". Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, 14-25 July 1964? Programme (Jonathan Elsom) "The tempest". Mermaid Theatre. 1964 Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Three sisters". Arts Theatre Cambridge, 4-9 May 1964. Programme (2 copies) (James Laurenson, Rosalind Atkinson) Quantity: 16 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1965

From: [Theatre programmes for drama productions in Great Britain featuring New Zealand performers and producers. 1960s]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1965

Description: Includes: "Antony and Cleopatra". Oxford Playhouse Company, October 1965. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "Charley's aunt". Sheffield Playhouse, 30 August 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) "Dear Wormwood". Golders Green Hippodrome, 11 October [1965]. Programme (Barbara Ewing) Bristol Old Vic Company. "Hamlet". 23 March 1965. Programme (Ewen Solon) Ludlow Festival Production of "Hamlet". Nottingham Playhouse, 27-31 July 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) Royal Shakespeare Company. "Hamlet". Aldwych Theatre. [1965]. Programme (James Laurenson) "An ideal husband". Derby Playhouse, 9-20 November 1965. Programme (Barbara Laurenson) "A kind of loving". Sheffield Playhouse, 16 November 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. "Milestones". 16-28 August [1965?] Programme (Bruce Purchase) "Old flames". Arts Theatre Club, 17-19 February 1965. Programme (Barbara Ewing) Oxford Playhouse, University Theatre. "The Parliament of women". May 1965. Programme (Elric Hooper) Theatre Royal Brighton. "Past imperfect". 1965. Programme (featuring Darryl Forbes). Sheffield Playhouse. "The tempest". 16 February - 13 March 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) Birmingham Repertory Theatre. "Treasure Island". 15 December [1965?]. Programme (Ewen Solon). "Uncle Vanya", by Anton Chekhov. Sheffield Playhouse, 27 April - 15 May 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) "Woman in a dressing gown". Derby Playhouse, 21 September - 2 October 1965. Programme (Barbara Laurenson) "You never can tell", by George Bernard Shaw. Sheffield Playhouse, 16 March - 3 April 1965. Programme (Roderick Horn) Quantity: 16 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 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.

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1977

Description: Includes programmes for: "Cause celebre", by Terence Rattigan. Her Majesty's Theatre London, 4 July 1977. Programme (Darryl Forbes-Dawson) "A delicate balance". Liverpool Playhouse Company. Liverpool Playhouse Upstairs, 25 January - 12 February 1977. Programme "The dragon variation". Duke of York's Theatre [October 1977]. Programme (Nyree Dawn Porter) "Ghosts". Liverpool Playhouse Upstairs, 27 September 1977. Programme (Michael Cotterill) "Jumpers". Liverpool Playhouse, 19 October 1977. Programme (Michael Cotterill) The sons of Oedipus". "Cue". Greenwich Theatre. February 1977. Programme and pamphlet (donor Edith Campion, otherwise New Zealand connection unknown) John Cairney. "One man's theatre". (Scottish actor married to a New Zealander). 1977. Programme. "Ten little Indians". Theatre Royal Brighton, 8 August 1977. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Ten little Indians". Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 22 August - 10 September 1977. Programme (Ewen Solon) "Wild oats". Royal Shakespeare Company. Aldwych Theatre. March 1977. Programme (Lisa Harrow) "Wild oats". Royal Shakespeare Company. Piccadilly Theatre. June 1977. Programme (Lisa Harrow) Quantity: 10 programmmes and one pamphlet. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by the Theatre Museum, London, in 2000; some purchased from Louise Grant in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2017.

Date: 1975

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1975

Description: Includes undated pamphlet promoting John Cairney, Scottish actor who later toured New Zealand and married Alannah O'Sullivan Includes programmes for: "The chairman". Thorndike Theatre, November 1975. Programme (Barrie Cookson) "The clandestine marriage". Savoy Theatre, Strand. 29 April 1975. Programme (Bridget Armstrong) "Don's party". Royal Court Theatre, 4 March 1975. Programme (Barbara Ewing, Ginette Macdonald) "The form", by N F Simpson; "Funeral games", by Joe Orton. King's Head Theatre Club, ca 1975. Programme (Graeme Eton) Royal Shakespeare Company in the Round House. Peter Brooks production of "The IK"; "Hamlet", "Man is man". January [ca 1975]. Pamphlet. (Donor Edith Campion) Kings Head Theatre Club production of "Kennedy's children". Arts Theatre Club. 1975. Programme (New Zealand connection unknown) "LLoyd George knew my father". Haymarket Theatre Leicester, 5 February - 1 March 1975. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Loot". Derby Playhouse, 1975. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "Miracle worker". Leicester Theatre, 1975. Programme (Darryl Kavann) "Move over Mrs Markham". Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-sea Esse, 21 January - 1 February 1975. programme (Michael Cotterill) "Old flames", by E A Whitehead. Arts Theatre Club, 28 October 1975. Programme (Barbara Ewing) "The price". New Theatre Hull, 11 August 1975. Programme (Ewen Solon) "The reluctant debutante". Playhouse Bournemouth. 13 October 1975. Programme (Alice Fraser) "The reluctant debutante". Theatre Royal Brighton, 22 September 1975. Programme (Alice Fraser) "The return of A J Raffles", by Graham Greene. Royal Shakespeare Company at Aldwych Theatre, 4 December 1975. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "Romeo & Jeannette". Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 25 February - 15 March 1975. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "Romeo & Jeannette". Richmond Theatre, 17 March 1975. Programme and flier (Gordon Gostelow) "Romeo and Juliet". Crucible Theatre, 29 October - 29 November 1975. Programme (Pam Ferris) Quantity: 18 programmmes. 1 pamphlet. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by the Theatre Museum, London, in 2003, some purchased from Louise Grant in 2003, 2004, 2009 and 2012.

Date: 1955 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-1955/1959

Description: 1955: "Julius Caesar". Edinburgh International Festival. Royal Lyceum Theatre, 21 August - 10 September 1955. Programme (Tom Kneebone) "Listen to the wind", by Angela Ainley Jeans. Arts Theatre Club, [December 1955?]. Programme (Clive Revill) "The merry wives of Windsor". Old Vic Company 1955. Programme (Tom Kneebone) "The merry wives of Windsor". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 12 July 1955. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) "Julius Caesar". Old Vic Company 1955. Programme. (Tom Kneebone) "The merchant of Venice". Bristol Old Vic Company. 1 March 1955. Programme (Tom Kneebone) "Blind alley". Theatre Royal, Bath [1955 or 1960]. Programme (Barrie Cookson) "The burning glass". Theatre Royal, Bath [1955 or 1960]. Programme (Barrie Cookson) "The winter's tale". Bristol Old Vic Company, 10 May 1955. Programme (Tom Kneebone) 1955 or 1960: Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "Friends and neighbours". 6 June 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "Fools rush in". 30 June 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "All for Mary". 14 July 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "The grass is greener". 4 August 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "They fly by twilight". 11 August 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "Running riot". 18 August 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "And suddenly it's spring". 8 September 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "The sound of murder". 15 September 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) Weston Super Mare Playhouse. Geoffrey Hewitson presents The Famous Players in "The tender trap". 22 September 1955 or 1960]. Programme (Marie Collette) 1956: "Hamlet". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, 10 April 1956. Programme (Clive Revill) "Love's labours lost". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, 3 July 1956. Programme (Clive Revill) "Othello". Old Vic Company 1956. Programme (Tom Kneebone) "Reluctant heroes". Leatherhead Theatre Club, 2 April 1956. programme (Barrie Cookson) 1957: "Julius Caesar". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, 28 May 1957. Programme (Clive Revill) "King John". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, 16 April 1957. Programme (Clive Revill) "Romanoff and Juliet". Ipswich Theatre. 1957. Programme (Kerry Jordan) Theatre in the Round. "The illusionists". Studio Theatre Club, 16 June 1957. Programme (Barrie Cookson) "The tempest". Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 13 August 1957. Programme (Clive Revill) "Time and again". Theatre Royal Brighton, 24 Dec 1957 - 11 January 1958. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "Titus Andronicus". Stoll Theatre, [1957]. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) "The wind and the rain", by Merton Hodge. Richmond Theatre, [August] 1957. Programme (Merton Hodge) 1958: Aldwych Theatre. "Brouhaha". 30 August 1958. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "The iceman cometh". Winter Garden Theatre Drury Lane, commencing 29 March 1958. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "No love lost'. New Theatre Hull, commencing 15 September 1958. Programme (Terence Bayler) 1959: "A glimpse of the sea". Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, commencing 10 November 1959. Programme (Gordon Gostelow) "Hamlet". Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Spring-Summer 1959. Programme (Terence Bayler) "The importance of being Earnest". Old Vic Company, from 13 October 1959. Programme (Rosalind Atkinson) "King Richard II", by William Shakespeare. Old Vic Company, 17 November 1959. Programme (Roderick Horn) "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. Pembroke Theatre in the Round, commencing 16 November 1959. Programme (Terence Bayler) Quantity: 36 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1972

From: NZBC Symphony Orchestra :[Programmes 1963-1974].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-NZBCSO-1972-2

Description: Includes: -1 July. Conductor John Matheson, soloist Sylvia Rosenberg. Wellington Town Hall, 1 July 1972. Programme (2 copies). -11 July. Family concert by the NZBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Matheson. Wellington Town Hall, 11 July 1972. Flyer (2 copies). -20 July. Conductor John Matheson, soloist David Galbraith. Dunedin Town Hall, 20 July 1972. Programme. -21 July. Conductor John Matheson, soloist Sylvia Rosenberg. Dunedin Town Hall, 21 July 1972. Programme. -12 August. Conductor Alex Lindsay, soloist Lorin Hollander. Wellington Town Hall, 12 August 1972. Programme (2 copies). -13 August. NZBC Orchestral Trainees. Conductor Ashley Heenan. Broadcasting House, Wellington, 13 August 1972. Programmme. -16 August. Conductor Alex Lindsay, soloist Lorin Hollander. Wellington Town Hall, 16 August 1972. Programme (2 copies). -9 September. Conductor Brian Priestman, soloists George Zukerman and Pauline Fitchett, narrator Ewen Solon. Wellington Town Hall, 9 September 1972. Programme (2 copies). -13 September. Conductor Brian Priestman, soloists Ladislav Jasek and Glynne Adams. Wellington Town Hall, 13 September 1972. Programme (2 copies). -30 September. Conductor Brian Priestman, soloist Rita Streich. Wellington Town Hall, 30 September 1972. Programme (2 copies). -9 & 12 December. Messiah. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, with the Orpheus Choir, soloists Heather Taylor, Lesley Thorpe, Ronald Dowd and Graeme Gorton. Wellington Town Hall, 9 & 12 December 1972. Flyer. -9 & 12 December. Messiah. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, with the Orpheus Choir, soloists Heather Taylor, Lesley Thorpe, Ronald Dowd and Graeme Gorton. Wellington Town Hall, 9 & 12 December 1972. Programme (2 copies). Other Titles - NZBC Symphony Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Quantity: 12 programmes and flyers. Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Acquired from various sources, including donations.

Date: 1953-1986

By: Fitchett, Pauline Elwy, 1933-; Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695; Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736; Ellis, Vivian John Herman, 1903-1996; Lara, Agustin, 1900-1970; Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979; Modugno, Domenico, 1928-; Scharfenberger, Werner, 1925-2001; Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880; Salkeld, Brian Hope, 1926-1995; Downes, Peter, 1928-2022; Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947; Dvorak, Antonin, 1841-1904; Marshall, Charles, 1857-1927; Reger, Max, 1873-1916; Head, Michael Dewar, 1900-1976; Freyer, August, 1803-1883; Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-; Rutter, John, 1945-; Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; Wolf, Hugo Filipp Jakob, 1860-1903; Durante, Francesco, 1684-1755; Caccini, Giulio, 1545?-1618; Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949; de Falla, Manuel, 1876-1946; Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897; Finzi, Gerald Raphael, 1901-1956; Sell, David Frank, 1930-2016; Wilf Jones Concert Orchestra; Moritz Monas Ensemble; Cheesman, Oswald Astley, 1913-1985; Averi, Peter Warwick, 1934-; Northern Singers; Knight, Linda, active 1986; Aurora Trio; Rae-Gerrard, Colleen Margaret, 1938-; Brain, June, active 1982; NZBC Symphony Orchestra; Priestman, Brian, 1927-; Lindsay, Alex Sylvester, 1919-1974; Solon, Ewen, 1917-1985; Till, Maurice, 1926-2011; McDonald, Judith Helen, 1937?-; Nielsen, Margaret Alison, 1933-2023; Mattos, Edward, active 1969; Orpheus Choir of Wellington; Wellington Regional Orchestra; Godfrey, Peter David Hensman, 1922-2017; Hannan, May, active 1976; Tipping, Simon, 1946-

Reference: MSCD-0013

Description: A set of three compact discs covering Fitchett's life as a soprano: (1) Variety, (2) classical and (3) Dies Natalis by Gerald Finzi Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Label: Marmalade Audio Other Titles - Hark the echoing air / by Purcell ; [performed by Pauline Price, soprano, with the Hutt Valley Memorial College Evening String Orchestra, conducted by David Sell] ; (1953) Other Titles - Danny boy / [performed by] Pauline Price] ; (1956) Other Titles - [Stabat Mater] Cuius animam gementum / by Pergolesi ; [performed by Pauline Price, Alice Graham, contralto, with the English Singers, accompanied by Maxwell Fernie, organ] ; (1960) Other Titles - This is my lovely day / by Vivian Ellis ; performed by Pauline Price, soprano, with Wilf Jones and his Concert Orchestra ; 1960 Other Titles - You belong to my heart / by Agustin Lara ; performed by Pauline Price with Wilf Jones and his Concert Orchestra ; (1960) Other Titles - Amor amor my love ; Latin American bolero / performed by Pauline Price, with Wilf Jones and his Concert Orchestra ; (1960) Other Titles - Theme / by Dimitri Tiomkin ; performed by Pauline Price, soprano, with Wilf Jones and his Concert Orchestra ; (1960) Other Titles - Volare / by Domenico Modugno ; [performed by] Pauline Price with the Moritz Monas Ensemble ; (1961) Other Titles - Seeman / by Scharfenberger ; [performed by Pauline Price with the Mortiz Monas Ensemble ; (1961) Other Titles - [La Vie Parisienne] Excerpts from Act 1 / performed by Pauline Price, soprano, with ? orchestra, conducted by Oswald Cheesman ; produced by Brian Salkeld ; (1961) Other Titles - I should so like to be a boy / performed by Puline Price, soprano, recorded by Peter Downes ; (1963) Other Titles - If my songs were only winged / by Reynaldo Hahn ; [performed by Pauline Price] ; 1963 Other Titles - O song unto the Lord / by Dvorak ; [performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with oranist Peter Averi] ; 1965 Other Titles - She moved through the fair / performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano ; (1969) Other Titles - I hear you calling me / by Charles Marshall ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano ; (1969) Other Titles - Songs my mother taught me / by Dvorak ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano ; (1969) Other Titles - Virgin's slumber song / by Max Reger ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with organist Peter Averi ; (1974) Other Titles - Little road to Bethlehem / by Freyer ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with organist Peter Averi ; (1974) Other Titles - [Requiem] Pie Jesu / by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with Linda Knight and the Northern Singers ; (1986) Other Titles - Blessing / by Rutter ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, and the Northern Singers ; (1986) Other Titles - Nacht Violen / by Schubert ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Maurice Till ; (1977) Other Titles - Heimweh / by Schubert ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Maurice Till ; (1977) Other Titles - The Shepherd on the rock / by Schubert ; performed by the Aurora Trio comprising Pauline Fitchett, soprano, Colleen Rae Gerrard, piano, and June Brain, clarinet ; (1982) Other Titles - [Egmont] Klarchen's songs 1 and 2 / by Beethoven ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with the NZBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Brian Priestman, leader Alex Lindsay and narrator Ewen Solon ; (1972) Other Titles - Die Ihr Schwebet / by Wolf ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Maurice Till Other Titles - In dem Schatten / by Wolf ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Judith McDonald Other Titles - Vergin, tutto amour / by Durante ; performed by Pauline Price, soprano, accompanied by Judith McDonald ; (1959) Other Titles - Amarilli / by Caccini ; performed by Pauline Price, soprano, accompanied by Judith McDonald ; (1959) Other Titles - Allerseelen / by Richard Strauss ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Margaret Nielsen ; (1975) Other Titles - Nacht / by Richard Strauss ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Margaret Nielsen ; (1975) Other Titles - Einerlei / by Richard Strauss ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Margaret Nielsen ; (1975) Other Titles - Asturiana / by De Falla ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Edward Mattos ; (1970) Other Titles - Cancione / by De Falla ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, accompanied by Edward Mattos ; (1970) Other Titles - [Requiem] Ye who now sorrow / by Brahms ; performed by Pauline Fitchett, soprano, with the Orpheus Choir and Wellington Regional Orchestra, conducted by Peter Godfrey ; (1976) Other Titles - Dies Natalis / by Gerald Finzi ; performed by the Wellington Regional Orchestra conducted by Simon Tipping, leader May Hannan ; (1977) Quantity: 3 compact disc(s) (Three CDs in 1 box). Provenance: Pauline Fitchett gave this copy to Peter Downes who donated it to the Library

Date: 1972

From: Fitchett, Pauline Elwy, 1933?- : Papers

By: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Fitchett, Pauline Elwy, 1933-; Priestman, Brian, 1927-; Lindsay, Alex Sylvester, 1919-1974; McDonald, Judith Helen, 1937?-; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Reference: MST5-1216

Description: Incidental music `Egmont' and a Mozart broadcast by Judith McDonald, piano. o Source of title - Supplied title Performer: Priestman, Brian (cond) Performer: Lindsay, Alex (vn) Performer: Fitchett, Pauline (sop) Performer: McDonald, Judith (pf) Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). Finding Aids: List in back file. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A98-197) Donated by Mrs P Fitchett, Wellington