Theatre Royal (Nelson, N.Z.)

Date: 1880 - 1917

Reference: Eph-F-OPERA-WAODS-1880/1917

Description: Includes programmes or flyers for the following performances: 1880: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Complimentary benefit to Mr William Hoskin ... "Richelieu". Theatre Royal, 2 August [1880]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Tom Taylor's three-act comedy "The contested election". Theatre Royal, 13 September [1880]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Boucicault's glorious five-act comedy "London Assurance". Theatre Royal, 14 September [1880]. Programme / flyer Obituary for Mr William Hoskins (newsclipping) [1886] 1881: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Henry J Byron's serio-comedy in three acts "Dearer than life". Theatre Royal, 18-19 January [1881]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concert. Friday April 15 (Good Friday) [1881]. Programme / flyer (With newsclipping reviews on following pages) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethopie!" "Uncle's will", "The very witty diggings", "The happy pair" Theatre Royal [Easter weekend 16-18 April 1881]. Programme / flyers and newsclippings advertising the performance. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. H J Byron's "Married in haste". Theatre Royal, 3 June 1881. Programme / flyer and newsclippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Ruth's romance", "Gareth and Lynette" and "Incidental morceaux". Theatre Royal, 22-23 September 1881. Programme (5 copies each on different coloured papers: Bright pink, grey (2), green, pale pink. 1882: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concert. Princess Theatre [Wanganui], 7 April [1882]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope"; "The very witty diggings". Princess's Theatre [Wanganui], 8 April [1882]; [and] 10 April [1882]. 2 programmes/flyers Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. A benefit for the sufferers by the recent Timaru disaster. Grand concert; an origianl address will be read by Thomas Bracken, esq; to be followed by ... "Gareth and Lynette" [and] "Incidental morceaux". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 5 June 1882. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Partners for life". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 30 September 1882. Programme / flyer and review clipping 1883: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. H J Byron's comedy "Married in haste". Princess Theatre Tory Street, 9 March 1883. Programme / flyer (3 copies in 3 different colours) and review clippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope"; "Married in haste", etc. Clippings and reviews in Nelson papers, March 1883. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concerts, assisted by the talented violinist Mr G Rivers Allpress. Theatre Royal [Nelson], 23 March [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope", "Thumping legacy", [and] "Married in haste". Theatre Royal [Nelson], 24 and 26 March [1883]. Programmes / flyers Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "100,000 [pounds]", [and] "The area belle". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 17 May [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, in aid of the Murphy families. "Married in haste". Theatre Royal, 8 June 1883. Programme / flyer (2 copies, different colours) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The chimney corner" [and] "Slasher and Crasher". Theatre Royal, 7 September 1883. Programme (2 copies each different colours) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club in aid of the funds of the Wellington Cricketers' Association. "A thumping legacy", "Withered leaves", "Whitebait at Greenwich". Theatre Royal, 19 October [1883]. Programme Ye Olde Englishe Fayre in aid of ye building funde of St Peter's Church Te Aro Wellington. 1-8 Dec 1883. Large advertising pamphlet Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club assisted by Mis Amy Horton and Mrs D'Arcy Stanfield. "Caste!!" 29 Nov [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand minstrel entertainment; Musical interlude [and] "Withered leaves". Theatre Royal, 12 April [1883]. Programme / flyer 1884: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "100,000 [pounds]" [and] "The area belle!". Theatre Royal, 14 April [1884]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Cut off without a shilling" by S Theyre Smith; [and] "Two roses", by James Albery. Theatre Royal, 28 August 1884. Programme Oriental bazaar under the patronage of Lady Jervois. Drill Shed Wellington, 6 September 1884. Programme booklet Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Ruth's romance" by F W Broughton; [and] "Trial by jury" by Gilbert & Sullivan. Theatre Royal, 27 January [1885]. Programme / flyer The Thespian Club. "Only a halfpenny" by John Oxenford; [and] "Meg's diversion", by H T Craven. Theatre Royal, 17 February 1885. Flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "A thumping legacy". Newtown Theatre, 31 March 1885. Programme /flyer and advertising flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, assisted by Mrs and Miss Hart, for the benefit of the widows and orphans left by the recent boating disaster in Evan's Bay. "Alone" by Palgrave Simpson and Herman Merivale; and, "Mr Joffins' latchkey". Theatre Royal, 1 June 1885. Programme / flyer New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Programme [of concert featuring] John Radcliffe, Madame Pauline Rita; [and] "Trial by jury". 11 September [1885]. Programme / flyer New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Popular concert and grand Christy Minstrel entertainment by the Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club under the direction of Mr George Robertson. 14 October [1885]; and 21 October [1885]. 2 different flyer / programmes 1886: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "School", by T W Robertson. Theatre Royal, 19-20 January 1886. Programme / flyer Grand farewell musical and dramatic entertainment tendered by the amateurs of Wellington to Mr Cecil F Keyworth, previous to his departure from New Zealand ... "Done on both sides" by Maddison Morton. Theatre Royal, 28 January 1886. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 18 August 1886. Programme / flyer Grand popular concert in aid of Saturday Free Concert Fund. Theatre Royal, 18 September 1886. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 21 September 1886. Programme / flyer Ye Yule-Tide Mummers. "Aunt Charlotte's maid" [and] "Not such a fool as he looks". Lyceum Hall, Tory Street, 13 October 1886. Programme / flyer 1887: Grand complimentary concert tendered ... to Messrs J W and A F Hill prior to their departure for Germany. ... "Trial by jury". Theatre Royal, 25 February 1887. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The overland route", by Tom Taylor. Theatre Royal, 5 April 1887. Programme / flyer Grand complimentary benefit tendered to Mr J M Clark prior to his departure for Melbourne. Opera House, 22 April 1887. Programme / flyer and review clippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Our boys", by H J Byron. Theatre Royal, 29 July 1887. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "A bad penny" [and] "The wedding march". Theatre Royal, 14 December [1887]. Programme 1888: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, in aid of the WADC's cot in the Children's ward of the Wellington Hospital. "Box and Cox" by J Maddison Morton; [and] "The wedding march" by W S Gilbert. Theatre Royal, [17 February 1888]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The old story" by Henry J Byron, [and] "Woodcock's little game", by J Maddison Morton. Theatre Royal, 30 October 1888. Programme / flyer 1889: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Naval engagements" by C Dance; [and] "Vice versa", by F Anystey. Theatre Royal, 16 May 1889. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 30-31 August 1889. Programme / flyer Grand complimentary concert tendered to Mr Walter Haybittle prior to his departure for Australia. Exchange Hall, 28 October 1889. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Engaged", by W S Gilbert. Theatre Royal, 19 December 1889. Programme 1890: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "Rip van Winkle". Scenery painted by Mr E Briggs. Opera House, commencing 4 February 1890. Programme / libretto, and flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Daddy Hardacre" by J Palgrave Simpson; [and] "A blighted being", by Tom Taylor. Theatre Royal, 12 August 1890. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "The sorcerer". Opera House, commencing 8 October 1890. Programme / libretto 1891: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe". Opera House, 20 May 1891. Programme / libretto 1892: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the guard". Opera House, commencing 19 January 1892. Programme / libretto "All that glitters is not gold", by T and J M Morton. By members of the late Thespian Club and friends in aid of the funds of Wellington Orchestral Society. Opera House, 30 June 1892. Programme / flyer, and review clipping. Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Rip van Winkle", by Planquette. Opera House, commencing 7 September 1892. Programme / libretto Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Planquette's "Rip van Winkle". Opera House, 9 September 1892. Silk programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Planquette's "Rip van Winkle". Opera House, 12 September 1892. Programme / flyer 1893: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "The monarch of Utopia", by Messrs Jones and Bridge. Opera House, commencing 7 September 1893. Programme / libretto 1894: Wellington Dramatic Students. "Masks and faces"; [and] "Nan, the good for nothing". New and beautiful scenery has been painted by Mr Geo Butler. Opera House, 23-25 May 1894. Programme / flyer 1895: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Ruddigore", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Opera House, commencing 22 May 1895. Programme / libretto 1898: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Dorothy", by B C Stephenson and Alfred Cellier. Opera House, commencing 15 June 1898. Programme / libretto (2 copies) 1899: Wellington Dramatic Students for the benefit of the NZ Academy of Fine Arts. "The cabinet minister", by A W Pinero. New and special scenery designed by Claude H Whaite. Opera House, 10-12 May 1899. Programme (Royal Footlights) 1902: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Yeomen of the guard". Opera House, commencing 25 June 1902. Programme and review clippings 1903: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Ruddigore". Opera House, 29 July 1903. Programme / libretto / souvenir booklet 1905: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Dorothy". Opera House, commencing 16 August 1905. Programme 1917: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "La mascotte". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 22 September 1917. Programme Red bound volume has the crest of the General Assembly Library on the front cover, in gilt. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programmes, flyers and newsclippings in red buckram-bound volume, 385 x 278 mm.

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1960-1979

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to pantomimes and pantomime extravaganzas performed in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-PANTOMIME-1960/1979

Description: Includes: 1960s: "Aladdin", produced by Celia Harlen. Kapiti College Hall, 16-18 December [1960s?]. Red flier 1970: Nelson Repertory Theatre. "Aladdin". Devised written and produced by David Tinkham. Theatre Royal Nelson, beginning 21 November 1970. Programme 1973: Manawatu Theatre Society (Inc) presets "Aladdin, a pantomime by David Tinkham. Directed by Pat Snoxell. Palmerston North Opera House, 6-12 November 1973. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1923

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1923

Description: Includes programmes for the following performances: J C Williamson (N.Z.) Ltd. Music, melody, mirth. "The beggar's opera". Promotional pamphlet J C Williamson Ltd present the revised version of "The beggar's opera", by Mr Gay. Grand Opera House Wellington, 1 December 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present "The beggar's opera", by Mr Gay. The music re-written and suppliemented by Frederic Austin. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, [15 December 1923]. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd presents Miss Lee White in "Bran pie". Grand Opera House Wellington, 13 January 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present "The cabaret girl". Grand Opera House Wellington, 31 October 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd in conjunction with Oscar Asche present "Cairo". Mime by Oscar Asche; music by Percy Fletcher. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 25 July 1923. Programme J C Williamson Ltd in conjunction with Oscar Asche present "Cairo". Mime by Oscar Asche; music by Percy Fletcher. Grand Opera House Wellington, 18 August 1923. Programme J C Williamson Ltd in conjunction with Oscar Asche present "Chu Chin Chow", told by Oscar Asche, set to music by Frederic Norton. Grand Opera House Wellington, 30 August 1923. programme J C Williamson Ltd presents Miss Lee White in "The girl for the boy", by Austen Hurgon and George Arthurs. Grand Opera House wellington, 13 January 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present the New English Musical Comedy Company in "Kissing time", by Guy Bolton and P G Wodehouse. Grand Opera House Wellington, 9 November 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present the New English Musical Comedy Company in "Mary". Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 January 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present the New English Musical Comedy Company in "A night out", by George Grossmith and Arthur Miller. Lyrics by Clifford Grey; music by Willy Redstone. Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 January 1923. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Ltd present the New English Musical Comedy Company in "A night out". Grand Opera House Wellington, 14 November 1923. Programme J C Williamson Ltd present the New English Musical Comedy Company in "Oh lady, lady", by Guy Bolton and P G Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Grand Opera House Wellington, 27 January 1923. Programme (2 copies) Nelson Amateur Operatic & Dramtic Society. "The toreador". Producer Thos E Foster; musical director Julius B Lemmer. Theatre Royal Nelson, 4-7 Decembver 1923. Programme / libretto with photographs "Her winning way", a musical extravaganza. Produced by Owen Cardston. King's Theatre Rotorua, 12-13, 19-20 February [1923], under the auspices of the Rotorua Rowing Club. Programme "Her winning way". [Tauranga Carnival Committee?]. Assistant producer J Davidson Baxter; honorary pianist Fred Munro. Town Hall Tauranga, 5-7 November 1923. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Programmes and flyers, sizes ranging under 250 mm.

Date: 1949

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1949

Description: Includes: "Ah, wilderness!", by Eugene O'Neill. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. St Frances Hall, 27-29 April 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Dear Ruth", by Norman Krasna. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. Theatre Royal, Nelson. 16-20 April 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The Gioconda smile", by Aldous Huxley. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. St James Theatre, 25 June - 1 July 1949. Programme (2 copies) (with photograph of Kenneth Firth, about to arrive as new director) "The guinea pig", by Warren Chetham-Strode. produced by Ernest Le Grove. Grand Opera House, 12-19 August 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Produced by A Dorothy Jenkins. St Francis Hall, 6-9 September 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The man with a load of mischief", by Ashley Dukes. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. St Francis Hall, 26-28 October 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Othello", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Kenneth Firth. St James Theatre, 1-7 October 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Peter Pan", by J M Barrie. Produced by Kenneth Firth. November 1949. Programme (2 copies) "Shadow and substance", by Paul Vincent Carroll, produced by Bernard O Jones. St Francis Hall, 20-22 July 1949. Programme (2 copies). "The shop at Sly Corner", by Edward Percy. Produced by Ralph Hogg. St James Theatre. 21-27 May 1949. Programme (2 copies) "This happy breed", by Noel Coward. Produced by G H A Swan. St James Theatre, 19-25 March 1949. Programme (2 copies) "The Trojan women", by Euripides. Produced by Maria Dronke; music composed for the play by Douglas Lilburn. St Francis Hall, 1-3 and 8-10 June 1949. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1946

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1946

Description: Includes: Grand concert in aid of rehabilitation of Nelson YMCA. Theatre Royal, Tuesday 12 Nov (includes Toe Dance performed by Anne Rowse). K C P Entertainments Ltd present The Kiwis in ... "Maadi gras". New Zealand tour. Programme (2 copies) K C P Entertainments Ltd present The Kiwis in ... "Maadi gras".. Grand Opera House Wellington, 25 January 1946. Programme (2 copies) K C P Entertainments Ltd present The Kiwis in ... "Tunisian tempo". Grand Opera House Wellington, 1 February 1946. Programme (2 copies) K C P Entertainments Ltd presents The Kiwis in ... "Tunisian tempo". Theatre Royal Christchurch, 23 February 1946. Programme K C P Entertainments Ltd present The Kiwis in ... "Tunisian tempo". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 20 March 1946. Programme. Ophir Rees [Overseas] Radiant Revue Company [in] "Watch your step". [Auckland / Hamilton, 1946?]. Programme Ophir Rees [Overseas] Radiant Revue Company [in] "Watch your step". Grand Opera House Wellington, 18 November [1946] (With Joe Lawman, Royston (ventriloquist), Siscos (jugglers), Jarrett (clown), Joy Robins (actress), Maurice Tansley (tenor), Adele Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Peter Rowell (tap dancing), Jandy (clown), The Morrells (yodelling, hillbilly), Eileen Bourke) The Amazing Mr Rooklyn from London - watch his fingers!. His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, 8 February 1946. Programme The amazing Mr Rooklyn from London. Watch his fingers!! Town Hall Dannevirke Wednesday & Thursday 20-21 March [1946?]. Promotional pamphlet English Amusements present the Amazing Mr Rooklyn from London, supported by celebrity vaudeville artists. (With Vincent Burke and the Blue Velvet Orchestra, Ted James and the gang, Alta Lowe, the Selway Sisters, Ted James & Florence Gold, The Gingham Dollsa Fontaine, Jerry Keogh, Joy Clyde, etc). Programme. English Amusements presents "Blue Velvet", The Amazing Mr Rooklyn from London. "Watch his fingers". Grand Opera House Wellington, 11 January 1946. Programme. Variety concert presented by Saint Matthew's Bible Class at Saint Matthew's School Hall, Pownall Street, 2 November 1946. Programme (2 copies) Nelson R.S.A. presents with pride and pleasure "Hullo Victory", the high speed revue, professionally produced and stage managed by Mr W Lints. Theatre Royal Nelson, commencing 30 November 1946. Programme Quantity: 11 theatre programmes and pamphlets. Physical Description: Programmes, various sizes under 250 mm.

Date: 1943

By: R W Stiles & Company Ltd; Nelson Patriotic Committee

Reference: Eph-E-VARIETY-1943-01

Description: An arrangement of text announcing a theatrical production by Eddie Martin, and English comedian. Supporting performers included Carrington Lee and his Orchestra, Thomas Reid ("N.Z.'s own Nelson Eddy"), Shirley Grant, James South, Zillah Smith, June Watson, Dorothy Murray, Friday Easter, Shirley Lock, Jo Tunnicliff, Lorna Styles, Maitland Gardner. The items included: "Nasty Nazi", "Chu Chin Chow", "London as it is today", The Gypsy Revel, "The Rosary", "Making a talkie". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 850 x 378 mm.