O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

Date: 1982 - 1999

Reference: Eph-C-STAGECRAFT-1900s

Description: Includes: 1982: "Happy family", by Giles Cooper; directed by Fae Johnson. 16-27 November [1982] "Victims", by Joseph Musaphia; directed by Lilian Shand. 1-15 May 1982. 1983: "Dirty work at the Crossroads"; a melodrama by Bill Johnson. Produced by Eric Kemeys. Tonks Avenue, 26 November - 10 Dec [1983] 1984: "Signs of the times", by Jeremy Kingston. Directed by Mike Scanlon. 3-17 November [1984]. Poster. (2 copies) "A singular man", by J P Donleavy. Directed by Jim Catt. 1-12 May [1984]. Poster. 1985: "A handful of friends", by David Williamson. Directed by Jack James. 4-18 May [1985] 1986: Four one-act plays, 1-8 March [1986]: "Twirler", Black Mass", by Edward Bond; "Family voices", by Harold Pinter; "A bedtime story", by Sean O'Casey. "Habeas corpus", by Alan Bennett. 26 April - 10 May 1986. (2 copies) "The Late Nite Show", comprising 4 locally written plays: "Take me somewhere far away from here", by Harry Watson; "The second coming", by Kaye McLaren; "David's books", by Gary Henderson; "Jumble & tea", by Simon Grant & Sean McMahon. 12-14 June [1986]. (2 copies) "The crucible", by Arthur Miller. Directed by Dale Hendry. 15-29 November 1986. "On Golden Pond", by Ernest Thompson. Directed by Venessa Park. 16-30 November [1986]. 1988: Two one-act plays: "An actors nightmare", by Chris Durang, and "PVT wars", by James McClure. 5-7 August [1988]. "Ghosts", by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Michael Doherty. 14-30 April 1988. (2 copies) 1989: "A month of Sundays", by Bob Larney, directed by Rodney Bane. 25-28, 31 May, 1-3 June [1989]. 1990: "Old times", by Harold Pinter. 28 February - 10 March [1990]. 1991?: "After dinner", by Andrew Bovell, directed by Dale Hendry. 20-30 November [1991?] 1992: "An angel comes to Babylon, by Friedrich Durrenmatt, directed by Craig Jamieson. 19 September - 3 October 1992. "Robbin' Hoods", by David Austin. Directed by Rodney Bane. Musical director Fiona Knight; choreographer Claire Martin. 4-12 December [1992]. 1993: "Masterpieces", by Sarah Daniels. Directed by Christine Hunt. 21 April - 1 May 1993. (2 copies) "Plays 5". 24-27 February, 1993. "Stevie", by Hugh Whitemore. Directed by Mark Harris. 1-12 June 1993. 1994: "The crossing", by Donald Neile, directed by Simon Boyes. 23 February - 5 March 1994. (Fringe Festival 1994) "The merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Director Mark Harris. 19 August - 3 September 1994. (2 copies) 1995: "Last summer at Bluefish Cove", by Jane Chambers. Directed by Leigh Cane. 10-21 October 1995. "I do not like thee Doctor Fell", by Bernard Farrell, directed by Sambrene Chandler. 22 August - 2 September 1995. "Daylight saving", by Nick Enright. Directed by Rodney Bane. 9-20 May 1995. Plays Four. "31 Egmont Street" written & directed by Dan Ashworth; "American girls" written by Stuart Hoar, directed by Anna Renton-Green; "Mother, don't cry" written & directed by Brian Turner; "Seeds" written & directed by Brian Turner. 28 February - 4 March 1995. 1996: "The woman in black, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill. Directed by Mark Harris. 11-26 October 1996 (2 copies) "The distress of Andromeda Millet", by Dan Ashworth. Directed by Dan Ashworth and Iona Anderson. 3-14 December 1996 (2 copies) 1997: "Comedy of Errors", by William Shakespeare. Directed by Anna Renton-Green. 9-24 May 1997. "The dresser", by Ronald Harwood, directed by David Austin. 12-23 August 1997. "Elsie & Norm's Macbeth", by J C Wood. Directed by Iona Anderson. 2-11 October 1997. 1998: "The private war of Corporal Cooper", by John Broughton; and "Chook chook" by Fiona Farrell. Directed by Leigh Cain. 17-28 February 1998. "Oh what a lovely war". Directed by Ewen Coleman. 25 April - 16 May 1998. "Tonksquad 4" ; "The problem", "The Open Couple", " "Hall of Mirrors", "Daughters of the late colonel". 11-18 July 1998. 1999: "Agnes of God", by John Pielmeier. Directed by Iona Anderson. Thistle Hall, 8-11, 15-17 April 1999. "Christmas crackers", directed by Anna Renton-Green. Three plays: "Julius and Cleopatra", "All's well that ends well as you like it", "A Christmas mess", 17-27 November 1999. Quantity: 37 posters. Physical Description: Offset prints on posters, sizes around 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Some posters donated by Anna Veritt, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1990

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1990

Description: Includes: New Zealand International Festival of the Arts presents Abbey Theatre in "Shadow of a gunman", by Sean O'Casey. State Opera House, 14-17 March [1990]. Programme (2 copies) Acting classes, Miramar Community Centre, commencing Sat 3rd March [1990]. Photocopied handwritten flyer "Daughter of Hens' Teeth"; a season of women comedians. Sandra McKay, Madeline McNamara, Helen Moulder, Lorae Parry, Sally Rodwell, Michelle Scullion (music); producer Kate JasonSmith. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 17-23 March [1990]. Flyer An evening with Michael Holroyd: "What the playwright said to the actress". Hugh Mackenzie Lecture Theatre, Centre for Continuing Education, Victoria University of Wellington, 22 March [1990]. Flyer "Such sweet thunder"; a solo performance by Sylvia Rands [1990]. Programme and flyer Wellington Performing Arts Centre, 19 King St (off Adelaide Road). Theatre explorations class - adults. Tutor Warwick Broadhead, commencing 3 March 1990. Flyer Wellington Performing Arts Centre, 19 King St (off Adelaide Road). Script-development workshop, Sunday 11 March, 10.00 - 4 00. Tutor Sarah Raymond. Texts: Middle-age spread by Roger Hall; The Lover, by Harold Pinter. Flyer Colin McLennan presents "An evening with Peter Ustinov". [Australasian tour booklet 1990] Quantity: 10 programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photocopies and offset prints, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1937

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1937

Description: Includes: Rules of the Wellington Repertory Theatre, revised to 1 July 1937. "The bread-winner", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 24-29 November 1937. Programme. "Eden End", by J B Priestley. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 16-20 March 1937. Programme. "Escape", by John Galsworthy. produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 13-17 June 1937. Programme. "Juno and the Paycock", by Sean O'Casey. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 18-22 May 1937. Programme (2 copies) "Lucky dip", by Frank Vosper. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber, 7-11 September 1937. Programme. "Pride and prejudice", dramatized by Helen Jerome from the novel of Jane Austen. Produced by W S Wauchop. Town Hall Concert Chamber 19-23 October 1937. Programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.