Sturrock, Rae, active 1936

Date: 1950 - 1954

By: Whitehouse, Jocelyn A, active 1950-2000

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1950/1954

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Thursday - Community Players. "The unhallowed saint", by Stafford Byrne. Producer Mrs Myrna Wright. Flier. Victoria University College Council of Adult Education. Community Arts Players in plays by Anton Chekhov, Christopher Fry, Sydney Box. A Community Arts Service. "The proposal" by Chekhov; "Marry-go-Round" by Sydney Box; "A phoenix too frequent" by Christopher Fry/ Programme [1950s?] Wairarapa College Old Students' Association present "Quiet weekend", by Esther McCracken. Production by Edna Paterson & Shirley Cresswell. College Assembly Hall, 29-31 October [ca 1950?]. Programme Wellington Dutch Club Drama Group. "The black tulip", freely adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas by Bert van Eysselsteyn. Produced by Toetie Breman.. Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents four one act plays: "The perfect ending", by F Ryerson and C Colin, produced by Ailsa Duff; "Sanctuary", by Phoebe M Rees, produced by Helen Mitchell; "Get it at Denby's", produced by Rae Sturrock; "When the whirlwind blows", by Essex Dane, produced by Nola Millar. Programme / flier 1950: CAS Theatre. "An inspector calls", by J B Priestley. C.A.S. Theatre. September-October 1950. Pamphlet / programme. CAS Theatre. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. North Island tour 1950. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies) Gisborne Repertory Society. "The miser", by Moliere. Translated by Miles Malleson. Produced by John V Trevor. 1950. Programme. Masterton Little Theatre Society. "Lovely to look at", by Philip Johnson. Producer Keith Jaine. St Matthews's Collegiate School Hall, 2-6 September 1950. Programme Robert Morley and Sophie Stewart in "Edward my son". Opera House, 21 February [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley. Robert Morley and Sopie Stewart in "Edward my son". His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 17 Marech [1950]. Pamphlet with portrait of Robert Morley. 1951: Community Arts Service Theatre. "Pygmalion", by G B Shaw. North Island tour 1951. Programme Theatre Arts Guild. William Shakespeare's most excellent and lamentable tragedie of "Romeo and Juliet", presented by the Theatre Arts Guild in Christchurch at Abberley Park, February thirteenth to twentieth 1954. Produced by Gregory Kane. Programme Victoria University College German Speaking Club (Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft. "Szenen aus dem Kriegsgefangenenlager" or "R.O.W. Camp 4442", by D B Carrad. Victoria University Little Theatre. 6 August [1951]. Programme (typescript) Gisborne Repertory Society. "The shop at Sly Corner", by Edward Percy. Produced by June Irvine. Gisborne Opera House. 22-23 October 1951. Programme. 1952: Community Arts Service Theatre. "The merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme. Community Arts Service Theatre. "Captain Carvallo", by Denis Cannan. Produced by Harold Baigent. Provincial tour 1952. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies). Combined Repertory Societies of Carterton, Eketahuna, Greytown, Martinborough, Masterton, Pahiatua. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by John Lawson and Joan Aldrick. Nov-Dec 1952. Programme (2 copies) 1953: Community Arts Service Theatre. Regional Council of Adult Education. "The circle", a comedy by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Harold Baigent. North Island tour 1953. Programme Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. New Zealand and Australia tour 1953. Illustrated booklet. (2 copies) 1954: Community Arts Players. Three one-act plays, designed and produced by Russell Reid. "Village wooing", by Bernard Shaw; "Kestrel edge", by Wilfrid Gibson; "The end of the beginning", by Sean O'Casey. Programme [with itinerary] Quantity: 20 programmes and three flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Fredric, A E (Mr), active 1976

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-1930s

Description: Includes: S. Peter's Players (Hamilton). "And so to bed", a comedy in three acts. Produced by the Very Rev'd T P Weatherhog. [1930s-1940s? Programme]. J C Williamson New Comedy Company. "Fresh fields", by Ivor Novello. With Ethel Morrison and Elaine Hamill - also Lloyd Lamble, Campbell Copelin, Harvey Adams, Katie Towers, Arthur Lane, Enid Hollins, Norman Shepherd, Phyllis Baker, Patricia Pantin. Grand Opera House. 9 May 1936. [Flier] A Grand Dickens' Pageant play in aid of the funds of the Wellington City Mission. Grand Opera House Wellington. 9-13 June [1930s?] Souvenir programme (2 copies). Fay Compton and her brilliant London company. "George and Margaret". Grand Opera House Wellington. 16 April 1938. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Grand Shakespearian Commemoration Festival under the auspices of the Wellington Shakespeare Society. Produced by Mr Clement May; accompanist Madam Evelyn de Mauny. Town Hall, 23 April 1932. Programme Stage Society of New Zealand. [Letter announcing a private performance of the farce "He walked in her sleep". Signed by Zell O'Kane, 58 Lower Cuba St Wellington. 26 May 1932]. [Three one-act plays]. "Perfect ending", by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements, produced by Nola Millar; "Get it at Denby's", produced by Mollie Chisholm; "The late Miss Cordell", by philip Johnson, produced by Noeline Myers. [1936]. Programme Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society presents four one act plays: "The perfect ending", by F Ryerson & C Colin, produced by Ailsa Duff; "Sanctuary", by Phoebe M Rees, produced by Helen Mitchell; "Get it at Denby's", produced by Rae Sturrock; "When the whirlwind blows", by Essex Dane, produced by Nola Millar. Programme Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society present three one-act plays. "The house of twisty windows", produced by Sybil Williams; "The baths of Borcovicus", produced by Gwen Ockenden and Marjorie Eberlet; "Ebb-tide", produced by Mavis Windsor. 8 June 1934. Flier / programme J C Williamson's New London Dramatic Co presents "I killed the Count", a comedy thriller in 3 acts, by Alec Coppel. Grand Opera House Wellington. 23 December 1939. [Programme] J C Williamson Ltd. "Macbeth", with Dame Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson and their London company. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 13 February 1933. Programme (Photocopy) Fay Compton and her London company. "Victoria Regina". Grand Opera House. 5 March 1938. [Promotional brochure with photographs]. Fay Compton and her London Company of Principals. "Victoria Regina". Grand Opera House Wellington. 5 March 1938. [Promotional brochure with photographs, and three copies of souvenier programme, two with sepia cover and one pink]. Rongotai College Dramatic Club presents "Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare. Produced by R Hogg and D G Edwards. Rongotai College Assembly Hall, 28-29 October 1938. Programme Quantity: 12 programmes and two flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to quarto. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mr A E Fredric in 1976; some by the Megget family in 2007 and 2008.