Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Mikado

Date: September 1895

By: Hemus, Charles, 1849-1925

Reference: PA1-o-341

Description: Album of reviews, programme, photographs of the cast and signatures of the principals relating to the production by the Auckland Amateur Opera Company of "The Mikado" in 1895, at Abbott's Opera House. "The dresses specially designed from the original by Mr. Theo. Queree" - from programme. Most of the photographs are black and white, but a number are hand-painted in colour. Details of colours and fabrics of some of the costumes hand-written on backs of pages. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - Auckland Amateur Opera Club. "The Mikado", September, 1895 at Abbott's Opera House, Auckland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, leather spine and corners; 25.0 x 34.5 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: 1970-1979

Reference: EPH-D-OPERA-1970s

Description: Includes posters for: [1970s] The Dunedin Opera Company Inc. “The Impresario”; “I Pagliaci”. [1970s] Hamilton Operatic Society. “Half a Sixpence’, Founders Theatre, 21 May-4 June [1970s] Hamilton Operatic Society. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", Founders Theatre, 5 June. [1970s]. “Showboat”, Opera House, 7-18 April. [Two copies] [1971. Victoria and Albert Productions] “Man of Sorrows” [Poster] [1971] “Under the Sun”, [Palmerston North, 29-30 May 1971] 1972. Victoria and Albert Productions. “Man of Sorrows”. [Programme] 1973. "Te Papaioea". Palmerston North Opera House. 26 May-9 June 1973 [1973] J C Williamson Theatres Limited, Kerridge Odeon and Aztec Services. “No, No, Nanette”, (With Yvonne di Carlo, Bobby Limb, and Rosie Sturgess; director Freddie Carpenter, musical director Noel Smith; choreographer Betty Pounder).Grand Opera House, [commencing] 5 October [1973] Harry M Miller Group. “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin, 3 July-8 November 1975. [Two copies] 1979. Derek Glynne (London) and Michael Edgley International. D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, “100 Years of Tradition”. 1979. Derek Glynne (London) and Michael Edgley International. D’Oyly Carte Company “Gilbert and Sullivan’s Greatest and Funniest Operas”. "The Mikado", "Iolanthe", "HMS Pinafore" [Australia and New Zealand tour 14 May - 21 July 1979] (2 copies) 1979. Derek Glynne (London) and Michael Edgley International. ‘The First ever season of the Entire D’Oyly Carte Company”, State Opera House, 9-14 July 1979. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 15 photolithographs, offset photomechanical prints, and screen prints, sizes varying up to 450 x 350 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Roger Flury, Wellington, in 2014. One item purchased from the estate of Tony Goodliffe, 2016.

Date: 1887

By: Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.); Reynolds, William Hunter, 1822-1899

Reference: B-034-016-a

Description: Caricature of Colonial Secretary Patrick Buckley, standing in a Japanese stage set, dressed as the Mikado saying 'I've got a little list, They'll none of them be missed' Same as B-034-016-a Extended Title - Supplement to the Evening Press, Wellington, 4th May, 1887 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Print, 15.5 x 11.5 in

Date: 1953-1993

From: Campion, Richard Meckiff, 1923- :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Players

Reference: PAColl-9660-02

Description: The opera `Carmen' directed by Richard Campion for the Hawke's Bay Opera in 1993. Richard Campion at the Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970. J C Williamson productions of `The Gondoliers' and `The Mikado.' The New Zealand Players production of `The Solid Gold Cadillac' by George S Kaufman and Howard Teichman, 1956. Barbara Jefford, British Shakespearean actress, 1954. Joan and David de Bethell, British stage set designers. Scene from a play produced for the New Zealand Festival, 1966. Stage set for the New Zealand Players production of Douglas Stewart's verse play `Ned Kelly,' and Roy Patrick who played Ned Kelly, 1953. Scene from the New Zealand Players production of `The Love of Four Colonels' by Peter Ustinov, 1954. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). 26 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1969, [198-]

From: New Zealand Opera Society : Records

Reference: fMS-Papers-8950-09

Description: Includes programmes and photographs relating to productions of `The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1946

From: Brusey family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-972

Description: Photographs of costumed actors who performed in the Armed Services Operatic Society's production of "The Mikado" in Wellington in 1944. This was staged in the Grand Opera House and ran from Saturday, March 2 to Saturday March 9. It was produced by Eva Moore, and the musical director was Captain Harry Brusey. The Armed Services Operatic Society was formed as a function of the Army Education Welfare Service. It flourished from ca 1944 to ca 1946 and drew actors from the camps of all three armed services. (Info from the notes in the Souvenir Programme for the 1944 production of the \"The Gondoliers\" by the Armed Services Operatic Society) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1937-1952]

From: Perry, Geoffrey William, 1900-1959: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9888-2

Description: Included are - Production of play "While the sun Shines," by Terrance Rattigan, UK, 1943. Scenes from an unidentified play (photos for Dr Mitchell). Portraits of a man in academic robes (photos for Dr Mitchell). Production of play "The Rising Generation" by Laura Leycester, UK, written some time in the 1920s. Graff-Sherlock wedding photographs. Photographs for play "Mountain Air." Female impersonators, 1930s-1940s. Scenes from a university extravaganza, 1930s-1940s. Choirboys. Two photographs for the Boy Scout Association. Three photographs of a model of St Paul's Anglican Cathedrel, Wellington. Production of "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan, and includes photos of Mervyn King as the Mikado. Unity Theatre production of "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, USA, written in 1937. Unity Theatre production of "King Lear." Mrs Arcus modeling an evening dress. Woman modeling a bathing costume. Play "A Rose without a Thorn." Studio set up modeling wedding and bridesmaid dresses. Production of "The Gondoliers" by Gilbert and Sullivan. Dates of plays in this record refer to when they were written or first performed, not to the dates of the productions depicted in this collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 132 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by New Zealand Centre for Photography, Wellington, 2011

Date: 1887

By: Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.); Reynolds, William Hunter, 1822-1899

Reference: B-034-016

Description: Caricature of Colonial Secretary Patrick Buckley, in a Japanese stage set, dressed as the Mikado, holding a fan and quoting a line from the Mikado: 'I've got a little list, They'll none of them be missed'. He holds a list in his left hand, a fan in his right. Same as B-034-016-a Extended Title - Supplement to the Evening Press, Wellington, 4th May, 1887 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 390 x 290 mm