Maugham, William Somerset, 1874-1965

Date: 1962

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1962

Description: Includes: Foxton Little Theatre presents "Wild goose chase", by Derek Benfield. Produced by Neal Hunt; guest producer Bernard Jones. Foxton Town Hall, 18-19 June 1962. Programme Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society. "The Gazebo", by Alec Coppel. Produced by Lorna Booth. Playbox Theatre. 14-24 November 1962. Programme. Kaikoura Drama Club presents four one-act plays. "All the tea in China" (producer Valerie Johnston), "And then there were none" (producer Kenneth Bray), "The lonely summit" (producer Doris Perry), "The field of fashion" (producer Ida Vaughan). Kaikoura Memorial Centre, 3 May 1962. Programme "King Arthur". Devised by Mary Annette Hay and Mrs Mclennan, British High Commissioner's wife, and held in British residence 1962? (with Molly Cook, Mary Annette Hay, Anabright Hay, Peter Gwynne, Brian Meads). Programme J C Williamson Theatres Ltd presents "The constant wife", by Somerset Maugham. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 26 April - 12 May 1962. Programme. (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "The constant wife", by Somerset Maugham. Grand Opera House Wellington. 1962. Programme (2 copies) J C Williamson Theatres Ltd present "The constant wife", by Somerset Maugham. Repertory Theatre Christchurch, 11-16 June 1962. Programme Old Vic Company. "Duel of angels", by Jean Giraudoux, translated by Christopher Fry. With Vivien Leigh. Directed by Robert Helpmann. Costumes designed by Christian Dior. Grand Opera House Wellington. 1962. Programme (2 copies) Old Vic Company. "Duel of angels", by Jean Giraudoux, translated by Christopher Fry. With Vivien Leigh. Directed by Robert Helpmann. Costumes designed by Christian Dior. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. Programme (2 copies). Old Vic Company. "Lady of the camellias", by Alexandre Dumas fils, adapted by Andrew Allan. With Vivien Leigh. Produced by Robert Helpmann. Costumes and decor by Carl Toms. Grand Opera House Wellington. 1962. Programme (2 copies) Old Vic Company. "Duel of angels", by Jean Giraudoux, translated by Christopher Fry. With Vivien Leigh. Directed by Robert Helpmann. Costumes designed by Christian Dior. Municipal Opera House Palmerston North, 22-24 February 1962. Programme Old Vic Company. "Lady of the camellias". Pamphlet featuring a portrait of Vivien Leigh in the part of Marguerite Gauthier. (2 different, one for Grand Opera House Wellington season, commencing 26 Feb 1962; and 2 copies of one for His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, commencing 20 January 1962) Old Vic Company. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. With Vivien Leigh. Directed by Robert Helpmann. Costumes and decor by Loudon Sainthill; music by Gordon Jacob. Grand Opera House Wellington. 1962. Programme. (2 copies) Old Vic Company. "Twelfth night", by William Shakespeare. With Vivien Leigh. Directed by Robert Helpmann. Costumes and decor by Loudon Sainthill; music by Gordon Jacob. His Majesty's Theatre Auckland, 1962. Programme Shoestring Players. "The friends of Valerie Lane", by Donald Parsons, and other items. 27-28 March 1962. Programme. (2 copies) Training College Drama Club. "Uncle Harry", by Thomas Job. Produced by Pat Hildreth. 26-28 July [1962?]. Programme. Victoria University of Wellington French Department presents "les Mains Sales" by Jean-Paul Sartre. Produced by Michael Hattaway. Student Union Theatre, 20 June 1962. Wanganui Players present "I remember Mama", by John van Druten. Produced by Lucy Arcus. Wanganui Technical College, Ward Hall, 19-21 November [1962]. Programme Wanganui RSA Little Theatre presents "The bride and the bachelor". produced by Helen McConnochie. 3-7 July 1962. Programme J C Williamson Theatres Ltd presents "The constant wife", by Somerset Maugham. With Googie Withers, Clement McCallin, Terry McDermott, Rod Douglas, Bettina Welch, Alathea Siddons, Marie Redshaw. Directed by John Sumner; scenery and costumes designed by Anne Fraser. 1962 New Zealand tour. Programme. (2 copies) "Wit's end", a Christmas revue. Book, lyrics, music and production by Bruce Mason (with Sunny Amey, Dorothy Toogood, Jessie Weddell, Ralph McAllister, Ian McClymont, John Norton, George Webby. Setting Raymond Boyce; pianist Barry Nalder). Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington, Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 December; Lower Hutt Little Theatre Saturday 22 December [1962 OR 1956?] Programme (2 copies). Quantity: 17 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Hutt Repertory Theatre

Reference: Eph-A-HUTT-REPERTORY-1950s

Description: Includes: 1951: "Home and beauty", by Somerset Maugham. Produced by F M Renner. Horticultural Hall, 12-14 June [1951]. Programme "Murder without crime", by J Lee Thompson. Producer Briton Chadwick. Horticultural Hall, 21-23 [1951]. Programme "Young Mrs Barrington", by Warren Chetham Strode. Directed by Mrs Brenda Saville. Horticultural Hall. 30 October - 1 November 1951. Programme. 1952: "Bonaventure", by Charlotte Hastings. Produced by Kenneth Adams. 1952. Programme. "Home at seven". Produced by Assheton Harbord. 1952. Programme "When we are married", by J B Priestley. Produced by Mrs P Dowse. 1952. Programme (2 copies) "Young wives' tale:, by Ronald Jeans. Produced by Mary MacKenzie. 1952. Programme 1953: "The cherry orchard", by Anton Chekhov. Produced by Alix McMillan. 1953. Programme (2 copies). 1954: "Background", by Warren Chetham-Strode. Produced by Mrs Percy Dowse. 1954. Programme "The rising generation", by Wyn Weaver and Laura Leicester. prodcued by L Assheton Harbord. 1954. Programme. 1955: "The bat", by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Produced by Bernard O Jones. 1955. Programme. "The rose and the ring", by W M Thackeray, adapted by Harris Deans. Produced by L Assheton Harbord. 1955. Programme. "The sacred flame", by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by Francis M Renner. 1955. Programme. 1956: "Busman's holiday", by Dorothy L Sayers and M St Clare Byrne. Produced by Mrs Percy Dowse. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 23-26 May 1956. Programme. "Dear James", by James M Barrie. Produced by Lois Mair. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 17-21 July 1956. Programme. 1957: Programme for 1957 (small format) "After my fashion", by Diana Morgan. Produced by John James. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 9-13 July 1957. Programme "Don't listen ladies!", by Sacha Guitry. Directed by Alix McMillan. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 17-21 September 1957. Programme "Seven keys to Baldpate", by George M Cohan. Produced by L Assheton Harbord. Little Theatre Lower Hutt, 26-30 March 1957. Programme and flier. "Puss in boots", by Nicholas Stuart Gray. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre Lower Hutt. 16-23 November 1957. Programme. 1958: "A view from the bridge", by Arthur Miller. Produced by Bernard O Jones. 1958. Programme (2 copies) "Affairs of state", by Louis Verneuil. Produced by Lois Mair. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 15-19 July 1958. Programme. 1959: "The bride and the bachelor", by Ronald Millar. Produced by Norris Smith. 22-26 September 1959. Programme "Sailor beware; a comedy", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre, 7-11 April 1959. Programme (2 copies) "The snow queen", by Suria Magito and Rudolf Weil. Produced by Mary Mackenzie. Little Theatre, 28 November - 5 December 1959. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 24 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1983

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1983

Description: Includes: "The constant wife", by W Somerset Maugham. Directed by Ian Carrie. [1983]. Programme (2 copies) "Rattle of a simple man", by Charles Dyer. Directed by Brian Staniland. 26 February - 12 March 1983. Programme (2 copies) "The return of A J Raffles", by Graham Greene. Directed by David Austin. [1983] Programme. "Sleuth", by Anthony Shaffer. Directed by Ewen Coleman. [September?] 1983. Programme. "Tarantara Tarantara", by Ian Taylor, directed by Mrs Elizabeth Martin; musical director John Jerome. [1983]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Shirley Megget in 2006; one from the papers of Raymond Hedges 2002.

Date: 1977

By: Manthel, Vivian, active 1980s

Reference: B-149-011/012

Description: The larger drawing entitled "Afternoon" shows three women, Anna, Lady Kitty and Elizabeth, in stylish 1920s dress. The smaller drawing show two women in 1920s dress. Accompanied by photocopies of the backing board recto from each drawing, identifying artist and theatre production. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheets, sizes varying from 350 x 230 mm, to 355 x 520 mm.

Date: 2012 - 2019

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-KAT-2012/2019

Description: Includes: 2012: Khandallah Arts Theatre presents "The constant wife:, by W Somerset Maugham; directed by Ewen Coleman. Cochran Hall Cashmere Avenue School, 19-28 April 2012. Programme Khandallah Arts Theatre proudly presents "The mousetrap", by Agatha Christie; directed by Kathi George. Cochran Hall, Cashmere Avenue School, 10-20 October 2012. Programme 2013: "Entertaining angels", by Richard Everett; directed by Kathi George. Cochran Hall, Cashmere Avenue School, 10-19 October 2013. Programme pamphlet 2014: "The importance of being Earnest" Directed by Jane Yonge. In association with Toi Whakaari and Victoria University of Wellington [2014]. Programme (2 copies) "The little mermaid", by Carl Nixon, directed by Lynn Coory. Khandallah Park, 15-23 February 2014. Yellow flyer 2015: "Tommy and the Jabberwock". Khandallah Park, Woodmancote Road, 14, 15, 21, 22 February 2015. Flyer "The big OE", by Alison Quigan & Ross Gumbley, directed by Lynn Coory, 16-25 July [2015]. Postcards / invitation 2016: Khandallah Arts Theatre presents Ken Ludwig's "Shakespeare in Hollywood"; directed by Mary Collie-Holmes. Cochran Hall, 6-9 & 13-15 Oct 2016. Programme, and ticket 2017: Khandallah Arts Theatre presents "Beauty and the Beast; writer David Tayler; director Cathy Leonard. Khandallah Park, 17-18, 24-25 February [2017?]. Flier 2019: "Dreams", a Khandallah Arts Theatre production. "At the bay" by Kevin Boon; "The dreaming" by Richard James; "Benedict Cumberbatch must die", by Abby Howells. 3-5 May 2019. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, varying sizes up to 230 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mary Gray, Wellington, in 2003; some by Lesleigh Salinger, Wellington, in 2007; by Janet Horncy 2014, 2015, 2017.

Date: 1926 - 1932

By: Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc

Reference: Eph-A-NATIONAL-REP

Description: Includes: 1926: "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 20-22 May 1926. Programme (2 copies) "A bill of divorcement", by Clemence Dane. Director Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 21-24 August 1926. Programme. "Ariadne; or Business first", by A A Milne. Director Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-18 November [1926]. Programme. 1927: "Posterity", by C R Allen; "Riders to the sea", by J M Synge; "The boy comes home", by A A Milne. Produced by Harison Cook; entr'acte music arranged by Leon de Mauny. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-19 December 1927, Programme. 1928: "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Directed by Harison Cook. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 3-5 May 1928. Programme. 1929: "The Dover Road", by A A Milne. Produced by Harison Cook. YWCA Hall, Boulcott Street Wellington. 21-23 March 1929. Programme. Three one-act plays: "The dark lady of the sonnets", by George Bernard Shaw; ""Ile", by Eugene O'Neill; "The farewell supper", by Arthur Schnitzler. Produced by Harison Cook. YWCA Hall, Boulcott Street Wellington. 29-30 May 1929. Programme. "Caroline"; or, "The unattainable", by W S Maugham. Produced by Harison Cook. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 5-6 September 1929. Programme. "Windows", by John Galsworthy. Prodiced by Mr W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall, Boulcott Street, Wellington. 24-26 October 1929. Programme (2 copies) Three one-act plays: "The little stone house", by Calderon; "The constant lover", by St John Hankin; "Playgoers", by Pinero. Produced by Mr W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall, Boulcott Street Wellington. 5-7 December 1929. Programme. 1930: "Bird in hand", by John Drinkwater. Produced by Mr W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 7-10 May 1930. Programme. "The circle", by W Somerset Maugham. Producer Mr W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 31 July - 2 August 1930. Programme. "The importance of being earnest", by Oscar Wilde. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street. 9-13 December 1930. Programme. 1931: "Trelawney of the Wells", by Sir Arthur W Pinero. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 28 April - 2 May 1931. Programme (2 copies). "The pelican", by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 30 June - 4 July 1931. Programme. "Getting married", by Bernard Shaw. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 29 September - 3 October 1931. Programme. "Nine till six", by Aimee and Philip Stuart. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 1-4 December 1931. Programme. 1932: "The new morality", by Harold Chapin. Produced by W S Wauchop. YWCA Hall Boulcott Street Wellington. 19-22 April 1932. Programme. Quantity: 17 theatre programmes plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

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.

Date: 1944

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1944

Description: Includes: "Alice in Wonderland", arranged for the stage by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. Produced by G Helen Gard'ner. Grand Opera House Wellington. 6 December 1944. Programme (2 copies) "As you like it", by William Shakespeare. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 27 March - 1 April 1944. Programme (2 copies). "The eldest son", by John Galsworthy. Hled in the Studio, 3 April 1944. [Typescript list of cast and scenes on single sheet] "Flare path", by Terence Rattigan. Produced by G H A Swan. Technical College, Buckle Street. 22-26 August 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Heartbreak house", by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 4-8 July 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Jacobowsky and the colonel", by Franz Werzel and S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Grand Opera House Wellington. 27 July - 3 August [1944]. Programme (2 copies) "Lady Frederick, by W Somerset Maugham. Produced by W S Wauchop. Technical College Buckle Street. 10-14 October 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Love in a mist", by Kenneth Horne. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. Technical College Buckle Street. 16-20 May 1944. Programme. (2 copies) Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1953

Reference: Eph-A-THESPIANS-1953

Description: Includes: "Before the party", by Somerset Maugham and Rodney Ackland. Produced by Anne Lane. RSA Little Theatre, 19-21 November 1953. Programme (2 copies) "Don't listen ladies", by Sacha Guitry. Produced by Lilian Millar. 1953. Programme (2 copies) "Eden End", by J B Priestley. produced by Lois Mair. 24-28 March 1953. Programme (2 copies) "Great expectations", by Charles Dickens. produced by Margaret Walker. Set and costumes designed by John Drawbridge. Wellington Concert Chamber, 14-18 July; Pahiatua 24-25 July 1953. Programme (2 copies) The Thespians (Inc) present a naturalistic tragedy "Miss Julie", by August Strindberg. Produced by Mae Cleall. RSA Little Theatre, 4-6 June [1953]. Programme All programme cover designs by John Pine Snadden. Quantity: 5 theatre programmes (plus duplicates).. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1960 - 2012

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-KAT-1960/2012

Description: Includes: 1960s: "Conversations with a golliwog", by Alexander Guyan; and, "The end of the golden weather", by Bruce Mason. Khandallah Town Hall. 7-10 April [1960s - pre-decimal currency]. Card only 1963: "J.B.", by Archibald MacLeish. Produced by Pauline Mclean. University Little Theatre Wellington. 13-17 August 1963. Programme. (2 copies) 1964: "The life of Galileo", by Bertolt Brecht. Produced by Pauline McLean. Victoria Memorial Theatre. 25-30 May 1964. Programme (2 copies) 1965: "Ondine", by Jean Giraudoux. Produced by Pauline McLean. University Memorial Theatre Wellington. 21-26 June 1965. Programme (2 copies) 1972: Three one-act plays: "The twelve-pound look" by Sir James Barrie, produced by Gay Robertson; "A separate peace", by Tom Stoppard, produced by Margaret Robertson; "The Rose and Crown", by J B Priestley, produced by Dorigen Dyson-Rowley. Cashmere Community Centre. 19 July 1972. [Poster] Cabaret evening. Cashmere Community Centre. 2 December 1972. Invitation card. 1978? "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Khandallah Town Hall. 27-29 April, 4-6 May [1978?] Flyer only. 1983: Membership list, Khandallah Arts Theatre Inc, February 1983. Flier. "Ring round the moon", by Jean Anouilh. Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 28-30 April, 4-7 May [1983]. Flier. "Caucasian chalk circle", by Bertolt Brecht. Directed by Pauline Wetton. Khandallah Town Hall. 10-12, 16-19 November [1983]. Flier (2 copies) 1984: An Elizabethan evening; a frolic through Shakespeare ... Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 21-23 June [1984]. Flyer (2 copies) "Pinocchio", by Brian Way. Directed by Sharon Major. Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 9-10, 16-17 August [1984]. Flier only. 1985: An evening in Hollywood. Cashmere Avenue School Community HAll. 23 November [1985]. Flier / invitation 1986: "The hobbit"; a play with music. Director Sharon Major; musical director Bruce Carpenter. Adapted from JRR Tolkien by David Rogers, Ruth Perry, Allan Jay Friedman. Cashmere Ave School Community Hall, 6-16 August 1986. Flyer 1988: "Trudi and the minstrel", by Alan Cullen. Directed by Sharon Major. Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 11-20 August 1988. Flier. 1991: "The storytellers", by Brian Way; directed by Mary Collie-Holmes. 7-16 November 1991. Flyer 1993: "The school for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Directed by Vesta Gormack. Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 12-21 August 1993. Programme (2 copies) 1995: "An ideal husband", by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Mary Collie-Holmes. Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall. 27-30 April [1995?]. Flier only. 2000: "The dragon who burnt her boats", writeen and produced by Mary Collie-Holmes and James Middleton. Khandallah Park. Summer City 2000, Feb 16-20, 23-25. Flier / programme. "Travels with my aunt", by Giles Havergal, from the novel by Graham Greene. Directed by Kathi George and Mark Da Vanzo. Cochran Hall, Cashmere Avenue School, 9-18 October 2008. Flier only 2011: "The ugly duckland strikes back", written by Carl Nixon. Directed by Mary Collie-Holmes and Michelle Soper. Khandallah Park, 5-13 February 2011. Flier only 2012: "The constant wife", by W Somerset Maugham; directed by Ewen Coleman. Cochran Hall Cashmere Avenue School, 19-28 April 2012 Quantity: 22 programmes and flyers. Physical Description: Photolithographs or typescripts, size below 350 mm.

Date: 1946

Reference: Eph-A-THESPIANS-1946

Description: Includes programmes for: "Anna Christie", by Eugene O'Neill. Produced by Donald Priestley. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-23 November 1946. Programme. (3 copies, one bound in cardboard) The circle", by W Somerset Maugham. Studio production, RSA Hall, 26-27 August [1946]. Programme "The Tempest", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Russell Reid. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 22-27 July 1946. Programme (2 copies) "They came to a city", by J B Priestley. Produced by Ulu Hancock. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 25 and 27 May 1946. Programme (2 copies) "Three men on a horse", by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott. Directed by Eric Bradwell. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 18-21 September 1946. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 5 theatre programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance housed at MS-Group-0450..

Date: 1952

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1952

Description: Includes: "Black chiffon", by Leslie Storm. Directed by Elsie Lloyd. St Francis Hall, 3,4, 9 December 1952. Programme (2 copies) "The constant wife", by Somerset Maugham. Produced by Stan Vinsen. St Francis Hall. 6-8 August 1952. Programme (2 copies). "Dark of the moon", by Howard Richardson and William Berney. Produced by Ralph Hogg. Grand Opera House. 10-17 May 1952. Programme (2 copies) "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Richard Campion. St James Theatre. 2-8 July 1952. Programme, with cover design by Roy Cowan (2 copies) "The heiress", by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel "Washington Square", by Henry James. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. St James Theatre. 22-28 March 1952. Programme (2 copies) "Life with father", by Clarence Day. Produced by Cedric E Gardiner. Grand Opera House. 30 August - 6 September 1952. Programme (2 copies). "The tragedy of Nan", by John Masefield. Produced by Brian Brimer. St Francis Hall. 1-3 October 1952. Programme (2 copies) "The ringer", by Edgar Wallace. Directed by Alfred Farrell. Grand Opera House. 15-22 November 1952. Programme. (2 copies) "Still life", by Noel Coward, produced by Coralie Smythson; and "A phoenix too frequent", by Christopher Fry, produced by George F Vincent. Programme (2 copies). "Who is Sylvia", by Terence Rattigan. Directed by Alfred Farrell. Grand Opera House. 11-18 October 1952. Programme (2 copies) "The women", by Clare Boothe [Luce]. Produced by Bernard O Jones. Extended season 18-20 June 1952. Programme (2 copies). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 19-24 September 1990 - 19 Sep 1990 - 24 Sep 1990

From: Womens Division Federated Farmers Oral History Project, Southland

By: Wachner, Mabel Christina, 1892-2001

Reference: OHInt-0116/1

Description: Mrs Mabel Christina Wachner born at Dillmanstown, Westland. Outlines family background - father was a goldminer - mother trained as a teacher. Recalls childhood memories: being allowed to watch the `Washup' and seeing how much gold was there; family move to Kumara; Queen Victoria's funeral; Mr Seddon's first speech on being elected; Flu epidemic; marriage in Wellington by the Rev Taylor; setting up business in Invercargill with reference to Ross and Glendinnings; husband's time as Mayor of Invercargill; correspondence with Lord Montgomery for 23 years and being chairperson of the Patriotic Committee and the Lady Galway Guild. Mentions that sister, Eva, corresponded with author, Somerset Maugham for many years. Recalls attending Business and Professional Womens Conference in Germany. Interviewer(s) - Edith Ruddenklau Venue - Vickery Road, North Road, Invercargill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003162 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 23 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-0600.

Date: 1934

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :[Cartoons of prominent English figures, 1926-1934] [London] New Statesman, 1926-1934

By: New Statesman and nation (Periodical)

Reference: A-177-018

Description: Shows the writer Somerset Maugham, seated on a sofa, talking. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on sheet, 330 x 229 mm Provenance: Presented by Mrs A D McIntosh, 6 Jun 1963.

Date: 1953-1961

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-105

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1976-1977

From: Freed, Dorothy Whitson, 1919-2000 : Papers

By: Freed, Dorothy Whitson, 1919-2000; Maugham, William Somerset, 1874-1965

Reference: MS-Papers-6974-13

Description: Various copies of incidental music for Somerset Maugham's play `The Circle' written by Dorothy Freed in 1976 and 1977, includes versions 1 and 2 for `Bad news waltz' Contents: Circle waltz -- Bad news waltz -- Dinner promenade Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1909-1919, 1959

By: Bowden, George Charles, 1877-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-3886

Description: Includes letters from Katherine Mansfield to George Bowden, dated 23 May [1912]; and Ida Baker, dated [?Before Apr] 1909 (2 letters). Also letters to Mansfield from Baker, 1909; Floryan Sobienowski, 1909, 1910; Vera French, 1909. Also a typescript copy of a letter from Bowden concerning his marriage to and divorce from Mansfield, 1919; and a letter to Bowden from W Somerset Maugham, 1959. Also one letter from Katherine Mansfield to an unknown recipient, dated [1909]. Source of title - Suppplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Provenance: Originally in the possession of George Bowden Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Hugh Norwood, Palmerston North, 1986

Date: 1934

By: New Statesman and nation (Periodical)

Reference: A-177-018-a

Description: Shows the writer Somerset Maugham, seated on a sofa, talking. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on sheet, 330 x 229 mm

Date: 1946-1953

From: Brodie, John, 1905-1955 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6779-12

Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letters from the Minister of Food ([?] Maurice Webb), Skipper of the `Times of India', Kate [?] Bogt, Sarah, Bill and clippings of photographs of some of the correspondents. Quantity: 1 folder(s).