British Drama League. Wellington Area

Date: 1960 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1960s

Description: Includes: 1960: 29th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 26-30 July 1960. Adjudicator John Thomson of Auckland. Wellington Committee patron Amy Kane; president Miss O E Harding. (Strathmore Players - producer Ted Collie; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Peggy Davies; Tawa-Linden Dramatic Society - producers Norma Leckie and Eleanor Gresham; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Patricia Griffin; Raumati South Country Women's Institute - producer Reg Stoppard; Hutt Repertory Green Room Club - producer William Juliff; Shoestring Players - producer Alison Hall; Peter Pan Players - producer H G Woolcott; Northland Community Players - producer Vida Stokes; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Joan Smith - of "The Evening paper" by Bruce Mason; Thursday Community Players - producer Donald A Hutchings; Crocks' Club - producer Marie Bullock). Programme (2 copies) 1961: 30th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25-29 July 1961. Adjudicator Mr Ronald Montague of Auckland. (Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie G Goodwin; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Nell Croudis; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer A I Bushell;The Dickensians - producer Cecil Chambers; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Maranui Dramatic Society - producer John Koolman; Tawa-Linden Drama Club - producer Eleanor Greshan; Shoestring Players - producer Kemp Ericksen; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Barbara Robinson; Raumati South Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Ron Wakelin; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Betty Sinclair). Programme (2 copies). 1962: Divisional and Final Festivals of 1962. Adjudicator Nora Ratcliff. Hastings, Whakatane, Oamaru, [6-22 August 9162]. (New Plymouth Repertory Society - producer Fred R James; Hastings Group Theatre - producer Patricia Davidson; Wairoa Little Theatre - producer Edie Braxton; Dannevirke Drama Society - porducer Rod H Stewart; Peter Pan Players - producer Lewis Evans; Hawera Community Players - producer Ross Riley; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds. Programme 31st Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 23 - 28 July 1962. Adjudicator John Thomson of Auckland. (Stagecraft Theatre - producer Beryl Bennett; Maranui Drama Group - producer Roy W Bonnell; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Ivan Bushell; Shoestring Players - producer Peter Walton; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Catholic Women's League Drama Circle - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Muriel Dalton; Peter Pan Players - producer Lewis Evans; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Upper Hutt Repertory Society - producer Alice Piper; Catholic Women's League Drama Circle - producer Jillian Ewart; Raumati South Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Ron Wakelin; Shoestring Players - producer Meredith Paterson; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Isobel Stevens; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Breta Lawson; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer M Thomas). Programme (2 copies). 1963: 32nd Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber 22-27 July 1963. Adjudicator Professor K W Thomson of Massey University College. (Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Nancy de Louw; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - prodicer E Slow; Ngaio Revue Club - producer P H Reid; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil R Barker; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie Goodwin; Stagecraft Theatre Junior Group - producer Adrienne Simpson; The Utopians - producer Paddy Bold; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Wadestown Players - producers Hilary Carson and Alison M Riddell; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Simmonds; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Peter Pan Players - producer David Slee; Repertory Workshop Theatre - producer Errol Gardiner; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Tui J Davidson; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Isobel Stevens). Programme (2 copies) 1964: 33rd Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 20-25 July 1964. Adjudicator Professor Keith W Thomson of Massey University College. (Stagecraft Theatre - producer Joe Musaphia; Wellington Repertory Workshop Theatre - producer Pauline Yerex; Tawa-Linden Dramatic Society - producer C R Henwood; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Bettie Goodwin; Curtain Theatre - producers Lindsay Cummin and Basil Barker; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Albert J Morrison; Raumati South Drama Group - producers Kathleen Houston and Elaine Scott; Catholic Women's League Drama Group - producer Gil O'Sullivan; Wellington Repertory Workshop Theatre - producers Margaret O'Sullivan and John Smythe; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Frank Bailey; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Keith Crossley; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer John Lawson; Wadestown Players - producer Bruce Monk; Carterton Amateur Dramatic Society - producer Myra Thomas. Programme (2 copies). 1965: 34th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 24-31 July 1965. Adjudicator: Mrs Edna E Harris of Auckland. Wellington Committee patron Amy Kane; president Mr Ivan Bushell. (Ngaio Revue Club - producer Lewis Rowbotham; Carterton Dramatic Society - producer Jean Gayfer; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Betty Leathwick; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Anne Batt; Repertory Green Room Theatre Club - producers Margaret O'Sullivan, John Smythe and Pauline Yerex; Wadestown Players - producer Melda Townsley; Otaki Players' Society - producer Patricia Gray; Stokes Valley Repertory Society - producers Laurie Coke and Kath Cooper; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Lower Hutt Playhouse - producer Ian Adam; Strathmore Players - producer Lawrence Gardiner; Catholic Women's League - producer Roycelyn Dakers; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Anne Bushell; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Pauline Stephen; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houstin; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Jean Easson; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Margaret Robinson; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Vesta Gormack). Programme (2 copies) 1966: 35th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber 18-25 July 1966. Adjudicator Professor K W Thomson of Palmerston North. (Green Room Theatre Club - producers Eileen Teward, John Brattle and Bobbie Peterson; Khandallah Arts Theatre - producer Marjorie Nees; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute Drama Group - producer Dell King; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Ella Gresham; Wadestown Players - producer Dorrigen Dyson-Rowley; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Mana Little Theatre - producer Burke Honey; Strathmore Players - producer Laurie Gardiner; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Alan Scott; Otaki Players Society - producer Patricia Gray; Curtain Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Ngaio Revue Club - producers Lewis Evans and Margaret O'Sullivan; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer Elizabeth Caunt). Programme (2 copies) 1967: Certificate. This is to certify that Waiwhetu Girls' High School presented "The Importance of being Earnest" at the non-competitive festival on May 6th, 1967. British Drama League. New Zealand Branch. Wellington Area presents the 1967 Division Festival, 11-12 August 1967. Adjudicator Professor Keith W Thomson of Massey University College, Palmerston North (Raumati South Drama Group - producer kathleen Houston; Wainuiomata College - producer Margaret Mitchell; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Margaret O'Sullivan; Manawatu Theatre Society - playwright J A S Coppard, producer Lorraine Agar; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Ian Carrie; Wanganui Repertory Theatre - producer Len Jamieson). Programme Secondary Schools Drama Festival 1967. Concert Chamber. 4-6 May 1967. Critic Mr David Tinkham. (Hutt Valley High School "The happy journey" by Thornton Wilder - producer Helen Henderson; Wellington East Girls' College "Alice in Wonderland", dramatised by Charlotte B Chorpenning - producer Jenny McColl (pupil); Onslow College "The boy with a cart", by Christopher Fry - producer Karen Sewell; Sacred Heart Convent Island Bay "Maid in arms" by Joan Forman - producer Penny Lunn (pupil)Taita College "The pohutukawa tree", by Bruce Mason - producer R J G McCallum; Rongotai College "The loot", by Gwyn Thomas - producer Roger Bryant (pupil); Waiwhetu Girls High School "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde - producer Ann HArvey (pupil); Wainuiomata College "Orange, black and trouble", by the pupils - producer Margaret Mitchell; Wellington Girls' College "Toad of Toad Hall Act II scen I, by A A Milne - producers Mrs V Hirschfeld and Miss S Maciver; Heretaunga College "Sixteen", by Edward Moynaham - producer Rae Munro; St Patricks College "The Keystone", by A A Isaac (NZ playwright) - producer P J Ryan (ex-pupil); Marsden Collgiate School "The willing horse", by Isobel Andrews (NZ Playwright - producer Ruth Jeffery (pupil)) 36th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 22-29 July 1967. Adjudicator Mrs Nancy Russell. Patron Amy Kane, president Eric Kemeys. ("US" - producer Frank Bailey; St Patrick's College - producer Paddy Ryan; Pukerua Bay Drama Group - producers Alistair Campbell and Susan Renner; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Murray Alford; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Jean Baxter; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Ian Carrie; Johnsonville Country Women's Institute - producer Dell King; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Ron Gillies; Playbox Theatre - producer Basil Barker; Strathmore Players - producer Kaye Rapp; Raumati South Drama Group - producers Nan Watson and Kathleen Houston; Heretaunga Players - producer William Juliff; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Tony Isaac; Karori Dramatic Society - producers William Nicholson and Edna Lankshear; Wadestown Players - producer Beth Hewitt; Green Room Theatre Club - producers Paddy Ryan and John Wadd; Ngaio Revue Club - producer Margaret O'Sullivan; Masterton Little Theatre - producer Margaret Robinson. Programme (2 copies). 1968: 36th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 22-27 July 1968. Adjudicator Mr David Reid of Hamilton. (Nae Nae College Drama Group - producer Peter Browne; Levin Little Theatre Society - producer Rosemary Robertson; Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc - producers Graham Punnett, John R Wadd, and Ian R Watkin; Playbox Drama Group - producer Basil Barker; Wainuiomata Little Theatre - producer Ivan Bushell; Stagecraft Theatre - producers Marshall Marsden and Ian Carrie; Raumati South Drama Group - producer Kathleen Houston; Heretaunga Players - producer James MacFarlane; Karori Dramatic Society - producers Edna Lankshear and Bill Nicholson; Strathmore Players - producer B L Swarbrick; Otaki Players - producer Jeff MacKenzie). Programme (2 copies) 1969: Secondary Schools Drama Festival 1969, sponsored by the Bank of New South Wales. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 24-26 April 1969. Critic Jack Shallcrass. (Wellington Girls' College - producer Miss S Bellamy; Rongotai College - producers Campbell Robertson and Robert Grimmer; Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College - producer Anthony Donovan; Tawa College - producer Mrs S Taylor; Mana College - producer Miss J M Elder; Erskine College - producer Anthea Harper; Taita College - producer Mrs D Alexander; Onslow College - producers Musses craven and Russell; St Catherine's College - producer Helen Monahan; St Mary's Convent - producer Patricia Nally; Marsden Collegiate School - producer Miss C Ormond and Prue Longuet; Naenae College - producer Mrs M N Jays; Wellington High School - producer Miss Roslyn Fisher; Hutt Valley High School - producer Miss M Henderson). Programme (2 copies) The Wellington Area of the British Drama League present the Area Festival of one-act plays, at Stagecraft Theatre, Tonks Ave on Friday 25th July 1969 and Saturday 26th July 1969. Adjudicator Mr George Webby. (Strathmore Players, produced by Brian Swarbrick; Ngaio Revue Group, produced by Christine Knowles, Karori Dramatic Society, one produced by Betty Goodwin and one by Bill Smith) (2 copies) Quantity: 15 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008; some by David Rapp in November 2011.

Date: 1930 - 1939

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1930s

Description: Includes: Wellington Area Festival of Community Drama. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street. 23-24 September 1932. Adjudicators Miss Elizabeth Blake, and William M Page. (Dannevirke High School Dramatic Club, Maltby Players, Victoria College University Dramatic Club, Ina Allen Players, WEA Team, Kirkcaldie & Stains Players, Wellington East Girls' College Old Girls' association Amatuer Dramatics, Silverstream Women's Institute Drama Circle, Joy Players, Rongotai College Dramatic Club, The Creche, Little Players, Pioneer Club's Reading Circle, Lyceum Club Dramatic Circle, Pilgrim Players, Query Players). (2 copies) Second annual festival of Community drama. Blue Triangle Hall, Boulcott Street. 9-12 August 1933. (Wellington College Drama Club - producer J R Griffin; Wadestown Players producer Molly Atkinson; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer M E P Ahern; Tuck's Team producer W Tuckwell; Strolling Players producer R Welton Hogg; Silverstream Women's Institute producer M Boyle-Barclay; Stokes Valley Women's Institute producer Mrs Cording; Wellington East Amateur Dramatics - producer Sybil Williams; Wesley Joy Players - producer Fay Smyth; Belfrances Players producer Mrs L Halligan; Crescent Players - producer Elsie Lloyd; Wellington South Kindergarten Mothers' Club producer Miss C Birks; Triangle Players producer E R Render; Victoria University College Dramatic Club - producers Zena Jupp and W J Mountjoy, jnr; Maud Farrant's Juvenile Class producer Maude [sic] Farrant; Rongotai Boys' College - producer A S Farquhar; Navy League Drama Club - producer Mona Brien)(2 copies) Third annual festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 21-24 September 1934. Area committee Mrs E Maslen, Misses E Maddever, D Isaacs, I Wemyss, Messrs A S Farquar, Vryn Evans, J R Griffin, H N Hannah, Ralph Hogg, P Keesing, R D Phillips, E R Render, G H A Swan. Secretary Miss Catherine Keddell. Adjudicator Leo du Chateau. (Johnsonville Players producer G A Jones; Joy Players producer Fay Smyth; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society producer Marjorie Eberlet; W.E.A. Drama Circle - producer E Maslen; Marsden Players producer Judith Williams; Victoria University College Dramatic Circle producer W J Mountjoy jnr; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer W Hardinge-Maltby; Wadestown Leisure Society Dramatic Circle producer Laurence Webster; Wellington Repertory Theatre producers G H A Swan and Mr & Mrs E S Baldwin; The Thespians - producers Ralph Hogg and H N Hannah; Drury Players producer Sybil Martyn Williams; Junior Branch of the Navy League Drama Club -producer Mona Brien; Pioneer Club Drama Circle) (2 copies) Fourth annual festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26-28 September 1935. Area committee Mrs E Maslen, Miss D Cunningham, Messrs A S Farquhar, Ralph Hogg, P Keesing, E R Render, J B Yaldwyn, P W Cousins. Hon Secretary Miss Catherine Keddell; Treasurer Marjorie Eberlet. Adjudicator Bernard Beeby. (Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Marjorie Eberlet; The Masqueraders' Club - producer E J Sutch; Pioneer Club Drama Circle; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer Ken Aitken; The Thespians - producers Elsie Lloyd and B R O'Brien; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer Miss Hardinge-Maltby; Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producer Mrs J Williams; Navy League Junior Branch - producer Mona Brien; The Belfrances Players - producer Isabel Halligan) (2 copies). Quantity: 4 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1934 - 1953

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW

Description: Includes: First Junior Festival of Community Drama and Play Writing. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 20-21 July 1934. Adjudicators: Mrs Craig Mackenzie, A S Farquhar, H B Tomlinson, Miss Beatrice Mackenzie. (Rongotai College Dramatic Club, Belfrances Players, Miss Maude Farrant's Pupils and Pantomime Class, Wellington Girls' College Dramatic Club, Wellesley College Players, Wellington College Dramatic Club, Junior Juveniles, Pupils of Miss Edna Purdie, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society) (2 copies) Junior Festival of Community Drama. Blue Triangle Hall Boulcott Street. 2-3 August 1935. Adjudicators Miss C Keddell, A S Farquhar, P Keesing, Miss Hardinge-Maltby. (Queen Margaret College - producer Daphne Vyner and Rona Avann, Rongotai College Drama Society - producer R F Ward, Wellington College Dramatic Club - producer J R Griffin, Wellington Girls' College Drama Club - producer Margaret Freeman, Junior Belfrances Players - producer Isobel Halligan, Wellington East Old Girls' Drama Society - producer Nola L Mill[a]r). Judge Bernard Beeb[y]. (2 copies) Fifth annual festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 5-8 August 1936. Adjudicator Miss Elizabeth Loe. (Belfrances Players - producer Isobel Halligan; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Doreen Cunningham and Nola Millar; Rongotai College Dramatic Society - producer A S Farquhar; Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producers Mrs J Williams and Miss C Morice; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer Kennith Aitken; Junior Branch of the Navy League Drama Circle - producer Doris Hussey; Wellington Repertory Theatre - producers Mr G H A Swan and H N Hannah; All Saints Players - producer Margaret Davies; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer Mr E P Ahern; Pioneer Club Drama Circle; Wellington Catholic Players - producer B R O'Brien; G Helen Gard'ner's "Gazelles" - producer G Helen Gard'ner. (2 copies) Sixth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 28-31 July 1937. Committee Rev D J Davies, T Queree, P Keesing, Miss D Cunningham, Miss A Harcourt, Miss Hardcastle, Miss M Brien, Mr W Balham, Mr P Cousins. Scretary Miss D Isaacs, Treasurer Miss M Eberlet, Adjudicator Professor James Shelley, Stage manager Selwyn Toogood, House Manager P W Cousins. (St John's Players - producer Gordon Hooper, Garrick Players - producer Lois Mair, Elizabeth McCombs Memorial - producer Mrs P Dowse, The Mogdans - producer M Brown, Pioneer Club Drama Circle, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Margaret Cowan, Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society, Catholic Repertory Society - producer Miss M Doolan, Peter Pan Players - producer Mrs R S McInnes, Johnsonville Players - producer Mr R W Stockdale, All Saints Players - producer Margaret Davies, Belfrances Players - producer Isabel Halligan, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Miss G Ockenden, Paraparaumu Women's Institute - producer Miss Stocker, Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producer Mollie Brown). (2 copies) Seventh Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 10-13 August 1938. Programme. Adjudicator James Shelley. (Wellington Catholic Players - producer Mr P F Gaines; Crescent Players - producer Geoffrey S Lloyd; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - Producer Ailsa Duff; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer George Rossiter; Query Players - producer A Flett; Elizabeth McCombs Memorial Clubs - producer Mrs M Dowse; The Zathenians - producer Miss Zara Manoy; Pioneer Club Drama Circle - producer Anne Lane; Peter Pan Players - producer Dorothy Jesson; Hollinside Players - producer Mrs Lewis Grant; The Stragglers - producer Gordon Hooper) (2 copies). Eighth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 13-16 September 1939. Adjudicator Professor James Shelley. (Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society - producer Percy W Cousins, Crescent Players - producer Gibson Philp, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar, Newlands Women's Institute - producer Mrs M Ring, Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Rae Sturrock, Haeremai Players - producer Dorothy Tanner, Crescent Players - producer Ewen Scott, Hollinside Players - producer Mrs Lewis Grant, Peter Pan Players - producer Rosina Bligh, Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs E Harris, Pioneer Club - producer Anne Lane, Wellington Repertory Theatre - producer G H A Swan, F M Renner, Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer M E P Ahern, All Saints Players - producer Noel Cathie). (2 copies) Centennial celebrations; Drama Festival of One-Act Plays. Wellington Elimination festival. 13-17 July 1940. Adjudicator Bernard Beeby. Area Committee: Rosina Bligh, Mrs M Ring, Mrs N Goulding, Miss D Isaacs, Miss Louise Jourdain, Miss D Cunningham, Miss M Brien, Miss Amy Kane; Mr G A Jesson, Mr P W Cousins, Mr A S Farquhar. (Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs E Harris; Wellington Repertory Theatre - porducer Francis M Renner; Ramahi Drama Group - producer Kathleen O'Neill; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar; St Francis Players - producer Mrs C de L Gordon; Norwich Club - producer Gordon Hooper; Newlands Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Mrs Mavis Ring; Peter Pan Players - producers Kenneth Aitken and Rosina Bligh; John O' London Club Players - producer Mr M S Buttereton; Pioneer Club Play Reading Circle - producer Margaret Davies; All Saints' Players - producer Grace Buchanan; Lyceum Club Drama Circle - producer M E P Ahern; Waterloo Fabian Dramatic Society - producer Mrs P Dowse). (2 copies) Tenth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 24-26 July 1941. Area Committee: Rosina Bligh, Mavis Ring, N Grace, E Harris, A E Farrant, Mona Brien, Helen Mitchell, Nola Millar; Mr G A Jesson, P W Cousins, A S Farquhar, F V Sanderson. Adjudicator Bernard Beeby. (Peter Pan Players - producers A E Farrant and Rosina Bligh; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Helen Mitchell and Rae Carter; Pioneer Club Drama Circle - producer Anne Lane; Marsden Old Girls' Drama Club - producer Mrs J G Young; Karori Plunket Readers - producer Mr G T Wiggs; Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Ethel Harris; Strathmore Play Readers - producer Mr D J Edwards; Belfrances Players - producer Isabel Halligan; All Saints' Players - producer Ulu Hancock; Hataitai Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Karori Junior Players - producer Mrs Edna Wiggs; Lower Hutt Junior Players - producer Mrs Williams).(2 copies) 11th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 31 July - 1 August 1942. Adjudicator Helen Gard'ner. Area committee: Mrs Bligh, Mrs A E Farrant, Helen Mitchell, Nola Millar, Ulu Hancock, Jessie Burgess, Helena Sullivan, Mr G A Jesson, P W Cousins, A S Farquhar. (Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Helen Mitchell; Pins and Needles Drama Group - producers E Major and Bernard Jones; Elizabeth McCombs Drama group - producer Mrs E Harris; Peter Pan Players - producer A E Farrant; Hataitai-Kilbirnie Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Karori Junior PLayers - producer Mrs Holthouse; Kelburn Junior Players - producer Miss Glover; Eastbourne Junior Players - producer Mrs Beveridge; Hollinside Players - producer A E Farrant; Strathmore Play Readers - producer D G Edwards; Pandora Players - producer Harry Woolcott) (2 copies). 12th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Tin Hat Club Hall. 1-3 September 1943. Adjudicator Mrs Elsie Lloyd. (Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Mrs N Grace; Unity Theatre - producers C Bailey and Mrs N L Martin; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Helen Mitchell and Nola Millar; Pandora Players - producer Harry Woolcott; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Waterloo Fabians Dramatic Society - producer Mrs P Dowse; Karori Plunket Readers - producer Edna Wiggs; Hataitai-Kilbirnie Junior Players - producer Rosina Bligh; Johnsonville Junior Players - producer Mavis Ring; Eastbourne Junior Players - producer Jean Mather). Programme (2 copies) 19th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 31 July - 3 August 1950. Programme (2 copies). Area Committee: Amy Kane, Percy Cousins, Miss S Williams, Mrs Brown, Mrs Cleall, Mrs M Newman; Mr Jesson, Mr Chambers, Mr R Browne, Mr Wollcott, Mr Campbell, Mr Pottinger, Mrs B E Flockton. Adjudicator Mr W J Mountjoy. (Strathmore Players - producer D G Edwards; Curtain Theatre - producer Mr J W Wallace; WEA Drama Group - producers Nada Martin, Lex Gray and Joyce Heenan; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Elizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Lucy Gibson; Khandallah Thespian Club - producer Reta Fisk; Victoria University Drama Club - producer Mrs Pat Evison; Wellington Teachers' training College - producer Margaret Walker; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Helen Mitchell; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Wellington Repertory Theatre Green Room Club - producer Nola Millar; Masterton Little Theatre Society - producer Nora L Pennington; Petene free Kindergarten Drama Group - producer Mollie Howarth; Karori Drama Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Noeline Armstrong; Paekakariki Dramatic Society - producer Phyllis Dryden; Women's Institute Upper Hutt - producer Muriel Dalton) (2 copies). 20th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 6-11 August 1951. Area Committee: Amy Kane, Percy Cousins, Mesdames M Newman, E Campbell, D W Keenan, S Grange, Miss J McQueen, Messrs H Wollcott, A Jesson, S Campbell, N Couch. Adjudicator Paul Latham. (Wellington Repertory Green Room Club - producer Ulu Hancock; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producer Nita McMaster; Upper Hutt Women's Institute - producer Muriel Dalton; Karori Drama Society - Colleen Gilkison; Paekakariki Dramatic Society - producer P M Dryden; WEA Drama Group - producers Basil Barker, Joyce Shearer and Terence Journet; Petone Play Readers - producer E M C Howarth; Unity Theatre - producer Nola Millar; Khandallah Thespians - producer Lilian Millar; Silverstream Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Molly Bennet; Upper Hutt Women's Institute Drama Circle; I.C.I. Staff Social Club - producer D Stanley; Wellington East Dramatic Society; Redwoodtown Women's Institute Drama Circle (Blenheim) - producer Mrs L Hounsell; Peter Pan Players - producer Molly Newman; V.U.C. Drama Club - producer Elizabeth Oliver; Wallaceville Drama group - producer Elma Wright) (2 copies). 22nd Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 27 July - 1 August 1953. Adjudicator Mrs K Moynihan. (Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer R d'Elsa; Unity Theatre - producers Bruce Mason and Bert O'Keefe; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producers Star Robertson and John Bryce; WEA Drama Group "The Machine song" by NZer J A S Coppard - producer Keith M Bennett; Peter Pan Players - producer Molly Newman; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Mary Green Houston; Newlands and Paparangi Drama Group - producer Mrs Joane Stone; Petone Playreaders - producer Mollie Howarth; Wainui-o-mata Women's Institute - producer Mrs Joan Caldwell; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Mrs M L Doran; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Victoria University College Drama Club - porducers J R Gilbertson and G I Rich; Blue Bird Play-Readers (Northland) - producer J Halket Millar; I.C.I. Staff Social Club (Drama Group) - producer Valerie Scott) (2 copies). North Island Eliminations. Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington. 10-11 August 1956. Adjudicator Frank Newman. (Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Matamata Dramatic Society - producer Shirley Hopkins; Hawera Repertory Society; Titirangi C.W.I. - producer Ethel Wyn Geddes; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Auckland Repertory Theatre - producer Kathie Lennox; New Plymouth Repertory Society - producer Nancy Priest; Gordonton C.W.I. - producer Alison Drummond). Programme. (2 copies) Ninth annual report 1941. Flyer. Week-end School of drama under the tutorship of Miss Elizabeth Loe [1937?] E Martin Browne and Henzie Raeburn in "Poets of today in the theatre". Paramount Theatre Courtenay Place. 31 July [1951?] Certificate (blank): British Drama League New Zealand Branch Incorporated, Wellington Area. This is to certify that ... playng ... are declared winners of the Sir Michael Myers Cup at the Wellington Area Festival ... Judge. [1930-1940s?] Newsletters: 2 typescript circulars to members of the British Drama League Wellington Branch, one a list of rules of the branch and one a newsletter of 1954. Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW-1942-01 certificate is stored in a separate folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 350 mm. Provenance: Newsletters donated from the estate of Margaret Malcolm Hall, 2003.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1950s

Description: Includes: 1952: 21st annual Festival of Community Drama. (With history and list of past 20 years winners inside front) Concert Chamber Town Hall, 28 July - 2 August 1952. Adjudicator Ailsa Stephens. (Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Petone Playreaders - producer Mollie Howarth; Unity Theatre - producer Beatrice Ashton; WEA Drama Group - producer Terence Journet; Newlands & Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joane Stone; Curtain Theatre - "Rising tide" written and produced by John Mihell; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer L M Doran; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; VUC Drama Club - producer Ian Free; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy Cousins; Khandallah Players - producer Margaret Simpson; Brooklyn Townswomen's Guild Drama Circle - producer Nada Bowers; Kaiwaiwai South Featherston Women's Institute - producer Marjorie Wilton; I.C.I. Staff Drama Club - producer F A Baily; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer Margaret Simpson; Martinborough Little Theatre Society - producer Olive Madsen; Plimmerton Women's Institute - producer Roma Delicate; Blenheim Women's Institute - producer Chris Ashley; Redwoodtown Women's Institute - producer Patricia Rees) (2 copies). 1953: National Final Festival of Community Drama. Adjudicator W J Mountjoy. Opera House Wellington, 17 September 1953. (Auckland University College Drama Society - producer Douglas Drury; Timaru Catholic Dramatic Club - producer Mrs M Clarke; W.E.A. Drama Group - producer Keith M Bennett). Programme 1954: Wellington Area 23rd Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26-31 July 1954. Adjudicator Frank Newman. (VUC Drama Club - producers Bruce Hillyard and David Bridges; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Edna Wiggs; Bluebird Readers - producer J Halkett Millar; Wainui-o-mata Country Women's Institute - producer Joan Caldwell; Paparangi Drama Group - producer Joan Stone; Maranui Drama Group - producer Nan Lambert; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; Curtain Theatre - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wellington Area Federation of Townswomen - producer Alison Tindill; I.C.I. Staff Drama group - producer H M Taylor; Khandallah Townswomen's Guild - producer R L Carey; Brooklyn Community Centre Theatre '52 - producer George Horwood; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Strathmore Players - producer Ted Collie; Greek Olympic Youth Society - producers Christopher Lewis and Nick Galates; Onslow Girls' Drama Group - producers Irene Demchenko and Lois Lafrentz; Catholic Women's League - producer Meryl Goodson; WEA Drama Group - producers Keith Bennett and Terence Journet; Community Players - producer Georgie Fox). Programme (2 copies). 1955: Wellington Area 29th [ie 24th] Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 1-6 August 1955. Adjudicator: Mr John Thomson (Auckland). (Thursdays Drama Club - producer Wilfred J Wright; Wellington Jewish Social Club - producer Victor Corn; Pukerua Bay Country-Women's Institute - producer Ngita Woodhouse; WEA Drama Group - producer A Street; Tawa-Linden Drama Society - producer D C B Jenkins; Community Players - producer Basil Barker; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producers Bert Schonewille and Jeanie Longman; VUC Drama Club - producer Bruce Hillyard; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Dorothy Whittaker; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Club, "The licensed victualler" by Bruce Mason - producer Ivan Bushell; Peter Pan Players - producer H G Woolcott; Khandallah Thespians - producer Margaret Easther; The Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Country Players - producer P M Dryden; Unity Theatre, "The verdict" by Bruce Mason - producer George Webby; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs) (2 copies). 1956: Wellington Area 25th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 30 July - 4 August 1956. Adjudicator Harold Pointer. (Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Dorothy M Battiston; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Hataitai Methodist Drama Group - producer B J Stewart; Wainui-o-mata Dramatic Society - producer Nyra Bentley; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Reg Davis; Thursday Club - producer Bruce Hamlin; Theatrical productions Academy - producer L Assheton-Harbord; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Mrs A Hildreth; Community Players - producer Stan Campbell; Strathmore Players - producer Doug G Edwards; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Penelope Ormerod; Federation of Townswomen's Guild (Wellington) - producer Dorothy Alecock; C[r]ocks Club - producer Marie Bullock, Helen Brew; Catholic Women's League - producer Marie O'Brien; Thursday Club - producer Irene Adcock and Mirna Wright; VUC Drama Club - producer Pauline Kermode) (2 copies). 1957: Programme for social evening, Monday 15 April 1957. Community Centre Hall, Campbridge Terrace Wellington ("Reminiscences of the early days of BDL" by Amy Kane; Community Players present "Clouded crystal", by Norman Holland; produced by Peter Downes) Wellington Area Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 29 July - 3 August 1957. Adjudicator John Thomson. Cover title British Drama League New Zealand Branch Inc. Silver jubilee. (Crocks Club - producer Marie Bullock; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Ronald Gillies; Wainuiomata Dramatic Club - producer Patricia Griffin; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer H G Woolcott; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Ellinore Ginn; Community Players - producer Mirna Wright; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Larry Williams; Welsh Society Drama Club - producer Peg Davies and Allan Jesson; The Leader Studio Dramatic Club; Thespians Monday Club). (2 copies) 1958: 27th annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 28 July - 2 August 1958. Adjudicator Miss Frona King. (Welsh Society Drama Group - producer G A and Allan Jesson; Brooklyn Theatre '52 - producer Lewis Evans; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Joan Caldwell; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer J R Laybourn; Pukerua Bay C.W.I. Drama Circle - producer Ngita Woodhouse; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Thursday Theatre Society - producer Bruce Hamlin; Studio Theatre - producer Catherine Fulton; Wainuiomata Dramatic Society - producer Marjorie Oaks; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Peter Pan Players - producer Harry Woolcott; The Ariel Players - producer Marjorie Williams; Shoestring Players - producer Mae Cleall; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Vida Stokes; Area Federation of Townswomen's Guilds (Khandallah) - producer Myrna Wright; Thespian Monday Club - producer Anne Lane). (2 copies) 1959: 28th Annual Festival of Drama. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 27 July - 1 August 1959. Adjudicator Mrs Lesbia Paine. (Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; The Out of Town Players - producer Mollie Lennane; Stagecraft Theatre - producer Keith M Bennett; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Northland Community Players - producer Lesley Webb; Lower Hutt Townswomen's Guild - producer Alison Tindill; Tawa-Linden Drama Group - producer Jean Roberts; Thursday Community Players - producer Michael G Dunne; Shoestring Players - producer Meredith Paterson; I.C.I. Social Club Drama Group - producer Stanley Campbell; Khandallah Arts Theatre - producer Pauline McLean; Thursday Community Players - producer Myrna Wright; Titahi Bay Little Theatre - producer Gloria Power; General Motors Amateur Dramatic Group - producer Betty Childs; Wainuiomata Dramatic and Operatic Society - producer F M Renner). (2 copies) Quantity: 11 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1969

By: Cousins, Percy Walter, 1901-1969

Reference: Eph-B-COUSINS

Description: Includes: No date: St Augustine's Church presents Peter Pan Players in "Flat to let". Wednesday 12th May. Ticket. [1933?] Typescripts for amateur trials, including marks and comments for the play "The Funk Hole". Other typescripts, one with a subscript "God save the King" (probably 1940) Wadestown Players present two one-act play readings by Peter Pan Players. "Establishing relations" and "Background to tragedy", followed by "Let's be devils". Script for "Sparrow" in booklet, typewritten. Script for "Michael and Mary" (Detective Inspector's copy) [1932?] Plays for playwriting competition / Mr P W Cousins (typescript list) Thespians. "The brass door knob"; "The girl who couldn't quite". 7 September Programme for a reading of "The potting shed", arranged by Kay Farquhar [no date]. A reading of "The Paper Chain" arranged by Percy W Cousins [no date] Thespians Little Theatre Society. Rehearsal schedule for "Three men on a horse" [no date] "The coming of Christ". Cast list "Mystery at Green Fingers" by J B Priestley. Cast list Annual concert. Programme, The Henry Rudolph Girls Choir. The Thespian (newsletter edited by Barry Leighton and Peter Whiteside) 1930-1935: Various cuttings, and programmes for "The romantic young lady" (Wellington Players, 28-30 March 1933); "Flat to let" (the Belfrances Players, 8 August 1933, 4 September 1933, and 24 October 1933; notes for speech to the Spilt Ink Club "Sidelights of the stage", 23 April 1935; Lyceum Club programmes for one-act plays 1933-1934; Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society one-act play evening 27 August 1935? (with tickets) Harold G Hobday presents "Michael & Mary". 1932 (Flyer) Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society. "A dramatic night". Blue Triangle Hall, Boulcott Street. 30 July 1934 (included: "Five of a kind", "Always depend on Father", "Eldorado", "Love conquers all") Harold G Hobday presents "Mystery of the limping man". Town Hall Concert Chamber, 20-21 September 1932 (with letters from Hobday to Cousins late the next year, asking him to reprise the part for a Tauranga season) Concordia College Plays night, 9 April 1934. Programme (with items by Lyceum Club Drama Circle, and Belfrances Players) Concordia College Plays night, 16 October 1933 (with items by Wellington East Amateur Dramatics, Belfrances Players, Lyceum Club Drama Circle, and Wesley Joy Players. The Wellington Players. "The actress", "The simple sketch", "The mother of Judas". Wellington and Masterton, 1-5 November [1932]. 1936-1939: Mainly newsletters of the Pandora Musical and Dramatic Society, and two typescripts of the text of a talk on "A day in the life of a signwriter" by Percy Cousins. 1940-1944: Typescript programmes for performances of the Wellington Catholic Players Inc, concerts arranged for the soldiers at Trentham, Palmer Head, and Fort Dorset (arranged by Esme Crow), Non-stop variety Concert at the Grands Opera House ("Leigh Brewer - this charming little personality will soften your heart") 1940. Some Wellington Repertory programmes (readings of "The eldest son", 3 April 1944; "Without the prince", 26 May 1942) and British Drama League Wellington Branch. Petone Ladies' Choir & Verse-Speaking Society. Grand concert, Labour Hall Petone, 2 October 1940. Religious Drama Society. "A man's house". Wellington 7-9 September 1944. Mrs Bernard Webb presents her pupils in their annual variety recital. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16 December 1941 (includes Gae Cousins, vocal soloist; Mr P Cousins was Front of House Manager) Grand Concert on Ngaio Town Hall. Proceeds in aid of Gift Plane Fund. Ticket, programme and cutting. 26 September 1940. Another concert in Ngaio Town Hall for soldier's parcels. 19 June 1941. Programme and ticket. 1945-1949: Various flyers for readings of: Wellington Repertory Society ("Laura" 15 July 1946;"The gleam" 22 August 1949; "Vanity Fair", 25 August 1947; "Edward my son", 2 May 1949); British Drama League Social evenings 29 May 1947, 21 November 1945; Religious Drama Society 1948 Social and play reading of "The keeper of the keys", "St Peter is delivered from prison", "Knocking at the door") Hataitai Methodist Play Reading Club. Typescript programme for 18 June 1947. Annual recital by the pupils of Mrs Mavis Ring. Oddfellows Hall Wellington, 18 December 1945. Religious Drama Society. "Murder in the Cathedral". Produced by Maria Dronke. 1947. Programme. Hutt Valley High School Old Pupils' Dramatic Society. "In the cellar"; "Phantom ship", produced by P W Cousins. 1945. Thespians. "They came to a city". Town Hall Concert Chamber. 25-27 May 1946. Programme. Religious Drama Society Wellington. "Skipper next to God". Town Hall Concert Chamber. 17-20 September 1949. Programme. Student Thespians present "The woman and the walnut tree" by Sydney Box. RSA Hall, Victoria Street, 4-6 October 1948. Programme. Thespians. "The Tempest". Produced by Russell Reid. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber 22-27 July 1946, and Palmerston North Opera House 2-3 August 1946. Programme. 1951: Thespians. "Ever since Paradise". A reading arranged by Jock Millar. 1951 (Typescript) 1952: British Drama League Annual dinner. Royal Oak Hotel Wellington. 23 Febraury 1952. Menu. 1954: The Thespians present a rehearsed reading of "The confidential clerk" by T S Eliot. 4 October 1954. Reading arranged by Jock Millar. 1955: The Thespians present "Surfeit of lampreys" by Ngaio Marsh. Australasian premiere. 22-26 Nomver 1955. Programme. Peter Pan Players present "Fools rush in". Labour Hall Petone, 6 May [1955?] Ticket. The Thespians Revue 1955. Typescript programme. Peter Pan Players. "Love's a luxury". Invitation letter 1955. 1956: The Thespians present "The facts of life". Concert Chamber, 22 September 1956. Programme. 1957: The Thespians. "Corinth House". 6 May 1957. Flyer/programme. The Thespians present a rehearsed reading of "The burning glass", reading arranged by Jock Millar. 1960: The Thespians. "Plaintiff in a pretty hat". First reading. Blind Club Social Hall. 1960. Thespians present a rehearsed reading of "Relative values" by Noel Coward. Reading arranged by Jock Millar. 1960. 1961: British Drama League Wellington Area. Evening of one-act plays 20 May 1951. Brooklyn Theatre '52 presents "Conflict" by Mrs E Kelsey of Taita. Producer Marshall Marsden, Peter Pan Players present "Hinemoa's leap" by John Dunmore of Johnsonville, produced by Percy W Cousins. Two programmes on one flyer. International concert. Concert Chamber Town Hall 31 July 1961. "Hinemoa's leap" produced by Percy W Cousins. Programme. 1964: Peter Pan Players. "Odd man in". St George's Hall Seatoun, 11 July 1964. Programme and flyer. Quantity: 6 folder(s) of programmes, pamphlets, flyers. Physical Description: Pamphlets, typescripts, programmes of sizes varying to 350 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-BDLW-1940s

Description: Includes: Centennial celebrations. Wellington Elimination Festival, and Wellington provincial final. Flyer. Centennial celebrations. Drama festival of one-act plays. Wellington provincial final. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 24 July 1940. Adjudicator Mr W S Wauchop. (Wellington Repertory Society - producer Francis M Renner; St Matthew's Drama Club Masterton - producer Mrs E J Rich; Palmerston North Little Theatre - producer Patricia Harman; Peter Pan Players - producer Rosina Bligh). (2 copies) Twelfth Annual Festival of Community Drama. Tin Hat Hall. 1-3 September 1943. Flyer only (2 copies) (programme at Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW-1943). "The whiteheaded boy", by Lennox Robinson. Produced by Mrs Bernard Beeby. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 18-21 October 1944. Programme (2 copies) 13th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 26-29 July 1944. Adjudicator Mrs Craig MacKenzie. Area Committee: Mr A S Farquhar, Mavis Ring, N L Martin, Doris Black, Helen Mitchell, Elizabeth Arya, G A Jesson, Percy Cousins, F V Sanderson, H G Woolcott, Bernard Jones. Secretary & treasurer Nola Millar. (Peter Pan Players - producers Rosina Bligh and Kenneth Aitken), Strathmore Play Readers - producer H Baigent; Unity Theatre - producer John Grey; Victoria University College Drama Club - producer Nada Martin; Daphne Violich Players - producer Daphne Violich; Hutt Valley H S Old Pupils Dramatic Club - producer Joan A Cowie; Young Pretenders Drama Club - producer Alric Toogood; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Valmai Stone; Waterloo Fabians Dramatic Society - producer Mary Dowse; Karori Plunket Readers - producer Greville Wiggs). (2 copies) 14th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 19-21 July 1945. Adjudicator Miss Doris Symes. (Young pretenders' Drama Club - producer Jocelyn Beaumont; Hutt Valley H S Old Pupils' Dramatic Club - producer John B Stanton; Unity Theatre - producer Robert Stead; Victoria University College Drama Club - producer K Jordan; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar; Strathmore Play Readers - producer Isobel Andrews; Peter Pan Players).(2 copies) 15th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 7-10 August 1946. Adjudicator Maria Dronke. (Karori Players - producer Edna Wiggs; Victoria University Drama Club - producer Maryanne Beaglehole); WEA Drama Group - producers R G Milne and W L ALexander; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Noeline Myers; Hutt Valley H S Old Pupils' Dramatic Club - producer John B Stanton; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Mollie Matthewson; Wellington Catholic Women's League, Drama Circle - producer Mrs P Gilligan; Otago High School Ex-Girls Association (Wellington Branch) - producer Mrs Esther Caughley; Curtain Theatre - producer Baernard Hurrell; Peter Pan PLayers - producer Percy W Cousins; Otaki Women's Institute Drama Circle - joint producers Jean Harrington and Rosa Mills; Pioneer Players - producer Anne Lane) (2 copies). 16th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 22 - 24 July 1947. Adjudicator Maria Dronke. (WEA Drama Group - producers Jacqueline Beere and Nat Beatus; Hutt Valley Federation of New Zealand Women's Institutes; Strathmore Players - producer Doug Edwards; Springlands-Farnham Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Isabel Annie Neilson; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Olga E Harding; Picton Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Mrs H Budge; Tawa Flat Women's Institute - producer Mrs A E Edmonds) (2 copies) 17th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 2-5 August 1948. Adjudicator Bessie Thomson. (Belmont Women's Institute - producer Winifred Martin; Taita Women's Institute - producer A G Wilson; Upper Hutt Women's Institute - producer Muriel Dalton; WEA Drama Club - producers Cecil Chambers and Nat Beatus; Peter Pan Players - producer Percy W Cousins; Paremata Women's Institute - porducer Jean Power; The Thespians - producers Noeline Myers and J P Delahunty; Curtain Theatre - producer Lilian Millar; Karori Dramatic Society - producer Greville Wiggs; Picton Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Mrs H Budge; Wellington East Old Girls' Dramatic Society - producer Nola Millar; Plimmerton Women's Institute Drama Circle - producer Roma Delicate) (2 copies). 18th Annual Festival of Community Drama. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 18-21 July 1949. Adjudicator W Russell-Wood. Stage Managers G A Jesson and R Browne; house manager Nola Millar. (Upper Hutt Women's Institute - producer Muriel Dalton; Student Thespians - producer A S Farquhar; E;lizabeth McCombs Drama Group - producer Lucy Gibson; Peter Pan Players - producers Percy W Cousins and Cecil G Chambers; Paekakariki Drama Circle - producer P M Dryden; WEA Drama Group - producer Nada Martin [withdrawn]; Wellington East Dramatic Society - producers Nola Millar and Noeline Armstrong; Unity Theatre - producers Jim Delahunty and Kathleen Ross; Strathmore Players - producer Doug G Edwards; Redwoodtown Women's Institute - producer Elizabeth Hounsell; Victoria College Drama Club - producer Mrs Patricia Evison) (2 copies). Quantity: 9 programmes plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: [1939-1968]

From: Hall, Margaret Malcolm, d 2003 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7796-1

Description: Correspondence, greeting cards, theatre programmes and other papers; identified correspondents entered in Name field. Also includes bookmark-cum-greeting card from Jeanne Mac, programme for `Boy', a comedy by John Mihell, notes on clothing for actors in unnamed play, notes on set for `The Green veil', and telegram to Hall from Seatoun. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 10-11 August 1956

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-037

Description: Two copies of the script of a one act play, 'Producer's piece', written by Marie Bullock, with Helen Brew as producer. Performed at the Concert Chamber, Wellington Town Hall, in a festival of one act plays organised by the British Drama League. Includes cast list. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts with some annotations in pencil. One copy bound in a cardboard cover, the other loose leaf.

Date: 1959

By: British Drama League. Wellington Area

Reference: PAColl-3489

Description: Taken on the occasion of the visit to New Zealand of Nova Ratcliff Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1950-1980]

From: Bailey, Rona, 1914-2005 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-6441-8

Description: Programmes for Wellington Teachers College production of `A Streetcar named desire' by Williams (1978); `Amadeus' by Shaffer at Downstage (ca 1981); `HMS Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan, by Wellington Gilbert and Sullivan Society (1964); `Noel and Gertie' by Morley, `The Queen and the rebels' by Betti, `The Young Elizabeth' by Dowling and Letton (1953), `St Joan' by Shaw, `Virtue in danger', by Vanbrugh (1956) by the NZ Players; `The Altuist in spite of himself' by Marie Bullock; `Experiment in a wide wood' by Journet (1963), `Road to paradise' by Reid, `The Poker session' by Leonard, `Fairy tales of New York' by Donleavy, `Hot summer night' by Willis, all produced by Stagecraft Theatre; `Free' by Joseph Musaphia and `Three women and the sea' by Baxter, performed by Theatre Workshop of the NZ Theatre Company at VUW; `A Surfeit of lampreys' by Marsh and `The Living Room' by Greene performed by the Thespians (1955) Also Victoria University Contemporary Arts Group, Living Theatre Group (1972), the Bullfit Family Players doing `East Lynne', `Old time music hall' by Banot Wizo; `The Rivals' by Sheridan, produced by Victoria University Drama Club (1952); Benson & Hedges drama festival with list of entries (1968); the First Festival of Wellington (1959); British Drama League 22nd and 29th Annual Festival of community drama, Wellington area (1953, 1955) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1962-1968

From: Peter Pan Players : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-5078-3

Description: Contains British Drama League New Zealand Branch programmes for festivals, newsletters and form letters from the library. Also contains two Wellington Area British Drama League newsletters. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1951-1959

By: British Drama League. Wellington Area

Reference: MSY-3694

Description: Minute book of the Wellington Area of the British Drama League (1951-1959); includes annual reports, financial reports and some newspaper clippings. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-1773 and Accession 77-086 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript (in phase box) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - NZ Theatre Federation, Christchurch, 1994 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 photograph of the 1959 executive.

Date: [1958-1962]

From: Hall, Margaret Malcolm, d 2003 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7796-5

Description: Correspondence, minutes and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1956-1961]

From: Hall, Margaret Malcolm, d 2003 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7796-6

Description: Notices to club members on various topics; also critique of play performed by Shoestring Players at the British Drama League Festival in Wellington in 1961, `Goodnight Kathy' by N J Krinkel Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1942

From: British Drama League. New Zealand Branch. Wellington Area :[Newsletters and programmes for festivals of Community drama, and other productions. 1934-1954].

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW-1942-01

Description: An arrangement of red and black text printed inside an art deco border. The name of the winning group, the title of the play, and the judge's signature are handwritten in ink. Stored separately from the folder Eph-B-DRAMA-BDLW. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and holograph, on sheet Processing information: Deframed by the Library on arrival.