Theatre - Production and direction

Date: 1995-1996

From: Wells, Peter Northe, 1953- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6467-18

Description: Correspondence, props, rehearsal notes and other papers relating to Wells's association with the production of `Ricordi!' for the 1996 International Festival of the Arts Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1951-ca 1981]

By: Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc

Reference: 86-074

Description: Includes playscripts, correspondence and subject files, photographs and notebooks. Minute books held at qMS sequence; see also 82-214. Source of title - Supplied title Wellington amateur theatre company Quantity: 4 box(es). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Preliminary list available. Processing information: Needs further processing - to at least box level.

Date: 1966

By: Hood, A W, active 1966

Reference: MS-Papers-10972

Description: Script for `He Mana Toa', produced by Prof James Ritchie of Waikato University, marked up with directions, sound and lighting cues; also other memos and newspaper reviews for its presentation at Maori Arts Festival week performance, Founders Theatre, Hamilton, 23 August 1966 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by W E Hood, Pukekohe, 1985 (85-152)

Date: 1988-1989

By: Hall, Roger Leighton, 1939-

Reference: MS-Papers-4319

Description: The collection contains material relating to a play by Hall called `Mr Punch, the life and poetry of Denis Glover'. The papers include correspondence with Rupert Glover and others regarding the writing of `Mr Punch'; typescript drafts; research material and a tape of a 1980 Radio New Zealand Insight interview with Denis Glover. The play was first performed at the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin in 1989. Roger Hall is a playwright who has written extensively for both stage and television. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 1 tape(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1880-1936

By: Baldwin, Ernest Smith, 1859-1941

Reference: MSX-6140

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Ernest Smith Baldwin, for the period 1880-1939, and mainly covering amateur dramatic theatre, productions and societies, both in Loughborough, England, and in Wellington, particularly those of the Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc and the National Repertory Theatre Society. Includes programmes, clippings, reviews and related material. Includes a newspaper transcript of an 1885 letter from Henry Hughes giving detailed descriptions and impressions of New Zealand after his first few weeks in the colony. Source of title - Supplied Baldwin was one of the founding members of the National Repertory Theatre (later the Wellington Repertory Theatre Inc), and from 1936 was President of the Society. Previous to coming to Wellington, Baldwin had been involved in amateur theatre in Loughborough, England. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material with holograph annotations. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr Bernie Foster, 2002 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Wellington Repertory Society photographs.

Date: 1976

From: Downstage Theatre Company :[Costume and set designs for Downstage productions] 1967-1977

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: C-100-033/037

Description: Costume designs for Downstage Theatre Company's 1976 production of The Three Sisters (Wellington). Quantity: 5 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 300 x 623 mm

Date: [ca 1955-1967]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Photo News Ltd; McKelvie Studio; Foto-Alfen (Firm); Foto-Samhaber (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0377

Description: Photographs of Arthur Hilton giving a speech and working for the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council; two identical photographs of Joan Kerr, also of the Arts Council, with Mr Omato (spelling uncertain) outside a Qantas office in Japan; the audience gathered for an Allegri String Quartet masterclass in 1963; eleven photographs of a production of Die Kluge by Carl Orff possibly in Germany (the photographs were taken by German photographers) the names of the actors being Huischka, Telaskr, Schwarzer, Daum, Von Schlippe, Kuhn, Stehle, Jochims, Lindauer, Sandleber, Elteste, Herrat Eicker, and Pfleger; Donald Munro, third from left, and others at a gathering in the late 1950s; two unidentified men, possibly mathematicians; and portrait photographs of a similar format of Gerhard Lenssen, Michael Rhodes, Bengt Wisten, and Carl Orff. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1960 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-THEATRE-1960/1989

Description: Includes: 1960s: Joan and Russell Reid Ltd. A brilliant new dimmer design for Strand electric stage lighting equipment. Strand Junior 8 lighting control. [1960s?] Pamphlet 1964: Joan & Russell Reid Ltd. Joan & Russell Reid present "Going up". December 1964 1965: Joan & Russell Reid Ltd. The Joan & Russell Reid stage design award 1965, to be judged by Mr Raymond Boyce. Pamphlet / entry form (2 copies) Joan & Russell Reid Ltd :Theatrical wigs. 6 Boulcott Street, Wellington. P.O. Box 2516. March 1965. Pamphlet / catalogue 1966: Joan & Russell Reid Ltd. Joan & Russell Reid present "Going up". March 1966 Joan & Russell Reid Ltd. The Joan & Russell Reid stage design award 1966, to be judged by Mr Raymond Boyce. Pamphlet / entry form 1972: Bob McMurray stage design by mail order. 32 Hereford Street, Palmerston North. Advertising pamphlet 1973: New Zealand Theatre Foundation Inc. Wellington Area. Bank of New South Wales Secondary Schools Drama Festival 1973 (participating schools, Rongotai College, Onslow College, Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington High School, Taita College, Wainui-o-Mata College, Wellington High School, Heretaunga College). Concert Chamber, 21-23 June 1973. Programme 1974: University of Canterbury Department of Extension Studies. From reader to audience; skills in the theatre. Weekly meetings, March-August 1974. Pamphlet / application form 1975: Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama. National Conference: Advancing teaching speech & drama. St Peter's School, Cambridge, 29 August - 1 September 1975. Programme / registration form 1979: Wellington Area New Zealand Theatre Federation and New Zealand Federation of Operatic Societies. Administration seminar. Wellington Operatic Society Rooms, Harris Street, 16 June 1979. Programme / registration form 1983: New Zealand Society of Theatre Technicians. Weekend theatre workshop seminar. Christchurch, 24-25 September [1983]. Pamphlet /registration form University of Otago. Theatre arts summer school. Dunedin, 6-14 January 1983. Pamphlet / enrolment form 1984: Wellington District Theatre Federation. Theatreaction theattraction; weekend of theatre activity for non-professional societies. Shell House Wellington 31 August - 2 September 1984. Two different pamphlets (2 copies yellow, one copy green) 1987: Globe Theatre Project; a gift from New Zealand to the Globe Theatre Reconstruction, London; designed by Raymond Boyce. Pamphlet / appeal for funds Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Tickets and ticket wallets, sizes varying up to 200 mm.

Date: 1970-1999

Reference: Eph-C-THEATRE-1900s

Description: Includes: 1979: "E"; a performance of exegesis devised by Bruce Barber for the Sydney Biennale (With Margaret Bowe, Deborah Clarke, Jude Waiters, Susan Dunlop, Anne Flanagan, Jane Campion, Rosemary McKinley, Ric Bolzan, Bruce Barber, Greg Harkness, Emmanuel Gasparinatos, Fenn Hinchcliffe). Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1, 3, 5 May 1979, with the assistance of the Q.E.II Arts Council of New Zealand 1982: Theatre workshop to be conducted at the Bricks Theatre Studio covering many aspects of theatre arts. Term III ... Saturday September 25th [1982] (2 copies, 1 in red ink and 1 in black ink) 1985: Theatrical Explosions are holding Childrens Workshops; 5 days professional training in song and dance, mime, improvisation, theatre techniques and stage presentation. 21-25 January [1985]. Poster with tear-off phone numbers (2 copies red, 1 copy blue) Victoria University of Wellington. Centre for Continuing Education. Theatre courses (Aspects of drama in Ionesco and Beckett - starts 27 March; Dario Fo - starts 29 May) [1985]. 1987: Fringe '87; a festival of theatre. [Christchurch], 6-14 February 1987. 1989: United Theatre Sports. 1989 Schools League semi-finals, 7-28 June, final 12 July [1989] 1990: United Theatre Sports. Oh my God! It's Sunday and I'm not at United Theatre Sports. University Memorial Theatre, every Sunday 10 June - 12 August [1990] 1991: Wellington City Council. 1/2 price theatre tickets; a capital night out. Theatre for everyone; Toinga whakaari mā te mātinitini. 4 March - 25 April 1991 1993: Attention teenagers! Come to Creative drama workshops, Karori & Khandallah, 4 June - 7 August 1993] 1995: Academy of Singing & Dramatic Art [Christchurch]. Diploma in performance art. Only 16 positions available. Sam Neill, patron [1995] 1996: Bruce Mason Centre opening celebrations. 29 July - 15 August [1996]. Tabloid newspaper / programme 1998: Peripheral City; experimental multimedia theatre. Cnr Ballance and Stout Streets, 14, 15, 17-21 March. Plus Re:Verb 21 March; [and] "Here's a house, here's a door", 7 March 1998]. (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 500 mm.

Date: [1951-1956]

Reference: fMS-Papers-7803

Description: Comprises collection of writings by Maria Dronke including short story, articles on New Zealand theatre and speech, and drafts in English and German of `Homecoming' with published English version included in which she describes the feelings of Thomas who went back to his home city of Cologne in the 1950s following his escape from Nazism in the late 1930s Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: From the estate of Maria Dronke

Date: 1972

By: Marsh, Edith Ngaio (Dame), 1895-1982

Reference: qMS-1333

Description: Production script with mss additions and sketches, for the inaugural play at the James Hay Theatre, Christchurch, October 1982 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (118 pages). Physical Description: Ms (30 cm; green calf hinged lid box)

Date: 1976

From: Downstage Theatre Company :[Costume and set designs for Downstage productions] 1967-1977

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: C-100-038/047

Description: Set designs for Downstage Theatre Company's 1976 production of The Three Sisters (Wellington). Quantity: 10 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, ink & tempera 435 x 620 mm to 560 x 810 mm

Date: 1970-1996

By: Dennis, Jonathan Spencer, 1953-2002

Reference: MS-Group-1714

Description: These papers relate to Dennis' work with the Amamus Theatre Group. Includes scripts for plays, production notes, correspondence, reminiscences and other material. Many of the scripts were written by Paul Maunder. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, reviews, programmes and posters. Source of title - supplied title For other collection material related to Jonathan Dennis, see MS-Papers-7532. Jonathan Dennis was a founding member of the Amamus Theatre Group. Quantity: 41 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed material Transfers: For other collections donated by Jonathan Dennis, see MS-Group-0531, MS-Group-1714, 96-042, and PA-Group-00652..

Date: [ca 1970-1979]

By: Maunder, Paul Alan, 1945-

Reference: MS-Group-0726

Description: Comprises files relating to production of shows of Wellington theatre companies, Amamus Theatre and Theatre of the Eighth Day, and includes scripts, correspondence, reviews, publicity and related papers Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also papers of Jonathan Dennis re Amamus Theatre Group, at MS-Papers-4418, MS-Papers-4500 and MS-Papers-5600 Arrangement: The papers have been kept in the same groups in which they were received Amamus Theatre Group began in Wellington in 1971 and ceased ca 1979; the Theatre of the Eighth Day was an offshoot of Amamus. Maunder was closely involved with both groups. Quantity: 35 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr P Maunder, Petone, Jun 1998 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs relating to productions of Amamus Theatre and Theatre of the Eighth Day - To Ephemera Collection - Posters for `Valita', `Gallipoli' and `'51' productions.

Date: Sep-Dec 1994, May-Jun 1995 - 10 Sep 1994 - 21 Jun 1995

By: McColl, Colin William, 1949-

Reference: OHColl-0606

Description: The creation of Downstage Theatre in Wellington heralded a new form of professional theatre and pioneered regular productions of New Zealand plays. Interviewees are Patricia Hawthorne, Ginette McDonald, William Sheat, Diana Mason, Richard Cathie, Martyn Sanderson, Richard Campion, Dickie Johnstone, Constance Kirkcaldie. Awards/funding - Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Colin McColl Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Colin McColl, Wellington, 2002 Search dates: 1940 - 1995

Date: 09 Jun 1993

From: The Dames Oral History Project

By: Evison, Helen June Patricia (Dame), 1924-2010

Reference: OHInt-0046/10

Description: Pat Evison describes family background; childhood; education at Solway College; learning the cello from Claude Tanner; studying voice production from Maria Dronke; influence of religion on life (Methodist); views on Maori and culture; sex education; the family home; career options in the 1940s; describes training college (Auckland); first professional theatre engagements at Her Majesty's Theatre; early teaching; production course at Old Vic Theatre Centre in London and job at Old Vic Theatre Company; content of course; meeting and marriage to Roger Evison. Recalls reasons for return to New Zealand; attitude and reaction to motherhood; effect of motherhood on career; effect of appearance on development of versatility; favourite plays; memorable theatre experiences including 'An Evening with Katherine Mansfield'; role in 'Pukemanu'; difficulty in characterisation of role in 'Pukemanu'; voluntary work; health problems; views on women's movement (feminism); attitude towards abortion; discusses 'Close to home'. Accompanying material - Copy of curriculum vitae which includes comprehensive list of stage parts and plays produced. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Venue - 11 Beerehaven Road, Seatoun Heights, Wellington Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1141. Search dates: 1993

Date: 2016-2017

By: Living Theatre Troupe

Reference: OHColl-1570

Description: Eleven interviews by Frances Edmond and Megan Hutchings about The Living Theatre Troupe. Interviewees are: Bridget Marsh, Bryan Divers, Christina Milligan, Darien Takle, Derek Ward, Farrell Cleary, Frances Edmond, Ian Haley, Johnny Givins, Murray Edmond, Paul Carew. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2016. Title supplied by Library. The Living Theatre Troupe was formed in 1970 by Ken Rea and fellow university students. Over the six years of its existence, it became one of the country’s most influential theatre companies, leading a new wave of experimental theatre. Frances Edmond was a member of the Troupe. Quantity: 11 Interview(s). 34 Electronic document(s). 26 digital sound recording(s). 11 digital photograph(s). 2 folder(s). Search dates: 2016 - 2017

Date: 2 Jun 1991 - 02 Jun 1991

From: Women writing for theatre in New Zealand in the 1980s

By: Taylor, Renée Gertrude, 1929-2023

Reference: OHInt-0617/05

Description: Discusses being a feminist involved in theatre and her awareness of the limitation of roles for women. Recalls the joy of reading as a child and starting writing about the age of thirty while at home with three children. Describes writing a humorous weekly column for a while and becoming aware that she was stereotyping the domestic woman in a negative way. Describes enjoying acting while she lived in Napier, before moving to Wairoa. Comments on the need for self-discipline and describes her approach to writing. Discusses creativity. Mentions she is writing her second novel. Discusses aspects of some of her plays including `Setting the table', `Groundwork', `Wednesday to come' and `Secrets'. Compares Auckland and Dunedin productions of her play `Touch of the sun' and comments on the Theatre Corporate production of `Pass it on'. Comments on the focus of protest movements in the play `Groundwork', about the 1981 Springbok tour. Discusses the relationship between an individual's background, in terms of class and race, and drama and literature. Mentions she has been playwright in residence at Theatre Corporate and the Burns Fellow in Dunedin in 1989. Talks about both of her parents coming from Southland. Interviewer(s) - Colleen Cleary Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3434.

Date: 19 Jun 1991

From: Women writing for theatre in New Zealand in the 1980s

By: Johnson, Stephanie, 1961-

Reference: OHInt-0617/04

Description: Discusses whether a playwright should be present during a play's production. Talks about her early plays. Comments on her play `Accidental fantasies', the failure of the second act, rewriting it and her feminism at the time. Describes doing a Drama Diploma with Mervyn Thompson and his encouragement of her and other writers. Comments on the lack of roles for women. Discusses her five years in Australia from 1985 to 1989. Comments on Auckland and Sydney and compares attitudes of New Zealand and Australian writers. Discusses the production of her play `Another two minutes' with the actors Liz McRae and James Beaumont. Mentions her as yet unpublished novel `Crimes of neglect'. Talks about being a mother and a writer. Discusses the family, difficulties of coping with two working parents, food preparation, family meals, children and television, the disappearance of unions and the sale of state assets. Describes her reading as a child and scary stories she wrote Mentions she has also been an actor. Comments on the need to convey a message in drama by the use of character rather than `tub thumping'. Discusses the role of editors and directors in plays and films. Discusses male playwrights including Stuart Hoare, James Beaumont, Greg McGee, Anthony McCarten and his play `Exile'. Comments on actors becoming playwrights. Mentions Fiona Samuels, Rosie Scott and Anne Kennedy. Interviewer(s) - Colleen Cleary Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3433.

Date: 1947

From: Marsh, Ngaio :Photographs of theatrical productions

By: Marsh, Edith Ngaio (Dame), 1895-1982

Reference: PA1-q-171

Description: Photographs of a production of the play `The Anatomist' by James Bridie (pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor); produced by Ngaio Marsh, at the Radiant Theatre, Christchurch. None of the images have captions; actress Brigid Lenihan (wearing light coloured ruffled dress) identified from other items in the collection; Edith Woodward (production crew) also identified (in two views of the production crew at end of album, seated in front row, 3rd from left; with Ngaio Marsh in the centre of the back row). Play identified from items held in Alexander Turnbull Library Manuscripts department. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green and black cover entitled `Photographs' in white lettering; 28 x 35 cm