Priestley, John Boynton, 1894-1984

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: 1951

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1951

Description: Includes: Annual report and accounts (2 copies) "Aladdin", by arrangement with Emile Littler. Production by Kenneth Firth. Orchestra under the direction of Alex Lindsay. Grand Opera House. 1-15 December 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Golden boy", by Clifford Odets. Directed by Ralph Hogg. Town Hall Concert Chamber 17-20 April 1951. Programme (2 copies) "I remember Mama", by John van Druten. Directed by Cecil E Gardiner. Grand Opera House, 8-15 October 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Journey's end", by R C Sherriff. Directed by Frederick Farley. Paramount Theatre, 22-26 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) "The lady's not for burning", by Christopher Fry. Produced by Frederick Farley. St Francis Hall, 30 May - 8 June 1951. Programme (2 copies) "The linden tree", by J B Priestley. Produced by Bernard O Jones. [March?] 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Love in Albania", by Eric Linklater. Produced by Kenneth Firth. St James Theatre, 30 June - 6 July 1951. Programme (2 copies). "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Kenneth Firth. 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Treasure hunt", by M J Farrell and John Perry. produced by Elsie Lloyd. Paramount Theatre, 25 August - 1 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) "Venus observed", by Christopher Fry. Produced by Ernest Le Grove. Paramount Theatre, 1-4 August 1951. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance housed at MS-Group-0450..

Date: 1938

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1938

Description: Includes: "The amazing Dr Clitterhouse", by Barre Lyndon. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 18-22 October 1938. Programme (2 copies) "I have been here before", by J B Priestley. Produced by W S Wauchop. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 29 November - 3 December 1938. Programme (2 copies). "The Marquise", by Noel Coward. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 22-26 March 1938. Programme (2 copies) "The Merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by W S Wauchop. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 17-21 May 1938. Programme (2 copies) "The Second Mrs Tanqueray", by Sir Arthur Pinero. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 12-16 July 1938. Programme (2 copies). "Storm in a teacup", by James Bridie. produced by W S Wauchop. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 6-10 September 1938. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Mrs Alice Megget, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1945 - 1949

By: Hutt Repertory Theatre; Yaldwyn, John Cameron, 1929-2005

Reference: Eph-A-HUTT-REPERTORY-1940s

Description: Includes: 1945: "Eden end", by J B Priestley. Produced by Bernard O Jones. St James Hall, Lower Hutt, 20-23 November 1945. Programme Four evenings; three one-act plays: "The distant drum, by Philip Johnson, produced by G A Blundell' "The shadow of the light", by H Russell Moss, produced by Briton Chadwick; "Charade", by Philip Johnson, produced by Mary Dowse. St James Hall Lower Hutt, 11-14 September 1945. programme 1946: "Tony draws a horse", by Lesley Storm. Produced by Briton Chadwick. St James Hall Lower Hutt, 19-22 March 1946. Programme 1947: "Libel", a play in three acts, by Edward Wooll. Produced by J B Yaldwyn. Waterloo School Hall, 25-27 March 1947. Programme A season of three one-act plays. "Masks", by Patricia Chown, produced by Lois Mair; "Dark brown", by Philip Johnson, produced by D Sherwood-Butt; "Cards on the table", produced by A Leslie. Waterloo School Hall, 13-15 May 1947. Programme "The shining hour", by Keith Winter. Produced by H Norman Hannah. Horticultural Hall, 1-3 July 1947. Programme 1949: "Candida", by George Bernard Shaw. [Produced by F M Renner]. Horticultural Hall, 21-23 April 1949. Programme [Three plays]. "The sea shell", by Patricia Chown, produced by Kenneth Adams; "Op-o-me-thumb", by Frederick Fenn & Richard Pryce, produced by Marguerite Pudney; "Two aunts & a grandmother", by T M Morris, produced by Annette Chadwick. [1949]. Programme / flier. Quantity: 7 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

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: 1941

Reference: Eph-A-THESPIANS-1941

Description: Includes programmes for: "Candida", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Russell Reid in association with Myles F E Wright. Concert Chamber. 13-15 November 1941. Programme with cover design by Russell Clark (2 copies) "Dangerous corner", by J B Priestley. Produced by Eric Bradwell. Concert Chamber 26-28 June 1941. Programme (2 copies) "Grouse in June", by N C Hunter. Produced by F M Renner. Thespians' Little Theatre. 9-11 October 1941. Programme (2 copies). "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Myles F M Wright. Concert Chamber. 2-5 April 1941. Programme (2 copies) "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. Produced by Myles F M Wright. Concert Chamber 14-16 August 1941. Programme (2 copies). Quantity: 5 theatre programmes. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated by Constance Kirkcaldie and Ronald Megget.

Date: 1987

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1987

Description: Includes: Encore Productions Limited. "Are you lonesome tonight?", written by Alan Bleasdale; directed by Venessa Park. New Zealand Premiere tour, June to October 1987. Pamphlet / booking form showing a portrait illustration of Elvis Presley. "Down the really road", by Stuart McKenzie. Concept / director Nansi Thompson. uckland [1987?]. Programme "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Jacquelin Jones. Mana Little Theatre Studio, 2-4, 9-11 April 1987. Programme "Run for your wife", by Ray Cooney, directed by Janet Spearman (With Jacki Piper, Vivienne Labone, Robin Askwith, Nigel Harbrow, Geoffrey Hughes, Windsor Davies, Wally Allen, Lewis Rowe). New Zealand tour 1987. Programme "Strip", by Lorae Parry. Directed by Ellie Smith (With Annie Ruth, Kerryn Walsh, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, John Wraight, Sue Alexander). [Wellington? 1987]. Programme Corner Theatre Inc. presents J B Priestley's "They came to a city", directed by S L Fearnley. [Wellington], 7-12 April [1987]. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, 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: 1956 - 1997

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-KDS

Description: Includes: 1956: "The late Christopher Bean". Concert Chamber Town Hall [1956]. Programme 1957: "The secret tent", by Elizabeth Addyman. Produced by Donald Macleod. Concert Chamber Town Hall, [1957]. Programme (2 copies) 1958: "The house by the lake", by Hugh Mills. Produced by Edna Wiggs. Concert Chamber Town Hall, [May 1958]. Programme. 1961: "Arsenic and old lace", by Joseph Kesselring. Produced by Mae Cleall. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 26-28 October 1961. Programme (2 copies) 1962: "The woodcarver", by Morris Brown. Produced by Bettie Goodwin. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 10-12 May 1962. Programme. 1965?: "The offshore island", by Marghanita Laski. Produced by Bettie Goodwin. Karori Community Hall, 11-13 November [1965 or 1972?]. Programme. 1966: "The rehearsal", by Jean Anouilh. Produced by Anne Batt. Karori Community Hall, 27-30 April 1966. Programme 1966?: "Dark of the moon", by Howard Richardson and William Berney. Produced and designed by Harry Baker. [ca 1966] Programme / flier 1979: "Pinocchio", by Brian Way. Directed by Dean Ward. Karori Community Hall, 23 November - 2 December [1979]. Flier (2 copies) Double bill by Peter Shaffer: "The white liars", produced by Richard Russell; "Black comedy", produced by Mary Singleton-Bryan. 29 March - 7 April [1979]. Programme and flier. 1980: Karori Dramatic Society present a double bill - two plays by Noel Coward. "Fumed oak", and "Shadows of the evening". Samuel Marsden School Hall, 6-14 June [1980]. Flier. 1981: Karori Dramatic Society in association with Penguin Books present Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", adapted by Richard George. Auditions, 12 September [1981]. Contact Dean Ward. Flier. Karori Dramatic Society in association with Penguin Books present Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", adapted by Richard George. Wellington Teachers' College Hall, 18-20 December [1981]. Flier (2 copies) Karori Dramatic Society in association with Playmarket present "The pied piper", by Peter Harcourt. Wellington Teachers' College, 15-21 December [1980]. Flier. 1982: Karori Dramatic Society in association with Penguin Books and Jumbo's Restaurant present Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the great glass elevator", adapted by Barbara Neale. Wellington Teachers' College Hall, 27-29 August [1982]. Flier (2 copies) ca 1982: "An inspector calls", by J B Priestley. Produced by Mary bryan. Karori Community Hall, 15-17 September [ca 1982?]. Flier. 1987: "Changes", by Barbara Neale. Directed by Ewen Coleman. Wellington Teachers' College, 18-27 September [1987]. Flier. 1996: Two one-act plays: "Lunchtime" and "In confidence". St John's Centre Karori, 4-6 July [1996]. Flier (2 copies). 1997: "Ten times table", by Alan Ayckbourn. St Ninains' Church Hall, 25 July - 2 August [1997]. Flier. "Daisy pulls it off", by Denise Deegan. 6-8, 14-15 March [1997]. Flier. Quantity: 19 programmes and fliers, plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset and photocopies, sizes varying up to A4. Provenance: One item donated from the estate of Margaret Barker, 2013.

Date: 1940

By: Johnson, Evelyn, active 1940s

Reference: Eph-A-WELLINGTON-REPERTORY-1940

Description: Includes: "Amphitryon 38", adapted by the French of Jean Giraudoux by S N Behrman. Produced by W S Wauchop. Wellington Town Hall. 8-12 October 1940. Programme (2 copies) "Anthony and Anna", by St John Ervine. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Concert Chamber. 3-7 December 1904. Programme (2 copies). "Quality Street", by J M Barrie. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 30 March - 6 April 1940. Programme (2 copies - one without date and venue printed on cover) "Spring meeting", by M J Farrell and John Perry. Produced by G H A Swan. Concert Chamber. 6-11 July 1940. Programme (2 copies) "The Voysey inheritance", by Harley Granville-Barker. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Wellington Town Hall, Concert Chamber. 11-16 May 1940. Programme (2 copies). "When we are married", by J B Priestley. Produced by Leo du Chateau. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber. 3-7 September 1940. Programme (2 copies). Several programme covers feature illustrations by Evelyn Johnson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 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: 1934 - 1939

Reference: Eph-A-THESPIANS-1930s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1934: "The high road", by Frederick Lonsdale. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 6-7 April 1934. Programme (2 copies). "Ambrose Applejohn's adventure", by Walter Hackett. Director Victor S Lloyd. 27-29 September 1934. Programme. "Rope", a de Quinceyish essay in the macabre - a play in 3 acts by Patrick Hamilton. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 19-21 December 1934. Programme (2 copies) 1935: "Afterwards", by Walter Hackett. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Wellington Town Hall Concert Chamber, 13-16 November 1935. Programme "Hobson's choice", by Harold Brighouse. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 15-17 August 1935. Programme (photograph of E R Render? as Hobson on cover) (2 copies) "Third time lucky", by Arnold Ridley. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Concert Chamber Wellington Town Hall, 2-4 May 1935. Programme (2 copies) Receipt for 10 shillings and sixpence membership subscription for 1935 to Miss J Weeber 1936: "The sport of kings", by Ian Hay; and, "Clay", by Eric Bradwell. Both plays produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-18 April 1936. Programme (2 copies). "Laburnum grove", by J B Priestley. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 18-20 June 1936. Programme (2 copies). "Lover's leap", by Philip Johnson. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 13-15 August 1936. Programme (2 copies). "Call it a day", by Dodie Smith (C L Anthony). Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-7 November 1936. Programme (2 copies). 1937: "And so to bed", by J B Fagan. Produced by D G Edwards. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 21-24 April 1937. Programme (2 copies). "No. 17", by J Jefferson Farjeon. Directed by Evan Harrowell. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 9-12 June 1937. Programme (2 copies). "Family affairs", by Gertrude Jennings. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 4-7 August 1937. Programme (2 copies). "The two Mrs Carrolls', by Martin Vale. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 10-13 November 1937. Programme (2 copies). 1938: "The school for scandal", by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 16-18 June 1938. Programme (2 copies) "Aren't men beasts!", by Vernon Sylvaine.Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 4-6 August 1938. Programme (2 copies). "Love from a stranger", adapted from a story by Agatha Christie by Frank Vosper. Produced by Victor S Lloyd. Town Hall Concert Chamber 19-22 November 1938. Programme. 1939: "Someone at the door", by Dorothy and Campbell Christie. Directed by Victor S Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 18-21 March 1939. Programme (2 copies). "Short story", by Robert Morley. Produced by Elsie Lloyd. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 3-6 June 1939. Programme (2 copies). "The flashing stream", by Charles Morgan. Produced by Miles F E Wright. Town Hall Concert Chamber. 5-8 August 1939. Programme (2 copies) and promotional pamphlet. "Private lives", by Noel Coward. Produced by Myles F E Wright. Concert Chamber. 18-21 November 1939. Programme (2 copies). "Thesarabian nights"; a folly committed in fifteen frolics. Devised and directed by Russell Reid; ballet by Joan Raine. Little Theatre, 30 June - 1 July 1939. Programme Quantity: 23 theatre programmes and other ephemera. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by Mrs Shirley Megget in 2006, and Mrs Alice Megget in 2008; some from the collection of Raymond Hedges 2002.

Date: 1960 - 1989

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-DC-1900s

Description: Includes: 1960s?: "The zeal of thy house", by Dorothy Sayers, presented by Wesley Drama Christi. Saturday March 4 [1960s?]. Programme (2 copies) 1969 or 1975?: Peter Ustinov's "The unknown soldier and his wife", presented by Drama Christi in Drama Christi Studio, 25-27 July, 1-3 August [1969 or 1975]. Programme (2 copies) 1975: "Business of good government", by John Arden. Wesley Church, 12-14 December [1975]. Flyer only 1975: "Downtown Minestrone", Drama Christi's irreligious, religious, libellous, satirical scandalous revue. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 17-19 October [1975]. Programme / flyer 1976: "Pilgrim"; his death-defying progress from the city of destruction to the city of gold. Presented by Drama Christi sponsored by M.E.D. in the Dell of Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 20-28 March [1976]. Flyer (2 copies) 1976?: "Johnson over Jordan", by J B Priestley. Drama Christi Studio, 24-26 September, 1-3 October [1976?]. Flyer (2 copies) 1976/1977?: You are invited to meet "Androcles and the lion" at Drama Christi Studio, 30 July - 4 August [1976/77?]. Flyer (2 copies) 1978: "Mass for the Theatre". The tensions of a modern city - torn between scepticism and hope. Modern dance and mime by Drama Christi of Wellington. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Wellington Wesley Church 18-19 March; Wanganui Trinity Church 1 April; Hawera Memorial Theatre 2 April; St James Church Hutt City 8 April [1978]. Flyer 1978: "The skin of our teeth", by Thornton Wilder. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 4-6, 11-13 August [1978]. Flyer 1978: "The world turned upside down", by Clive Sansom. Presented by Drama Christi, 10 December [1978]. Flyer 1981: "The business of good government", by John Arden; a Christmas play with a difference. Wesley Church Taranaki Street, 11 and 13 December; Presbyterian Church Island Bay 13 December [1981]. Flyer only 1981: The Daniel Jazz and captain Noah and His Floating Zoo, presented by Drama Christi in the Dell, Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 1-8 March [1981]. Michael Flander's [sic] sparkling words set to rollicking music by Joseph Horovitz. Flyer (2 copies) 1982: "A Midsummer night's dream", by William Shakespeare. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 6-8, 13-15 August [1982]. Flyer only 1982: "Whanautanga"; presented by Maori, Pakeha, Samoan, Tongan and Fijian groups of Drama Christi, in the Dell of the Lady Norwood Rose Garden, 14-21 March [1982]. Flier (2 copies) 1983: "Lady Precious Stream", by S I Hsiung. A light hearted melodrama of ancient China. Drama Christi Studio, 75 Taranaki Street, 12-21 August [1983]. Programme and flyer 1985: Shakespeare's "The winter's tale". Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 9-18 August 1985. Flier only (2 copies) 1986: "The fire raisers", by Max Frisch. Drama Christi Studio Theatre, 19-28 September 1986. Flyer only (2 copies) Drama Christi was established in 1949. Quantity: 16 programmes / fliers. Physical Description: Photocopies and offset prints on programmes and flyers, sizes below 340 mm.

Date: 1946-1956

From: Fairburn, Arthur Rex Dugard, 1904-1957 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1128-094

Description: Includes correspondence with Barbara Freyberg Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1985 - 1991

From: Lewis, Margaret B (Dr) : Papers relating to biography of Ngaio Marsh

Reference: MS-Papers-8898-1/10

Description: Material in this file includes the typecript and handwritten script for 'when in rome' (a play) and the program and cast list for Henry V (first play performed at Christchurch Town Hall theatre). Also includes information about 'the far away boy' by Marsh, and material from Princeton University Library, mostly letters from Ngaio or concerning publishing her work from the Harold Ober and Associates papers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1933-1977]

From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0418-042

Description: Includes correspondence and poems from Winston Rhodes; poem, `Letter to Karl Stead' by Alan Roddick (1970); copy of article by J B Priestley on his visit to New Zealand (Observer magazine, 9 Sep 1973); letter from Tilly, Wellington, re Poetry Society letterhead; interview of Glover by Michael Player (1973); correspondence with HMNZS Pegasus group including letter signed by 17 members (1956); sonnet by Willie Patterson; poems by Rhys Pasley; letter from Paekakariki Old Folks Association, asking Glover for a rhyme to be sung to the tune of `Here we are again' (1964); letter from [?] R O'Neill of Lower Hutt. Identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1945-1946

From: Brodie, John, 1905-1955 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6779-11

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; not all writers identified Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1965-1984

From: Shaw, Helen Lilian, 1913-1984 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7809-02

Description: Identified correspondence entered under name Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts