Bennett, Robert, active 1992

Date: 1979

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

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1979

Description: Includes: Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society. "The alchemist". Directed by John Kim. [Christchurch] 15-22 September 1979. Programme Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). 5 years, 1974-1979. Pamphlet. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "The foursome". 19 October - 11 November [1979]. Flier only. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "The daughter-in-law" by D H Lawrence. 14 September - 14 October [1979]. Flier only. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). "Look back in anger", by John Osborne. 27 January - 25 February [1979]. Flier. Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North). Beryl Te Wiata in "Mrs Kiwi Arthur presents...", with "White Cliffs". 4-9 September [1979], and season of three plays: "Sons and daughters" - with "Coming ready or not", The daughter-in-law", "The foursome". Flier only. Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "Blue comedy", by Paul Ableman (includes "Madly in love" and "Hank's night"); directed by Hazel Menehira. [1979]. Programme Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "Glide time", by Roger Hall; directed by Robyn Payne. [1979?]. Programme (2 copies) Four Seasons Theatre (Wanganui). "How the other half loves", by Alan Ayckbourn. Wanganui [February 1979]. Programme / flier. Foxton Little Theatre. Re-union 1946-1979. 27-28 October 1979. President Daphne Hunt; secretary/treasurer Val Philpott. Programme / songbook Mime Theatre Cologne [presents] Milan Sladek. Promotional booklet. [1979] Mime over matter. Mime '79/80, by Robert Bennett. Programme. New Independent Theatre. "Batholomew fair", by Ben Jonson. Directed by John Curry. Auckland. May 1979. Programme (inside back cover contains list of all productions 1974-1979) New Independent Theatre. "Unlikely places", by Gordon Dryland. Directed by Myra de Groot. October 1979. Programme. New Zealand Theatre Federation. 1979 One act play festival. Central division festival (Bats Theatre presents "Into the abyss", by Ray Bradbury, directed by Lorraine Burton; Opunake High School presents "The cagebirds", by David Campton, directed by Gabrielle Barr; Waiouru Amateur Theatrical Society presents "Behind my skull", by William Dinner & William Morum, directed by Christine Scott; Opunake Players presents "The faithful widow of Ephesus" by Thomas Cruder, directed by Jim Barr & Alan Love; Hawera Repertory Society presents "Auto-da-fe" by Tennessee Williams, directed by Russ Standing; Mana Little Theatre presents "George the mad ad-man" by Peter Bland, directed by Barbara Heath. Lower Hutt Little Theatre, 17-18 August 1979. Programme Pilgrim Productions presents the New Zealand premiere of "Sentenced to life", by Malcolm Muggeridge and Alan Thornhill. Directed by Sam Winer. Maidment Theatre. 10-24 November 1979. Programme. Stewart Macpherson's Stetson Productions proudly present "Night and day", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Eric Thompson, with Lynnette Davies and Donald Burton. NZ tour 1979. Programme (2 copies) Dave Smith Productions present "I, Wallace", a satirical review by Dave Smith [with caricature of Wallace (Bill) Rowling on the cover]. VUW Memorial Theatre. 6-24 November 1979. Programme. Solo Productions present Beryl Te Wiata in her two widely acclaimed one-woman shows, "Mrs Kiwi Arthur presents", and "The white cliffs". Fortune Theatre Dunedin (5-6 Nov), Christchurch Town Hall James Hay Theatre (8-9 Nov), VUW Memorial Theatre (11-12 Nov) 1979. Flier only. Stage Theatre presents "Billy Liar", by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Directed by Jane M Tite. [Wellington], 14-24 March [1979]. Programme Stage Theatre. Stage One presents "The fourposter; a gentle comedy in three acts", by Jan de Hartog. Directed by Jane M Tite [Wellington, 1979]. Programme with inset sheet Waipukurau Little Theatre. "Middle-age spread", by Roger Hall. Directed by Laurie Swindell. 17 May - 2 June 1979. Programme. Theatre unknown. Requirements for a casting of "Habeas corpus". 1979. (Flier) Victoria University. Department of Romance Languages (Italian) presents Pirandello "Six characters in search of an author". Memorial Theatre. 31 May [1979]. Programme. "The wind in the willows", by Kenneth Grahame. Adapted and directed by Linda Tucker; music arranged and directed by Mariel Malcolm. 8 Braithwaite Street, Karori. 8 and 11 December 1979. Programme. Quantity: 19 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on programmes and fliers, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1976

From: Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances]

Reference: Eph-A-UNITY-1976

Description: Includes: New Year newsletter to members 1976. The Women's Arts Studio, Nga Tamahine Marama, presents their first monthly issue "The carefree show". Unity Theatre 26-28 August [1976]. Leaflet (2 copies, one red, one cream) "City sugar", by Stephen Poliakoff. Directed by Auton Low, designed by Garth Frost. Unity Theatre, 4-18 December 1976. Programme / flyer. "Fanshen", by David Hare. Directed by Richard Mays. [August 1976]. Programme. "I suspect we're ridiculous", a one-act play written in 1976 by Debbie Graham and produced by Debbie Graham. 3-5, 10-12 February [1976]. Flier. "The magic of mime"; presentations by Robert Bennett, Alan Howard, Sarah Wilson, Brian Hayward in "Paris", "Clown Collage", "The swing". 11-16 August [1976]. Programme. "Sketch book". [25 sketches. Production by Jacqueline Jones. [1976]. Programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 7 programmes / fliers.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to 250 mm.

Date: 2003

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1979- ].

By: BATS Theatre

Reference: Eph-C-BATS-2003

Description: Includes posters for: Deluxe Coffee presents Guy Capper in "Animation mutation"; live interactive animation show. 28 April - 4 May [2003]. "Chair water air"; art installation, cello dance sound & film. 28 February - 2 March [2003]. "The Collective", by Jean Betts, inspired by "Brecht & Co", by John Fuegi. 21 March - 12 April [2003] (2 posters, different sizes) "Confidence in me", by Mel Johnston; a documentary about people applying to Creative New Zealand. Bats Theatre, 7-12 July 2003. "Curry & chops", award winning stand up comedy with Tarun Mohanbhai (Billy T Nominee 2002), Ben Hurley (Wellington's best Stand Up 2002). Bats Theatre, 9-20 December [2003] (2 copies) "Flight of the Conchords" [Brett McKenzie and Jermaine Clement], the worlds foremost guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo. 15-23 January 2003. Featuring special guest Guy Capper. "Fold", by Jo Randerson; directed by Jean Betts; tech David Lawrence. 24 April - 3 May [2003] "For Georgie", by Kathryn van Beek, directed by Natalie Hitchcock. Bats Theatre 5-8 March; Silo Theatre 19 March - 5 April [2003]. (2 posters, different sizes) Pleasant Whining Productions presents "The ghost of Woody Allen", [by Philip Braithwaite]. 10-15 February 2003. Double D presents "The head of the house", by Dean Hewison, directed by Holly Shanahan. 7-12 April [2003]. (2 copies) Jam Choreography presents "Hypnotized, Mesmerised" [Jill Menard]. 2-5 March [2003]. "Kelly" by Brian Hotter, directed by Ralph McAllister. 6-8 March [2003]. Into Orbit; a collision of heavenly bodies. Dance - new works by Sally Stopforth and Andrea Sanders. 4 December - 4 January. "Loving Las Vegas", at the Bats City Casino. Bats Theatre B'Day fundraiser party, 16 April [2003] (2 copies) Improv Productions Wellington presents "Micetro"; the 2003 championship season. 5-6, 12-13 May 2003. Improv Productions Wellington presents "Micetro"; the 2003 mid-winter season. 3-5 July 2003. Mime International Family Show. Director Robert Bennett. 12-13 December [2003](2 copies) "Nervous doll dancing". Dance your socks off. Movement and film by UJ Lee; pre-recorded, live and processed solo cello by Francesca Mountfort with Jonny Marks - live sound processin', Treefrog 'David' Sandler - piano. 17-20 September [2003] Kilda Northcott Youth Dance Company, "Being running jumping still stone struck". 3-6 September [2003]. With Ake Ake Theatre Co & artist Craig Watson. "Nyet Name; cracks in the garden". 19-23 August. Banner poster (see D series for larger poster) BooBalar Productions "The Packer". Writer / direction Dianna Fuemana, player Jay Bunyan. Wellington, Bats Theatre 26-30 August; Melbourne, The Storeroom @ The Parkview Hotel, 3-7 September [2003]. "Paul's Parables" - "Undine" and "The felinity of Wendel", both by Paul Rothwell. 11-15 February 2003. (Small pink flier) "Quills", by Doug Wright. 21-30 May. Axess Dance presents "Reign"; experimental performance works by Kerryn McMurdo, Brent Harris and Alexa Wilson. 19-21 February [2003]. Idyllwild Theatre presents "Shakespeare confused" [Stuart Curtis]. Fringe Festival 2003. 16-19 February [2003]. Seventeenth Floor Performance Company presents "Shhh ...". Creators / performers Andrea Donaldson, Heather Lindsay, Laura Quigley; director Paulo Ribeiro; choreographer Maria Calderone; dramaturge Rob Baker ... Toronto 30 January - 8 February 2003; Wellington 18-22 February 2003; Vancouver 20-29 March 2003. Island Players Theatre Company proudly presents "Simi's flight", directed by Vela Manusaute, written by Paul So'oula. 26 February - 1 March 2003. Artillery and Te Toku Haruru presents "Skeletal precipice"; experimental dance solos performed by Kerryn McMurdo and Charles Koroneho. 10-13 September 2003. The Justine Smith Hour. TV2 International Laugh Festival. Silo Theatre Auckland 6-10 May 2003; Bats Theatre Wellington, 15-16 May 2003. Speak,easy ... say the.word. [The Word Collective]. 17-18 October [2003] STAB 2003; a theatre revolution. DnA, 24 October - 1 November; The Bacchae, 6-15 November; The Rise and Fall or the Fall and Rise of Dinky Jon, 20-29 November [2003].(2 copies) Stomp N Grind. Wild Dance Troupe [Wellington Performing Arts Centre], with guest artists Assorted Sweets. 18-20 September [2003] Taki Rua Productions presents Te Wai Paapaku season of "Strata", by Kirk Torrance, directed by Tim Spite, with Kirk Torrance, Grant Roa and Malcolm Murray. 26 September - 11 October 2003. "Trance", written by Stephen Bain [directed by Stephen Bain and Tureya Healy-Diaz]. 22-25 February [2003]. (2 copies) Fringe 2003 best comedy award losers, The Clan of the Puppet Ninja proudly seel out with "Uncle Stinky's missing shoes". Redux deluxe, a puppet tragi-comedy. 15-19 July [2003] (2 different sizes, larger one a photocopy) "Unhappy men", written by Dane Giraud & Kelly Kilgour [Director Richard Rugg]. 12-15 March [2003] Verona and Friends; a stirring collection of musical collaborations in a show for warm summer evenings. 4-8 February [2003]. "Wats up Bro?"; dark comedy Maori musical, written by Jamie McCaskill, directed by Simon Ferry. 12-15 February [2003]. (2 copies) "Wedding speeches", written and performed by Millen Baird, directed by Tim McLachlan. 1-5 July 2003. (2 different sizes) See other posters for the same year at D and E sizes. Quantity: 40 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters sizes varying around 420 x 300 mm. Provenance: Most donated by Bats Theatre in 2004.

Date: 1990 - 1992

Reference: Eph-A-BATS-1990/1992

Description: Includes programmes for: 1990: BATS Fringe Fest; the blurb book [1990] Wilder Productions presents "Blue sky boys", by Ken Duncan, featuring Tim Balme & Michael Galvin as the Everly Brothers. BATS Theatre, 14 June - 2 July [1990]. Programme, and 2 large postcards "The brute", by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Leigh Ransfield, a Black Hole production. BATS Theatre, 2-23 June [1990]. Programme The Big Straw Company presents "Coming attractions", a comedy by Ted Tally, starring Eddie Campbell, Jed Brophy, Peter McAllum, Deborah Cuzens, Jeff Boyd, Susan Brady. BATS Theatre, 18 July - 4 August [1990]. Flier Eclectic Company. "The conquest of the South Pole", by Manfred Karge, translated by Tinch Minter & Anthony Vivis. Directed by Simon Bennett. [31 January-24 February 1990]. Programme The Improvisors present "Improvisations by candlelight". 28 September - 6 October [1990?]. White flier "Just Frank", by Vince Foxall. Directed by Edward Campbell. BATS Theatre, from 5 September [1990]. Programme (2 copies) "Kiss me kill me", by Theatre At Large. Director Tommy Honey. Opening BATS Theatre 8 August 1990. Flier with attached ticket"Merchants of Venus"; dances by Shona McCullagh, Marianne Schultz, Felicity Molloy, Debra McCulloch, with John Gibson, Judith Froude, Kilda Northcott, Taiaroa Royal. BATS Theatre, 13-17 March 1990. Programme 1991: BATS Fringe Fest; the blurb book [1991] (2 copies) The Improvisors. "The adults' guide to love in the 90s". BATS Theatre 14-25 May [1991]. Yellow flier "Charity Cartwright's family disunion", from a story by Sally Rodwell (With performers Sally Rodwell, Gloria Hildred, Alan Brunton; publicist Madeline McNamara. BATS Theatre 12-16 March 1991. Flier only Pushing Up Daisies Collective presents "Dead tragic", devised by Michael Williams; directed by Christine Asher. BATS Theatre [1991]. Programme (2 copies) John Pheloung is the "One man guy"; a comedy about love & songwriting. 4 shows only. BATS Theatre 27-30 Nov [1991]. Programme 1992: Mime International presents "Androcles and the lion, and other mimes", directed by Robert Bennett. BATS Theatre, 7-12 September 1992. Programme Fringe Fest '92. BATS programme [booklet] "Belladonna", a comic face-lift on the beauty industry, by Michele Hine. BATS Theatre, 19 November - 5 December [1992]. Flier "A dangerous game", a comedy by Friedrich Durrenmatt, directed by Danny Mulheron. BATS, 6-29 August [1992]. Promotional pamphlet (2 copies), and invitation to Miss Eileen Bone "Let's spend the night together", a stand-up comedy by Anthony McCarten; directed by Duncan Smith, starring Timothy Balme. BATS Theatre 3-28 September [1992]. Flier only "Miss Julie", a play by Strindberg. Director Eleanor Aitken. [BATS Theatre, 1992]. Programme (2 copies) "To", by Jim Cartwright, with Bridget Armstrong and Richard Hanna. Direction Paul Sonne; design John Parker. 29 April - 16 May [1992]. Promotional pamphlet / poster Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and photocopies, sizes around 210 x 145 mm.

Date: 1977 - 1982

By: Fortune Theatre (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-FORTUNE-1970/1989

Description: Includes: 1977: "The bed before yesterday", a comedy by Ben Travers. proudly presenting our 50th production. 21 November - 10 December [1977] (2 copies) "An evening with Katherine Mansfield", by Pat Evison. 6-10 September [1977] (2 copies) "Female transport", by Steve Gooch. 19 March - 2 April [1977] "Gentlemen prefer blondes", by Anita Loos. 23-27 August [1977] "The glass menagerie", by Tennessee Williams, featuring Louise Petherbridge. 2-16 July [1977] "Glidetime", by Roger Hall. Director Derek Wooster. 23 July - 13 August [1977] "The lover & silence", by Harold Pinter. Directed by Derek Wooster. 15 October - 5 November [1977] "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Elric Hooper. Regent Theatre, 11-18 June [1977] (2 copies) "Not Christmas but Guy Fawkes". Written and performed by Bruce Mason. 16-20 August [1977] "The prince of rags & jingles". [1977] (2 copies) "Private lives", by Noel Coward. Featuring Elric Hooper. 23 April - 14 May [1977] "Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet St". 13 December [1977] - 14 January [1978] "Three sisters" by Anton Chekhov. Regent Theatre, 12-16 April [1977] 1978: "The fall of the house of Usher", by David Campton, based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale. 6-20 May [1978] "Irma La Douce", starring Yolande Gibson. 27 May - 10 June [1978] (2 copies) "Long day's journey into night", by Eugene O'Neill. 16-30 September [1978] (2 copies) "What the butler saw", by Joe Orton. 21 January - 11 February [1978] (2 copies) "Middle-age spread", by Roger Hall. 1-22 April [1978] "The fall of the house of Usher", by David Campton. 6-20 May [1978] "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw. 8-29 July [1978] (2 copies) "The real Inspector Hound", by Tom Stoppard. "After Magritte", 5-19 August [1978] Robert Bennett. Mime international. 23-24 June; workshop 25 June [1978] (2 copies) "Toad of Toad Hall". Directed by Sherril Cooper. 22 August - 2 September [1978] 1979: "Aladdin", an exciting original pantomime by Murray Hutchinson; musical director Russell Sheppard. 13-20 December [1979] April - June programme - Bullshot Crummond, The diary of Anne Frank, The Winnie the Pooh Show, and Sweet Nothin's" "Bullshot Crummond". Roxburgh Theatre, 7 April [1979] "The club; the game they play even dirtier off the field!". 10 February - 3 March [1979] (2 copies) "Crown matrimonial", by Royce Ryton. 13 September [1979] (2 copies) "Dear liar", by Jerome Kilty, starring John McKelvey as George Bernard Shaw and Marijke Mann as Mrs Pat Campbell. [Season in Balclutha, Invercargill and Gore, 22-29 September 1979] (2 copies) "Hay fever", by Noel Coward. 17 November - 8 December [1979] June / July programme. Schiller's "Mary Stuart", "Dear liar", "Arms & the man" (2 copies) "Leonardo's last supper", by Peter Barnes, directed by Murray Hutchinson, designed by Bill Haycock, opens downstairs March 1 [1979] "President Wilson in Paris", by Ron Blair, directed by Alex Gilchrist, designed by Bill Haycock, opens April 4 [1979] "Sherlock Holmes". 27 October - 17 November 1979. (2 copies) "State of the play", by Roger Hall, directed and designed by Murray Hutchinson, opens March 10 [1979] "Suddenly last summer", by Tennessee Williams, directed by Murray Hutchinson, designed by Bill Haycock, opens downstairs March 29 [1979] "Uncle Remus Show" [and] "Charley's aunt" [1979] 1980: "Deathtrap", by Ira Levin. Dunedin, 8-29 March; Invercargill 15-17 April [1980] "Just between ourselves", by Alan Ayckbourn. 12 February [1980] (2 copies) "The lion in winter", by James Goldman. Invercargill 10-12 April; Dunedin, 19 April - 10 May [1980] "Whose life is it anyway?", by Brian Clark. Directed by Tony Richardson. 6 November [1980] 1981: "Accidental death of an anarchist", by Dario Fo. Directed by Simon O'Connor, designed by Tony Rabbit, cast James Beaumont, john Hudson, William Kircher, Blair Park, Louise Petherbridge and Peter Verstappen. 17 September - 10 October [1981] 1982: "Duet for one", by Tom Kempinski. February 18 to March 13 [1982] "Female parts", by Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Fortune downstairs, 5-21 March [1982] "The glass menagerie", by Tennessee Williams. Fortune Theatre at The Depot. 26 October - 6 November [1982] (2 copies) "Life with the lions; the life and songs of John Lennon", a performance by John Gibson and Michael Gilchrist. Downstairs Fortune Theatre, 4-19 December [1982] "The perfumed businesswoman", by Brian McNeill. Fortune downstairs, 30 April to May 10 [1982] The philanthropist", by Christopher Hampton. 15 April - 8 May [1982] "We can't pay; we won't pay", by Dario Fo. 18 March - 10 April [1982] (2 copies) 1984: "Tales from Hollywood", by Christopher Hampton. 22 June [1984] 1985: "Chinchilla", by Robert David MacDonald. 12 April [1985] (2 copies) "Wednesday to come", by Renee [Taylor]. Fortune Theatre from June 7 [1985] 1987: Fortune Theatre in association with Wilson Elsom Greenslade Ltd presents the world premiere of Roger Hall's latest comedy, "The share club". Mayfair Theatre, 26 June - 11 July [1987] Quantity: 50 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, 440 x 317 mm. Provenance: Some items donated by the Hocken Library, Dunedin, in 2012.

Date: 1967-1991, 2000

By: Bennett family

Reference: MS-Group-1673

Description: Collection comprises diaries, letters, poems, written compositions, photographs and drawings by Rachel Bennett. This material depicts a young girl growing up in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s. Material covers family life, friendships, schooling, emotional relatonships and theatre activities. Also included with this original material are some of the litarary drafts used in the publication on her life. Publication - Rachel Bennett, With love from Rachel : a unique picture of a young girl (Wellington, N.Z. : J. and R. Bennett, 2001) Source of title - Supplied by Library Arrangement: The original order of this collection at deposit has been maintained within the arrangement and description of these papers. Series One comprises mixed folders with original material and draft typescripts. Series Two contains original material selected to be scanned for digital images for the publication. Series Three comprises miscellaneous material largely unused in the publication. Rachel Bennett emigrated to New Zealand with her parents in 1974 aged six. She attended Karori West Normal School, Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Victoria University of Wellington and Wellington Polytechnic (Nursing). In 1991 aged 23 she was murdered. The material within this collection comprises her own writings, photographs, letters, poems, paintings and drawings. Some of this material was compiled and edited by her parents for the publication `With love from Rachel'. Quantity: 29 folder(s). 0.75 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, photographs and illustrations Provenance: Original material created by Rachel Bennett. With her death in 1991 ownership transferred to her parents Jane and Robert Bennett. There are many illustrations in this collection accompanying written compositions, within diaries and letters, and singular sketches.

Date: 1975

From: Unity Theatre :[Programmes and fliers relating to plays and dramatic performances]

Reference: Eph-A-UNITY-1975

Description: Includes: "Coralie Lansdowne says No", by Alexander Buzo. Directed by Ralph D McAllister, designed by Bruce Tidswell. 3-19 July [1975]. Advertising postcard (2 copies) "The Venetian twins", by Carlo Goldoni. Directed by Robert Bennett, designed by Laurie Lord. 5-21 June [1975]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 programmes.. Physical Description: Letterpress items, varying sizes up to 250 mm.

Date: [1980-1990, 2000]

From: Bennett family : Papers relating to Rachel Bennett, 1967-1991

Reference: 2008-064-28

Description: Folder comprsies correspondence, miscellaneous writing, poetry and notes. Also includes a letter from Rt Hon Helen Clark to Robert Bennett regarding support for artists in New Zealand (2000). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, mss and typescript

Date: 1992

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1979- ].

Reference: Eph-C-BATS-1992-01

Description: Shows a framed "portrait" of the head of a lion. The Bats logo appears at lower left. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 419 x 297 mm.