Bennett, Keith Morris, 1917-1993

Date: 1960 - 1989

Reference: Eph-A-STAGECRAFT-1960/1989

Description: Includes: 1960: "A resounding tinkle", by N F Simpson. Directed by Keith M Bennett. [March? 1960]. Programme (2 copies) "Hot summer night" by Ted Willis. Produced by Keith Bennett and Terence Journet. 1960. Programme. (2 copies) "The Hamlet of Stepney Green", by Bernard Kops. Directed by Keith and Beryl Bennett. 1960. Programme (2 copies) 1961: "Road to Paradise" by Russell Reid. Directed by Keith M Bennett. 1961. Programme (2 copies) "Picnic", by William Inge. Directed by Toby Easterbrook-Smith. Concert Chamber 21-25 November [1961]. Flier. 1962: "The glazed look", by Terence Journet. Directed by Keith Bennett. 26 November - 1 December 1962. Programme. 1963: "Experiment in a wide wood", by Terence Journet (Wellington author). Concert Chamber, 24-28 September [1963]. Programme and flier 1964: "Double Yolk" (including "By accident" and "With intent" by Hugh and Margaret Williams. Directed by Eric Kemeys. 1-5 December 1964. Programme. 1966: "Every other evening" by Francois Campaux. Directed by Colleen Walling. 1966. Programme. "The Long Wait" by Wayne Tourell of Kaitangata, Otago. Directed by Kathleen Houston. 7-9 December 1966. Programme. "The poker session", by Hugh Leonard. Directed by Ralph Poole. [1966]. Programme 1967: "Semi detached", by David Turner. Produced by Colleen Walling. 15-22 April 1967. Programme. "The Paradoxical quest" by Wayne Tourell of South Otago. Produced by Eric Kemeys. December 1967. Programme. 1968: "Thieves Carnival" by Jean Anouilh. Produced by Margaret Mitchell. Stagecraft Theatre Tonks Avenue. 27 April - 4 May 1968. Programme. "The subject was roses", by Frank D Gilroy. Directed by Ronald Bowie. 10th anniversary production. Programme (2 copies) "A lily in Little India" by Donald Howarth (NZ premiere). Produced by Stanley Campbell. 1968. Programme. (2 copies) 1969: "Blood wedding", by Lorca. Produced by Ian Carrie. [1969]. Programme. (2 copies plus newscutting review dated 17 April 1969) "Philadelphia here I come", by Brian Friel. Produced by Eric Kemeys. Programme (2 copies) and promotional pamphlet. "The Trigon" by James Broome Linne. Produced by Anne Roberts. [ca 1969]. Programme. "Up the Mall". Christmas revue 1969. Promotional flyer / programme. 1970: "The restoration of Arnold Middleton" by David Storey. Produced by Tony Isaac. April 1970. Programme (2 copies) and newsclipping. "Enter a free man" by Tom Stoppard. Produced by Ronald Bowie. 1970. Programme. 1971: "The Brass Butterfly" by William Golding. Produced by Ian Carrie. April 1971. Programme. "The effect of gamma rays on Man-in-the-Moon marigolds" by Paul Zindel. Produced by special arrangement with Elmwood Players, Christchurch. September 1971. Programme. (2 copies) "My three angels", by Sam and Bella Spewack. Produced by Jean Crabtree. December 1971. Programme. 1972: "All for Mary", by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman. Directed by Elsie Lloyd. April 1972. Programme. "The loves of Cass McGuire" by Brian Friel. 17-24 June [1972?]. Advertising card. "Out at sea" and "Charlie", two plays by Slawomir Mrozek. Produced by Elizabeth Martin and Marshall Marsden. 1972. Programme. "The Drunkard" or "Down with Demon Drink", by Brian J Burton. Produced by Ian Carrie. Theatre Studio, Tonks Avenue. 4-18 November 1972. Programme. (2 copies) and promotional card. 1973: "I spy", by John Mortimer. Produced by Nicholas Spalders. [1973]. Programme. "Events while guarding the Bofors gun", by John McGrath. Directed by Ross Jennings. October 1973 Programme. (2 copies) 1974: "You never can tell", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Ian Carrie. 1974. Programme. 1975: "Everything in the garden", by Giles Cooper; directed and designed by Jean Crabtree [1975]. Programme "The seagull", by Anton Chekhov. Produced by Peter Meikle. [1975] Programme (2 copies) 1976: "The disorderly women", by John Bowen. Directed by Pauline Wetton. 24 June - 3 July 1976. Programme. An evening of one-act plays: "The dirty old man", produced by Eric Kemeys; "La musica", produced by Ian Carrie. 18-21 August 1976. Programme 1977: "The big killing", by Phillip Mackie, directed by Brian Staniland. [March 1977?]. Programme "Dutch uncle", by Simon Gray. Directed by Elizabeth Martin. 1977. Programme (2 copies) Early 1980s?: "The real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard. Produced by Anne Bushell. Programme. (2 copies) "The Hot l Baltimore" [sic], by Lanford Wilson. Directed by Ronald Bowie. [1976/77?]. Programme. 1981: "Separate tables", by Terrence Rattigan. Directed by Ewan Coleman. 12-22 August 1981. Programme. 1983: "Death of a salesman", by Arthur Miller. Directed by Jack James. [1983]. Programme "Dirty work at the Crossroads". Directed by Eric Kemeys. Late 1983. Programme. 1984: [Map to find the theatre in Tonks Avenue]. 1984. 1987: "The ruffian on the stair" by Joe Orton, and "The lover", by Harold Pinter. Directed by Colleen Foss. 8-17 October 1987. Programme (2 copies) 1989: "Arsenic & old lace", by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Liz Lipski. Stagecraft Theatre. 17 November - 2 December [1989]. Programme. Quantity: 35 programmes (approx). 1 flier(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

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: 1955-1959

From: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995 : Papers

Reference: 2008-035-2/11

Description: Professional correspondence, mainly from regional councils of adult education Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Huggard, Dennis, 1928-2017 : The Dennis Huggard Jazz Archive

Reference: MS-Papers-9018-04

Description: Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: [1940-1945]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-16

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related material; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Ron, Gisborne; [?] Marr [?] Tarkington, Hikurangi; letters to Bob and Doreen, Orakei; and Ken. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1943]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-03

Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related papers; includes electoral material for Lincoln Efford and C ron Howell. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Win, Christchurch, and to Mum, with legal instructions. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Jan-Dec 1942]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-02

Description: Inward and outward correspondence of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors, administered by John Davies and Read Mason; includes related papers. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; alson incudes letter to Mr Bennett; letters from Lawrie, Whenuaroa; Win, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch; and Zeno, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1981-1983]

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: 85-080-02/14

Description: Also includes note from Lyn Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Jan-Mar 1942]

From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers

Reference: 2005-016-01

Description: Correspondence file for Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors which Mason was overseeing during John Davis's absence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes correspondence with Win, Christchurch; Henry, Dunedin; Rev [?] M Banks, Remuera, Auckland; Brownie (CHB), St Albans, Christchurch. Arrangement: The papers remain in the order in which they were received Quantity: 1 folder(s).