Genet, Jean, 1910-1986

Date: 1977

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

Reference: D-033-008

Description: Shows a stage with proscenium arch, with acting area protruding out into the auditorium area. One lying and one bending figure are at centre stage, and there are three black cloaked figures entering at the left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, on silver paper 667 x 970 mm.

Date: 1977 - 1978

From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters for productions. 1964-2013]

Reference: Eph-C-DOWNSTAGE-1977/1978

Description: Includes posters for: 1977: "Ashes", by David Rudkin; by arrangement with Michael Codron (With Catherine Wilkin and Bill Stalker). 2-26 November [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "The balcony", by Jean Genet. Downstage Theatre, 10 August - 3 September [1977] (2 copies) "Children", by A R Gurney jr. Downstage Theatre 14 September - 15 October [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) Palace of Varieties presents ... music hall. "East Lynne"; festive family fare. 1 December [1977] - 28 January [1978]. Programme / song sheet (2 copies), and poster / booking form (2 copies) "Halfway up"; Autumn season of late night and Sunday shows in Downstage's new theatre space Halfway Up in the Hannah Playhouse, from March 23 for nine weeks [1977] (2 copies) "Judgement", by Barry Collins, by arrangement with the National Theatre of Great Britain. Limited season Hannah Playhouse, 18-29 October [1977]. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Love's labours lost", by William Shakespeare. Downstage, 26 May t0 2 July [1977] (2 copies) "Otherwise engaged", by Simon Gray. 6 July - 6 August [1977] "Perfect strangers", by Craig Harrison. From April 20; "Fat little Indians", by Gordon Dryland. From May 5 [1977] (2 copies) Tom Stoppard's "Travesties". Directed by Anthony Taylor. 2 March - 2 April [1977] (2 copies) 1978: "Crossing Niagara", by Alonso Alegria. Downstage Theatre, 9 February - 18 March [1978] (2 copies) "Heroes & butterflies", by Robert Lord. Downstage Theatre newsletter February 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Same time next year", by Bernard Slade. Downstage Theatre newsletter October 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) "Savages", by Christopher Hampton. Downstage Theatre newsletter April 1978. Poster / booking form (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Screenprints on posters, sizes varying around 400 x 550 mm.

Date: 1966 - 1969

From: Downstage Theatre :[Ephemera and posters for productions. 1964-2013]

Reference: Eph-C-DOWNSTAGE-1966/1969

Description: Includes posters for: 1966: Downstage presents "Death watch", by Jean Genet. Opens Jan 24 [1966] "The lover" [by Harold Pinter. Produced by Dick Johnstone. June 1966]. 1967: An invitation to bring yourself ... to Downstage Theatre Cafe, 11.30 pm Tuesday 21 Nov & help us celebrate 3d birthday, all night! [1967] (2 copies) 1968: Downstage sponsored by the N.Z. Players Theatre Trust. "Rattle of a simple man" [by] Charles Dyer. Produced by Dick Johnstone [With rubber stamp for Extrav '68] 1969: "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead", a play by Tom Stoppard, produced by George Webby; designed by Grant Tilly, with Ray Henwood, Grant Tilly. Dowstage May 1969 Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters. Physical Description: Screenprints on posters, sizes varying around 400 x 550 mm.

Date: 1966

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1966

Description: Includes: "Arms and the man", by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Antony Groser; costumes and design by Raymond Boyce. [Nov. 1966]. Programme (2 copies) "The counsels of the wood", written and performed by Bruce Mason. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "Death watch", by Jean Genet, translated by Bernard Frechtman. Production, set and costumes by Tim Eliott (cast Ray Henwood, Ross Jennings, Peter Vere-Jones, John Carlaw). [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "Duende", a programme of selected works by Federico Garcia Lorca, devised and produced by Dick Johnstone. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "The Fantasticks", New York smash hit musical. Music by Harvey L Schmidt, words by Tom Jones. Produced and choreographed by Dick Johnstone; music directed by Derek Sanders. [Dec? 1966]. Programme (2 copies). "Father's day", by Peter Bland. Produced by Brian Bell. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "The hollow crown", devised by John Barton. Directed by Roy Patrick. [1966] Programme (2 copies) "The homecoming", by Harold Pinter. Directed by Roy Patrick. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "The knack", by Ann Jellicoe. Produced by Dick Johnstone. [1966]. Programme (2 different colours - 2 copies pink, 1 copy yellow) "Krapps last tape", by Samuel Beckett; preceded by his "From an abandoned work", both performed by Martyn Sanderson. [1966]. Programme. (2 copies) "The lover", by Harold Pinter. Produced by Dick Johnstone. [June 1966]. Programme (2 copies) "Oh Dad, poor Dad, Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad", by Arthur L Kopit. Produced by Derek Nicholson. [1966]. Programme. "Oh what a lovely war". [Revival season]. Director Richard Campion; musical director Peter Zwartz. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "Oh what a lovely war". An Auckland Festival attraction. His Majesty's Theatre, 23 May - 8 June [1966]. Promotional pamphlet. "Oh what a lovely war!". You and 500,000 others will want to see ... [flier itinerary for 1966 tour] "Once upon a timepiece", starring Peter Bland, Leone Leahy, Kenneth Tillson, Ian Mune; production set and costumes by Tim Eliott. [1966] Programme. "Operation Pigstick", a cartoon for theatre by Warren Dibble. Produced by Tim Eliott. [1966]. Programme (2 copies) "The pit", by Norman L Hartweg. Produced by Martyn Sanderson. [1966]. Programme (2 copies). "You'll come to love your sperm test", by John Antrobus. Produced by Martyn Sanderson. 7 March 1966. Programme (3 copies, two with dates are pink and grey; one without dates is yellow). Plus one typescript programme sheet issued before the programmes were ready, due to a delay in printing. "The Zoo story", by Edward Albee. Produced by Owen Leeming. Brief revival season, 27 April - 7 May [1966]. Programme. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and folded pamphlets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1965

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1965

Description: Includes: "Victoriana"; a souree [soiree] musicale. (Michael Woolf, Lewis Rowbotham, Jean Williams, Treena Kerr). Devised by Bruce Mason; musical director Patrick Flynn. Programme. (2 copies) "Hedda Gabler", by Henrik Ibsen. Producer Roger Savage; set design Colin Gardiner. Poster design Walda Hezer. [October 1965]. Programme (2 copies) "Oh what a lovely war; a musical entertainment", by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and Charles Chilton. Produced by Richard Campion; dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Charnley; decor Don Ramage. [Oct-Nov 1965]. Programme. (2 copies) "Bartholomew Fair", by Ben Jonson. University Memorial Theatre. 15-20 March. Flier only. "Counsels of the Wood", by Bruce Mason. Part One: "To Russia with love". 1965. Programme (2 copies) "Happy days", by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Martyn Sanderson; designed by Pat Hanly. Programme. (2 copies) Ionesco double bill. "The lesson", and "Foursome". Downstage Theatre Cafe. 23 August 1965. Programme (2 copies) "The little sweep", by Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier. Produced by Bruce Mason; conducted by Peter Zwartz. Programme (2 copies) "The maids", by Jean Genet. Produced by Tim Eliott. Downstage Theatre, [1965]. programme "Rent day", by Douglas Jerold. Adapted and produced by Mr Sanderson. [1965?]. Programme (2 copies) "La Serva Padrona"; the Maid-Mistress, by Pergolesi. [1965]. Flier (2 copies - one blue and one cream) "The waters of silence" (Le silence de la mer), by Vercors. Translated, adapted and performed by Bruce Mason. 10 August 1965. Programme with photo and biographical notes about Bruce Mason (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-A-DOWNSTAGE-1977

Description: Includes: "Ashes", by David Rudkin. With Bill Stalker and Catherine Wilkin. Directed by Colin McColl; design by Janet Williamson. [November 1977?] Flier / programme (2 copies) "The balcony", by Jean Genet. Translated by Terry Hands and Barbara Wright. Directed by Phillip Mann; design by Raymond Boyce. 10 August 1977. Programme (2 copies) and booking form (2 copies) "Children", by A R Gurney jr. Directed by Anthony Taylor; design by Raymond Boyce. Lighting by Jacquie Hardinge; music by Stephen McCurdy. 14 September 1977. Programme (2 copies) "The foursome", by E A Whitehead. Directed by Colin McColl; designed by Raymond Boyce; lighting by Jacquie Hardinge. [February 1977]. Programme (2 copies) "Judgement", by Barry Collins, with John Banas as Vukhov. Direction Nonnita Rees; design Raymond Boyce; lighting Jacquie Hardinge; sound Stephen McCurdy. 18 October 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Love's labours lost", by William Shakespeare. Directed by Anthony Taylor; design Raymond Boyce; music Stephen McCurdy. 26 May 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Otherwise engaged", by Simon Gray. Directed by Antony Groser; design Rohanna Hawthorne; lighting Jacquie Hardinge. With Ray Henwood, Lloyd Scott, Patrick Smyth, John Callen, Donna Akersten, Lewis Rowe, Alice Fraser. 6 July 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Perfect strangers", by Craig Harrison, directed by Stuart Devenie; designed by Raymond Boyce. 20 April 1977; "Fat little Indians", by Gordon Dryland, directed by Jean Betts; designed by Raymond Boyce. 5 May 1977. Combined programme (2 copies) "Spring awakening; a children's tragedy", by Frank Wedekind, translated by Tom Osborne. Directed by Colin McColl; design Raymond Boyce. Music Stephen McCurdy. 5 September 1977. Programme (2 copies) "Travesties", by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Anthony Taylor; designed by Raymond Boyce. Lighting by Rex Gilfillan. 2 March 1977. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flier, sizes varying below 250 mm.

Date: 1993

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1985- ].

By: BATS Theatre

Reference: Eph-D-BATS-1993

Description: Includes posters for: "The Alhambra's master", by Stephen Sinclair. Directed by Duncan Smith. [With Deirdre O'Connor]. From October 20th (2 copies) "Corporetta", with Timothy Bartlett, Jackie Clarke. By Danny Mulheron, David Armstrong. A freemarket musical presented by the Unco-operative in association with VUWSA Drama Club. Bats Theatre, 27 May - 12 June [1993] (2 copies) With the support of the Central Regional Arts Council Theatre of Ignorance presents Jean Genet "Deathwatch". [With] Heath Cozens, Ryk Goddard, Chris Matthews, Clinton Ulyatt; directed by Uri Ariel Kline. Designed by Lisa Maule; music by Chris Ward. Bats Theatre, from 29 May [1993] (2 copies) "Equus", by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Stephen Bain. [With] Tim Spite, Edward Campbell, Adele Chapman, Stephen Papps, Joanne Arbuckle, Joe Conway, Bronwyn Bradley. Bats Theatre, 6 June - 10 July [1993] (2 copies) "Fringe Fest '93". A three week feast to tempt every taste. Take a bite out of the Bats Blurb book. 11 March - 3 April [1993] (Triangular poster) (2 copies) Hallelujah Picassos. "Lovers" + 4-track EP "Hateman in love" album out now on Wildside Records. Bats Theatre, Thur March 11 [1993] "Let's spend the night together", a comedy by Anthony McCarten. Directed by Duncan Smith, starring Timothy Balme. National tour. [Bats Theatre] 27 September - 9 October [1993] (2 copies) "Panic", starring Petra Massey (aka Pip the Hip) in a solo play written by Ken Duncum, Rebecca Rodden and Petra Massey. Bats Theatre, 21 April - 1 May [1993] (2 copies) Diatribe presents "Pinch"; a melodrama of magic, prophecies and love in strange places. Directed by Sue Morrison, with Erina Toi-Paku, Merphie Carr, Bronwyn Bradley and Johanna Smith. Music by Chris Ward. Bats Theatre, 23-27 March [1993] Have you seen "Polythene Pam"? Bats [7-25 September 1993] (2 copies) The Body's Own Dance Collective. "Purl". Bats Theatre, 28 September - 2 October 1993. Photography by Hamish MacDonald; artwork by Robert Sly. (2 copies) David Geary, Mick Rose and Tim Spite present a Quigley Brothers' production "The rabbiter's daughter". Bats Theatre, 16 July - 7 August 1993 (2 copies) "Strictly off the wall; a voodoo cabaret. Live music, comedy, dance. Bats Fringe Festival, 30 March - 3 April [1993] (2 copies) Strawberry Theatre presents Gary Henderson's "Sunset Cafe"; a play with songs. [With] Jed Brophy, Larissa Matheson, Katie Wolfe, Stelios Yiakmis. Written and directed by Gary Henderson. Bats Theatre, from 16 July [1993](2 copies) "The temptations of St Max", written and directed by Ken Duncum. Bats Theatre, from 2 September [1993] (2 copies) "Verbatim; a play about violence". "An acting tour-de-force from Miranda Harcourt ...". Pre Edinburgh Festival. Bats Theatre, opens 16 June [1993] (2 copies) Posters and photographs are commissioned by each production (not BATS), so theatre does not have copyright in them Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters sizes varying around 600 x 400 mm. Provenance: Some donated by Bats Theatre in 2002 and 2007. Transfers: Some posters previously housed at: MSI-Papers-8941-03.

Date: 1997

From: BATS Theatre :[Posters for productions at BATS Theatre. 1985- ].

By: Greenberg, David, active 1997

Reference: Eph-D-BATS-1997-01

Description: Poster promoting a drama production shows a framed photograph of two maids (Erin Dolden at left, and Melanie Lynskey at right), staring down at a prostrate yound woman with her moth open. Her head only is visible. At left and right, the two maids look at themselves in the frames photograph. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 425 x 600 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Bats Theatre, 2007.