Glue, Mervyn James, 1926-2014

Date: 1967

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-UCSM-1967

Description: Includes lunchtime concert programmes for:: 9 March: Elisabeth Hellawell and Christopher Gray 16 March: Heather Taylor, William Hawkey, Roger Buckton 23 March: John Ritchie String Orchestra 30 March: Rolf Just Recorder Consort with Anita Ritchie soprano; Wallace Woodley, Ellen Doyle 12 April: Farquhar Wilkinson and Maurice Till 13 April: Guy Henderson, Maurits Monas, Vyvyan Yendoll, Farquhar Wilkinson 19 April: Elizabethan Quartet (Maurice Stead, Gladys Vincent, Thomas Kidson, Francis Bate) 26 April: Denis Smalley 8 June: New Zealand Wind Quintet and New Zealand Brass Ensemble 15 June: Brian Hansford and Maurice Till 22 June: University Choir and Orchestra with Sylvia Bradley, Richard Greager, Christopher Doig 6 July: Allan Chisholm, Suzanne Purnell, Jocelyn Staples, Diana Solomon, Guy Donaldson, Sylvia bradley, William R Hawkey 13 July: University of Canterbury Madrigal Singers, conductor Brian Barrett 14 July: University Orchestra, conductor John Cousins; leader Alex Blom. With Stephen McCurdy, cello and Dorothy Buchanan, piano; and Suzanne Purnell, piano. 20 July: Richard Giese, frank Gurr, Maurice Till 27 July: Music at the court of King James I - John Chisholm, Axel Blom, Elizabeth Rogers, Marjorie Sutton, Frances de Goldi, Allan Chisholm 3 August: Christchurch Harmonic Society Chorale, conductor William R Hawkey 3 and 4 August: "The coronation of Poppea" by Claudio Monteverdi. Musical director David Sell; producer Mervyn Glue (With Christopher Doig, John Harker, Jonathan Mane, Andrew Baines, Heather Verity, Sylvia Bradley, Brian Gallas, Jan ten Hove, Rosemary Turnbull, John Doig, Pauline Clark, Margaret Buchanan, Victor Ellena, Fern Scrivener). Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Ilam 10 August: John Ritchie String Orchestra, conductor John Ritchie, leader Louis Yffer 21 September: Frank Britton Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Flyers and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1959

From: Fox, Sylvia, fl 1986 :Photographs of plays and actors from the Estate of Dame Ngaio Marsh

By: Mannering & Associates Ltd; Barriball, Martin Sydney, 1929-

Reference: PAColl-D-0085

Description: Annette Facer as Cleopatra in the Shakesperian play Antony & Cleopatra produced and directed by Ngaio Marsh for the the University of Canterbury Drama Society in 1959. Mervyn Glue as Antony can be seen in the background. Photograph possibly taken by Martin Barriball for Mannering & Associates Ltd. Identical image attributed to Barriball at PAColl-D-0084 Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top right - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print mounted on card, 608 x 510 mm

Date: 1953

From: University of Canterbury Drama Society :[Programmes and ephemera. 1945-1970s]

Reference: Eph-B-DRAMA-UCDS-1953-01

Description: Programme with cover illustration (by JK) of a profile classical head topped with laurel wreath, states that the play was produced by Ngaio Marsh and that Tom Taylor designed the set. The cast included Gerald Lascelles, Max McGlashan, Mervyn Glue, Oriole Whitlock, William Scannell, Marlene Murray, Alan Shaw, and many others. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Letterpress on programme folded to 253 x 152 mm. Provenance: Collected by Mr Raymond Hedges

Date: 1926 - 1944 - 1976 - 1969

By: University of Canterbury. Drama Society

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-UCDS-1920/1979

Description: Includes: 1926: "The devil's disciple" by George Bernard Shaw. Produced by Professor J Shelley. 1926. Programme. 1933: "Good Friday"; a play by John Masefield. Radiant Hall, 24 and 26 June 1933. Programme 1944-45: "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Tour of New Zealand. 1944-45. Programme (2 copies). "Othello, the Moor of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produed by Ngaio Marsh. Set design by Marsh Williams (Presented by D D O'Connor). New Zealand tour 1944-45. Programme (2 copies) 1945: "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington. 26 January [1945]. Programme (2 copies) Shakespeare season at Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington. "Hamlet" in modern dress", produced by Ngaio Marsh. 26 January [1945]; "Othello" in costume, produced by Ngaio Marsh. 1 February [1945]. Flier, with photographs of Jack Henderson as Hamlet, and Paul Molineux as Othello. At the Radiant Hall Christ Chvrche, to commence on Saturday the tenth Febrvary MDCCCCXLV & three matinees. "The tragicall Hiftorie of HAMLET Prince of Denmarke", to be followed by "The tragoedy of OTHELLO, the Moore of Venice", by William Shakespeare. produced by Ngaio Marsh, the tour directed by D D O'Connor. Promotional pamphlet 1946: "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Radiant Theatre, 20-27 July 1946. Programme (2 copies) "What say they?", a comedy of university life by James Bridie. Little Theatre, 14 April 1946. Programme 1947: "A change for the worse", by James Bridie; "Riders to the sea", by J M Synge. Little Theatre, 15 August 1947. Programme "Interior" by Maurice Maeterlinck; producer Keith W Thomson; "The little man, a farcical morality", by John Galsworthy; producer Bernard Kearns. Little Theatre, 19 April 1947. Programme "Saul", by Alexnader Lernet-Holenia; produced by Jack Woods; "Great Catherine", by Bernard Shaw; produced by Pamela Mann. Little Theatre, 11-12 July 1947. Programme "Macbeth", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh. Music composed by Douglas Lilburn. New Zealand tour 1947 (presented by D D O'Connor). Programme (2 copies) 1948: Canterbury University College Drama Society presents "The axe", an original play in verse by Allen Curnow. Produced by John Pocock; production assistant Patience Maclean. Little Theatre, 24-27 April 1948. Programme "The flies", by Jean-Paul Sartre. Producers Maryrose Miller, Pamela Mann, Bernard Kearns. Little Theatre, 8-10 July 1948. Programme 1949: "Othello, the Moor of Venice", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Ngaio Marsh; set design by Sam Marsh Williams. (Presented by D D O'Connor). Tour of Australia 1949. Programme (2 copies). D D O'Connor presents the Canterbury Student Players of New Zealand in "Six characters in search of an author", by Luigi Pirandello. Play produced by Ngaio Marsh, [1949]. Programme 1950: "The taming of the shrew", by William Shakespeare. Produced by Gordon Tait. Centennial production. SHelley Theatre, 16-23 December 1950. Programme. 1953: "A sleep of prisoners" and "A phoenix too frequent", by Christopher Fry. "Sleep of prisoners" produced by Ngaio Marsh; "A phoenix too frequent" produced by Bernard Kearns. Repertory Theatre Christchurch, 27-28 March 1953. Programme. 1961: Canterbury University Drama Society presents Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot". 3rd Orientation production. Produced by Wendy de la Bere. Canterbury Museum Lecture Hall, 18 Mar 1961. Programme 1962?: Canterbury University Drama Society presents "The birthday party", by Harold Pinter. Produced by Wendy de la Bere. (With Geoffrey Eathorne, Wyn Jones, James Laurenson, Jacqueline Clegg, Mervyn Glue, Huntly Eliott. Stage manager John Thompson; music Frederick Port). Cast list / flyer 1965?: "Blood wedding", by Federico Garcia Lorca. Produced by Brian Wigney. Provincial Council Chambers, 10 March [1965?]. Programme (Dates estimated from known ages of some participants, and perpetual calendar) 1976: "Cinderella and the fairy goodmother"; a very different pantomime by John Farnsworth; music by P Norman; directed by Gerrit Bahlman. [Christchurch, 1976]. Programme Quantity: 13 programmes. 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Programmes and fliers under 220 mm. Provenance: Various donors including Iris Winchester, J C Yaldwyn, Rothschild estate, Raymond Hedges estate, Patience Kearns.