Actors - England

Date: [ca 1885]

By: Waterlow, Herbert Jameson, 1846-1921; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: MSX-8833-8835

Description: Letters (usually brief) and autographs from a variety of prominent writers. Includes letters from Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, Whistler & others & autographs of Ellen Terry and other stage celebrities. Many of the letters refer to a dinner to Edmund Yates, journalist-novelist, as a mark of sympathy for (presumably) his conviction for libel, early 1885 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (23cm and 24cm, ¼ black morocco)

Date: 1936-1971

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PAColl-8311-07

Description: Photographs of Merton Hodge, Geoffrey Wardwell and friends in the 1930s; New Zealand family and friends; views of a London street; Merton and Catherine Hodge, their dogs and their Citron car, Dunedin, 1950s; Hodge at Balclutha with Ken and Joan Moore and their son, 1950s; views of unidentified streets, Dunedin; exterior views of the Hodges flat and garden, 1950s; views of Dunedin from the Hodges garden; snaps of Catherine Hodge, friends, and the children of friends. Arrangement: Negatives of most of the Dunedin photographs in this box are at 1/4-110198-F to 1/4-110258-F. Quantity: 97 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1921

From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes for performances of opera and light musicals in Great Britain, mainly featuring New Zealand performers. 1900-1959].

By: J Beagles & Company Ltd (London)

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-GB-1921-01

Description: Postcard shows a photograph of New Zealand actor Shayle Gardner in costume as the Sultan seated in an embrace with actress Fedora Rozelli, in the musical "Cairo", staged in London in 1921. Other Titles - Roselli Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on card, 140 x 91 mm.

Date: 2005

From: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-: Collection relating to Hilton Raymond Porter

By: Howson, Patricia Deanna, 1940-

Reference: fMS-Papers-8389

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Patricia Howson on her father, Hilton Raymond Porter, actor and broadcaster, and on his wife, Dorothy Woolley. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs, original letters, lists and other documents, programmes, official circulars and forms, covering all of the career of Hilton and Dorothy Porter. Includes documents and other papers relating to the torpedoing of the passenger ship `Athenia' in 1939. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typsecript, printed matter, photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patricia Howson, 2005 Processing information: Group record created and this item added to the group 21 August 2020.

Date: 1875

By: Jackson, Robert, active 1850-1900; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-028-056

Description: Head and shoulders of English actor, Henry Irving, with drapery across his shoulders and masks of tragedy and comedy at front corners of the base On long-term display in Turnbull House until 1971. Shown in a photograph of the Deputy Chief Librarian's room, ground floor, on the windowledge Inscriptions: Back area of figure: maker's incision: R Jackson sc, 29 Maida Vale, London, 1875; Front area of base: monogram H I, with the I divinding the H Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Plaster 430 x 270 x 170 mm

Date: ca 1950 - ca 1960

From: Burke, Noreen (estate) :Photographs

By: Burke, Noreen Hannah, 1926-1984; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Jauncey, Philip Henry, 1902-1982

Reference: PAColl-6859-1

Description: Photographs taken by Noreen H Burke, The Evening Post, P H Jauncey, and the Burton Brothers. Many images are of parts of Wellington, Evans Bay, Parliament Buildings, the Cenotaph, the Botanic Garden and views of the city. Others include people in boats, flying boats, views of the Tukituki River Hawke's Bay, All Saints Church Palmerston North, Turuturu-moki Pa near Hawera Taranaki, the Turi and Rongorongo memorial canoe at Patea, and a group of people which include Prime Minister Holyoake and US President Johnson. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s) 5 hand-coloured.

Date: 1930s-1940

From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain

By: S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PA1-q-759

Description: Album comprises British Official photographs of Edgar James Kain (1918-1940) and his fellow pilots of No 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force, taken between the Squadron's posting to France in September 1939 and Kain's death on 7 June 1940; Dornier Do 17 aircraft shot down by Kain in France, and a captured crew member under interrogation by French police; pre-war scenes of No 73 Squadron in England; Kain meeting with Arthur Askey and other actors at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham; photographs of Kain with his fiancee, Joyce Phillips; Kain's mother, Nellie Maria Kain, his sister, Judy Kain, and his fiancee at memorial services in England after his death. The album includes telegrams, invitations, mentions in despatches ,and other documentation relating to Kain. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donors are Edgar Kain's sisters. Transfers: Transferred from MS-Group-1031..

Date: 1903-1958

By: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958

Reference: MS-Group-1351

Description: Collection comprises material concerning Hodge's career as a dramatist and writer, primarily in England. This material has been arranged by series and includes drafts of revues, plays and short stories, correspondence and printed material in relation to these plays and theatre in general during the 1930s and 1940s in Great Britian, America and Europe. One series covers Hodge's autobiography `I Went for a walk' and this text gives a good overview of his life and the theatre personalaties he knew during these years. Also included here is Hodge's account of being in London during World War Two. Further series include business, legal and financial papers, some of which relate to Catherine Margaret Hodge, her handling of the estate of Horace Emerton Hodge and matters pertaining to her own life and family Accompanying material - Newspaper articles containing biographical information in backfile New Zealand born writer, dramatist, actor and medical practitioner. Achieved major success with plays in England, America and Europe during the 1930s. The production of his play `The Wind and the rain' ran for 1000 performance in the West End, London (1933-1935). Hodge practiced medicine in New Zealand, England, Ireland and Scotland. He returned to New Zealand in 1952 and died in tragic circumstances in Dunedin in 1958 Quantity: 131 folder(s). 2.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript, printed matter, photographs, artworks, ephemera and curios Finding Aids: Inventory available for first accession from this collection. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Nine pencil and pastel sketches (one page containing double-sided portraits), fake emerald ring and an engraved (H.E.H) silver spoon and fork set - To Photographic Archive - Photograph album, mounted photographs and loose black and white photographs (PA Series 14:33 - PAColl-8311) - To Photographic Archive - 104 black and white photographs relating to the Linney family. 17 black and white photographs relating to Hoarce Emerton Hodge (PAColl-8311) - To Photographic Archive - Three folders of loose photographs and three photograph albums (PAColl-8311) - To Ephemera Collection - Play bills. Processing information: Archivists notes - Major enhancement of the descriptive records, as well as inclusion of descriptions for Series and individual item records, undertaken by Manuscripts and Archives staff in 2005

Date: 1927-1939

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PA1-q-926

Description: Includes photos of Student's Review, Dunedin, 1927; Selwyn College, Dunedin, late 1920s; Dunedin Student's Carnival, 1920s; house staff, Dunedin Hospital; Clifton Firth; Morice family, Wellington, 1930; picnic at Waikouaiti, 1929; marriage of Norrie Fyns Fenwick to John Henry Frothingham, 1931 (cuttings); Panama Canal from the deck of the "Port Piri" on the way to England in 1931; flyer advertising Geoffrey Wardwell in van Druten's "There's Always Juliet"; Merton and friends in London in 1931; photographs of Ireland relating to Merton's transfer to Spike Island, County Cork, as a military doctor; travells in Ireland with John van Druten; travells in Ireland with Geoffrey Wardwell, 1932 or 1933; photos relating to plays in 1933; Merton on the "Berengaria" on the way to New York, December 1933; views of Washington D C, December 1933; New York and friends there in 1933 and 1934; an Atlantic storm photographed by Merton Hodge from the deck of the "Berengaria" on the journey back to London, 1935; trip to Charleston and New Orleans for Mardi Gras early in 1935; a trip in England in 1935; street views of Merton's play "Grief Goes Over" in letters on the Oueens and Globe theatres, London; trip to possibly the south coast of France; snaps from an English trip including views of Whitby Abbey; trips to Germany (1936), Scandinavia, 1836/37 ?) with Geoffrey Wardwell; trip to Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, France and Paris in 1937; Return to New York late 1938 or early 1939; views of the deck and passengers on the Queen Mary, March/April, 1939. Except for the New Zealand section at the beginning of this album the rest of the photographs date from Hodge's arrival in London in 1931 to his return to London from America in 1939. They relate to the period when he was a successful playwright. Most of the the photographs from 1931 are of people he met when he first arrived in London which was the time that he made friends with Auriol Lee, Geoffrey Wardwell, and John van Druten who continued to be close friends and collegues throughout the 1930s. Auriol Lee supported him as a playwright and directed a number of his plays. John van Druten was an actor and playwright, and Geoffrey Wardwell was an actor friend who often accompanied Merton Hodge on his travells. Merton Hodge returned to London after postgraduating at the Edinburgh Medical School during which time he wrote his first play \"As it was in the Beginning\" which became \"The Wind and the Rain.\" In London he took a job as a doctor with the British Army. After some time in London he was posted to Spike Island, County Cork, Ireland. This must have been in 1932-1933. All the photographs in the album relating to Ireland were taken at this time and record friends, places and holidays taken with John van Druten and Geoffrey Wardwell. 1933 was also the year that \"The Wind and The Rain\" was trialled at Manchester in October and began its 1,000 performances run in London. In late 1933 Merton Hodge sailed for New York on the \"Berengaria\" as \"The Wind And The Rain\" was to open at the Ritz Theatre, 48th Street, New York on the 1 Feburary 1934. Though it was directed by Walter Hart, Auriol Lee also had a hand in its New York production. The group of photographs of Washington relate to a trip made by Hodge in December 1933. He accompanied a theatre group taking a play \"The Lake\" to the National Theatre in Washington. Geoffrey Wardwell and Katharine Hepburn were members of the group. He was back in New York for Christmas 1933. After the New York opening of the \"Wind and the Rain\" Hodge, John van Drusen, and Auriol Lee, travelled to New Orleans for the Madi Gras. On the way they spent some time at Charleston, South Carolina. While there, they met Mrs Gordon Hastie who as well as a town house in Charleston, owned a large country house called \"Magnolia.\" This may be the pillared house in this group of photographs. The coloured postcards were also aquired in Charleston. Merton Hodge and Geoffrey Wardwell returned to London on the \"Beringaria\" in 1935. The group of photographs of the storm at sea were taken by Hodge during this voyage. Some were published in London papers on his return. Another English section follows which includes exterior views of the Queens and Globe theatres posting his second play \"Grief Goes Over\" which ran concurently with the \"Wind and the Rain.\" At this time Hodge was working on an adaptation for English consumption of an American play \"Men in White.\" After \"Men in White\" was produced Hodge and Wardwell went for a trip to France. There are no photographs of the trip to Berlin in 1936 with Geoffrey Wardwell where \"The Wind and the Rain\" was running successfully. Hitler saw it three times. It was also performed in Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Gottingen, Hamburg, Leipsig, Munich, and Vienna. In 1935 \"Grief Goes Over\" opened in London after a weeks trial run in Manchester. After the opening Hodge went on a trip to the South of France in 1936. On his return from France, he decided to go to Scandinavia where \"The Wind and the Rain\" was being produced in Sweden, Norway and Finland in a Swedish translation. He was accompanied by Geoffrey Wardwell. There are a large group of photographs relating to this trip, most being of Stocholm. He was back in London in May 1937 and saw the coronation. Then he went on a holiday to Switzerland which was the location for a film in which Geoffrey Wardwell was acting. They returned to London via Austria, Hungary, Italy, France and Paris. There are a lot of snaps which relate to this trip. Late 1937-early 1938 was taken up with the production of \"An African Farm.\" The French version of \"The Wind and the Rain\" opened in Paris in 1938. There are no photographs relating to these events in this album. In 1938/39 Hodge returned to New York and there are a group of snaps taken at this time. With the outbreak of war threatening, Merton Hodge along with many others decided to head back to London. He returned on the \"Queen Mary\" in 1939 and the last group of photographs in this album were taken during the journey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1948

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: J-057-013

Description: Shows Peter Fraser wearing a crown and dressed in robes standing in front of a box of grease paint and delivering a speech in parliament. An MP to the side is telling another that Fraser was impressed by the well-known British actors, Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivienne Leigh. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Extended Title - They say he was most impressed by the Oliviers Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy on poster paper

Date: 1960 - 1976

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Drama-Undated

Description: Includes: "How to succeed in business without really trying". Her Majesty's Theatre [1960s?] Patrick MacNee. Photo by courtesy of W A Sheaffer Pen Co Pty Ltd [Autographed photographic portrait mounted on board. 1960-1970s?] (3 copies) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Various print media on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: [ca 1934]-1941

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PAColl-8311-03

Description: Portraits of Merton Hodge, Noel Coward, John van Drusen, Auriol Lee, Sybil Thorndyke (in "Grief goes Over"), Anthony Marlowe and Harriette Johns (in "The Island"), Winifred Oughton and Clive Morten (in "Grief goes Over"), scenes from "The Wind and the Rain," scenes from "The Island," scenes from the French production of "The Wind and the Rain" Paris 1938, a view of a lounge on the "Queen Mary," the memorial stone to Auriol Lee who died on the 2nd of July 1941. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0437-67A.

Date: 1921- ca 1935

By: Hamilton-Ely, Sarah, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-6232

Description: Photographs relating to Sir Thomas Wilford, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, and his daughter Isabel Lilian Wilford, who acted in movies in Hollywood in the early 1920s, and in West End theatre, London from ca 1927 to 1933 Isabel Lilian Wilford's acting career lasted from about 1921 until 1933. In the early 1920s she was acting as an extra or as a leading lady in Hollywood movies. The earliest of these seems to have been an adaptation of JM Barrie's "What Every Woman Knows" made in 1921 and directed by William de Mille. Isabel Wilford's part in this was a maid servant. She then went on to play lead roles in at least three other films, "The Brand-Blotters," "The Kinsman," and "Fair Fighting." Her stage career in London's West End took off in 1927 when she understudied Tallulah Bankhead in "The Garden of Eden" at the Lyric Theatre. Bankhead was ill and Isabel Wilford stepped into her shoes and instant success. She brought her career to an end in 1933 when she was engaged to Edward Penrose-Fitzgerald. The marriage took place on Thursday the 11th of January, 1934, Lima, Peru. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1933-1960]

By: Byrne, Percival Stafford, 1901-1976

Reference: MS-Group-0269

Description: Consists of short stories, plays, radio talk and a poem written by Byrne and a scrapbook containing photographs of Byrne in acting roles, programmes and reviews for plays Byrne appeared in and for `The Laughing Cavalier' which Byrne co-wrote. Also contains loose clippings of reviews and a poem by Byrne entitled `Fountains Abbey'. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Source of title - supplied Accompanying material - Biographical details and information about some of the items in this collection supplied by donor - held in backfile Relationship complexity - See also MS-Group-0329 Quantity: 2 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter and photographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Anthony Byrne, USA, 1993, 1994 (A93-260, A94-047) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs of Stafford Byrne.

Date: 1928-1934

From: Hamilton-Ely, Sarah P (Mrs) :Photographs relating to the life and career of Isabel Lilian Wilford

Reference: PA1-q-738

Description: Photographs of scenes from plays produced in London theatres in which Isabel Wilford took part between 1928 and 1931. In most of the photographs all the actors are identified. The album also contains the theatre programmes for the plays. The rest of the album contains press clippings about Isabel Wilford's engagement, and some photographs of her and her parents before she and her mother left England for Peru from Southampton on the 13th of December 1933. Play titles include: A Warm Corner, Damsel in Distress, Lean Harvest, Notoriety, and Sauce for the Gander. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1807

By: Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723-1792; Freeman, Samuel, 1773-1857

Reference: A-040-030

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of actor David Garrick, seated with books on a table in front of him. He wears a wig Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Stipple engraving, b&w 90 x 77 mm on sheet 140 x 100 mm pasted on card

Date: [ca 1921-1934]

From: Hamilton-Ely, Sarah P (Mrs) :Photographs relating to the life and career of Isabel Lilian Wilford

Reference: PAColl-6245-1

Description: Photographs of Lilian Wilford, several of which were taken in 1927 at the time of her London stage success in "The Garden of Eden." Others are stills from films in which she acted in the early 1920s. A number of photographs are autographed portraits of other British stage actors and actresses. There are also snapshots from her time in Hollywood, and later, probably at the time she moved to Peru. One group of photographs were taken on 16 April 1931 when Lady Wilford launched the TSS "Rangatira" from the Vickers-Armstrong yards at Barrow-in-Furness Quantity: 73 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1928-1958

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PAColl-8311-01

Description: Protraits of Merton Hodge, most of them dating from his success as a playwright in Britain and the United States in the 1930s; one hand coloured portrait of an unidentified boy by Brootons, Melbourne; two group photographs of Medical students and staff, Otago University, one dated 1928; five prints of the Hodges flat in Dunedin at the time of Merton Hodge's death in 1958 strewn with theatrical memorabilia and flowers. Quantity: 25 b&w original photographic print(s) one hand coloured photograph.

Date: [ca 1935]-[ca 1940]

From: Hodge, Horace Emerton, 1903-1958 :Albums and photographs relating to Merton Hodge and the Linney Family

Reference: PAColl-8311-05

Description: Portraits of Marie Burke, Sybil Thorndyke (in "Grief goes Over"), Geoffrey Nares (in "Grief goes Over"), Merton Hodge acting a part in "The Wind and the Rain," scenes from the French production of "The Wind and the Rain" Paris 1938, scenes from "The Story of an African Farm." Quantity: 36 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-0437-67A.

Date: 1905

By: Whiteley, C (Mrs), active 1970

Reference: D-014-011

Description: A paper handkerchief with a reproduction of a photograph of actor Sir Henry Irving and biographical detail, surrounded by mauve and purple flowers. Possibly produced on the occasion of his funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph & photolithograph on rice paper, 357 x 357 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs C. Whiteley, Wellington, 29 May 1970 Processing information: Previously housed at Curios-012-006.