90778
Drama productions
Datec. 1950sReference NumberAms 396/12Collection SummaryJoy had a keen interest in theatre and produced plays for the Whangārei Repertory Society, and at Whangārei Girls’ High School and Tauranga Girls’ CollegeDescriptionSeries comprises:
Ams 396/12/1: Miscellaneous, c. 1950s
Whangārei Repertory Society: typed list of productions – major and readings – including producers and casts, June 1948 – November 1953.
Extract from The Skin of our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, n.d.
Staging plan for unknown play sketched on three sheets of stiff art paper.
Ams 396/12/2: The Blue Bird, Maurice Maeterlinck, performed May 1951
Whangārei Girls’ High School. Producer’s script, glued into green hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams. Includes two copies of programme. Also script for lighting engineer [i.e. Ron Drayton] with lighting changes noted.
Ams 396/12/3: The Happiest Days of your Life, John Dighton, performed October 1951
Whangārei Repertory Society. Producer’s script, bound in manila covers, with hand-written notes. Includes hand-written script of radio talk by Joy about the production, and undated newspaper reviews of performance.
Ams 396/12/4: You Can’t Take It With You, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, performed August 1950
Whangārei Repertory Society. Producer’s script, glued in hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams.
Ams 396/12/5: The Tempest, William Shakespeare, performed c. 1964
Tauranga Girls’ College. Producer’s script, glued in hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams. Includes two copies of programme. CreatorDrayton, Mary Josephine, 1916-2012LevelSeriesSystem of ArrangementThe original order of the series has been maintained and arranged into thirty-one series which reflect the major activities of the creator over the years.LanguageEnglish
Whangārei Repertory Society: typed list of productions – major and readings – including producers and casts, June 1948 – November 1953.
Extract from The Skin of our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, n.d.
Staging plan for unknown play sketched on three sheets of stiff art paper.
Whangārei Girls’ High School. Producer’s script, glued into green hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams. Includes two copies of programme. Also script for lighting engineer [i.e. Ron Drayton] with lighting changes noted.
Whangārei Repertory Society. Producer’s script, bound in manila covers, with hand-written notes. Includes hand-written script of radio talk by Joy about the production, and undated newspaper reviews of performance.
Whangārei Repertory Society. Producer’s script, glued in hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams.
Tauranga Girls’ College. Producer’s script, glued in hard-covered exercise book, with hand-written notes and diagrams. Includes two copies of programme.
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Drayton, Mary Josephine, 1916-2012, Drama productions (c. 1950s). Pae Korokī, accessed 09/06/2023, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/90778
