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The '''New Zealand Players''' were one of [[New Zealand]]'s first professional [[theatre companies]], active between 1952 and 1960.<ref name=scoop>{{cite web|url=http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=57043|title=Death of Richard Campion, theatre pioneer who founded NZ Players|website=Wellington Scoop|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref><ref name=te-ara>{{cite |
The '''New Zealand Players''' were one of [[New Zealand]]'s first professional [[theatre companies]], active between 1952 and 1960.<ref name=scoop>{{cite web|url=http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=57043|title=Death of Richard Campion, theatre pioneer who founded NZ Players|website=Wellington Scoop|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref><ref name=te-ara>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/theatre-companies-and-producers/page-3|title=Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies|encyclopedia=Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/8914513/All-the-world-was-a-stage-for-NZ-Players-founder|title=All the world was a stage for NZ Players founder|last=Dekker|first=Diana|date=2013-07-13|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|language=English|access-date=2016-07-31}}</ref> The company's director was [[Richard Campion (theatre director)|Richard Campion]], who with his wife and co-founder [[Edith Campion (actress)|Edith Campion]]<ref name=scoop/> were former members of the New Zealand branch of the [[Unity Theatre (disambiguation)|Unity Theatre]] people's theatre movement.<ref name=te-ara/> Edith was a member of the Hannah family, and the company was funded by the Hannah Trust.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Carey|first=Rosalie|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106816634|title=A Theatre in the House: The Careys' Globe|date=1999-01-01|publisher=Otago University Press|isbn=978-1-877133-66-4|language=English}}</ref> |
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Other members of the company included [[Raymond Hawthorne]], [[Nola Leigh Millar|Nola Millar]], [[Nyree Dawn Porter]], Barbara Leake, George Swan, [[Rosalie Carey]] and [[Raymond Boyce (theatre designer)|Raymond Boyce]] and [[Louise Petherbridge]].<ref name="te-ara" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Nigel|date=16 July 2011|title=Rosalie Carey - obituary|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/forum/topic.php?id=931 |
Other members of the company included [[Raymond Hawthorne]], [[Nola Leigh Millar|Nola Millar]], [[Nyree Dawn Porter]], Barbara Leake, Roy Bonnell, George Swan, [[Rosalie Carey]], [[Thane Bettany]] and [[Raymond Boyce (theatre designer)|Raymond Boyce]] and [[Louise Petherbridge]].<ref name="te-ara" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Nigel|date=16 July 2011|title=Rosalie Carey - obituary|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/forum/topic.php?id=931|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22390770|access-date=2024-04-30|title=Bettany, Thane William Howard Hardcastle Christopher, 1929-|website=National Library of New Zealand}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 13 December 2024
The New Zealand Players were one of New Zealand's first professional theatre companies, active between 1952 and 1960.[1][2][3] The company's director was Richard Campion, who with his wife and co-founder Edith Campion[1] were former members of the New Zealand branch of the Unity Theatre people's theatre movement.[2] Edith was a member of the Hannah family, and the company was funded by the Hannah Trust.[4]
Other members of the company included Raymond Hawthorne, Nola Millar, Nyree Dawn Porter, Barbara Leake, Roy Bonnell, George Swan, Rosalie Carey, Thane Bettany and Raymond Boyce and Louise Petherbridge.[2][5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Death of Richard Campion, theatre pioneer who founded NZ Players". Wellington Scoop. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Dekker, Diana (13 July 2013). "All the world was a stage for NZ Players founder". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Carey, Rosalie (1 January 1999). A Theatre in the House: The Careys' Globe. Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-877133-66-4.
- ^ Benson, Nigel (16 July 2011). "Rosalie Carey - obituary". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Bettany, Thane William Howard Hardcastle Christopher, 1929-". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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