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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 web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/theatre-companies-and-producers/page-3|title=Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies|work=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<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/> Other members of the company included [[Raymond Hawthorne]], [[Nola Millar]], George Swan and [[Raymond Boyce (Theatre designer)|Raymond Boyce]].<ref name=te-ara/>
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 web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/theatre-companies-and-producers/page-3|title=Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies|work=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<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/> Other members of the company included [[Raymond Hawthorne]], [[Nola Leigh Millar|Nola Millar]], George Swan and [[Raymond Boyce (theatre designer)|Raymond Boyce]].<ref name=te-ara/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 01:52, 12 March 2020

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] Other members of the company included Raymond Hawthorne, Nola Millar, George Swan and Raymond Boyce.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Death of Richard Campion, theatre pioneer who founded NZ Players". Wellington Scoop. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Story: Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ Dekker, Diana (13 July 2013). "All the world was a stage for NZ Players founder". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 July 2016.