An Hawaiian music and dance ensemble who toured Australia at different periods 1911 - 1930Paper program for an entertainment from Hawaii the Land of Flowers and Song performed at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing Boxing Day December 26 1924; coloured cover - yellow; 16 p. includes articles about the film, the actors and advertisementsathenaeum theatre, program, programme, music theatre, a night in honolulu, frank talbot, carroll, kaai's hawaiian troubadours

Paper program for a play performed at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing 18 April 1970; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play, the actors and advertisements. Also includes ticket stub for theatre- Stalls Saturday 25 April seat A12.athenaeum theatre, program, programme, forty carats, phillip productions pty ltd, aztec services pty ltd, marti stevens, tommy hanlon, jay allen, barillet and gredy, sean scully, james burrows

The program provides historical back ground to this play that was acted at the Duke's Theatre in 1681, in the time of Charles II.paper program includes photographs and historical background : good conditionthe london cuckolds, athenaeum theatre, melbourne theatre company, restoration comedy, edward ravenscroft

Paper program ; good conditionthe maid's tragedy, athenaeum theatre, program, melbourne theatre company, francis beaumont, john fletcher, jacobean drama

The play was first performed in 1611 and was also performed in 1613 at the marriage celebrations of Princess Elizabeth daughter of James I to the Elector Palantine, from this marriage came the protestant heir to the British throne at the time of Queen Anne's death paper program good condition the winter's tale, athenaeum theatre, program, melbourne theatre company, william shakespeare

Details regarding Christian Brothers schools in the 1950s supplied by Edmund Campion.Short play 70 minutes about the struggle for Catholics to educate the children in their new country. Photo copy of theatre programthe christian brothers, athenaeum theatre two, program, programme, melbourne theatre company, ron blair

Play by Tom StoppardDirected by John Sumner cast included Graeme Blundell, John McTernan and Kirsty Child Theatre program colouredthe real thing, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, melbourne theatre company, tom stoppard

contains biographiesblack and white summer of the seventeenth doll, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, ray lawler, australian nouveau theatre

black and white print flyerthe heartbreak kid, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, spoleto fringe festival, elston hocking & woods, nick giannopoulos, richard barrett

Large Black and white flyerthe unspeakable mockbeth, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, melbourne international comedy festival 1989

There are three programs; all different therefore the date may not be correct. The Season was presented by Bentons International in association with Elston Hocking and Woods.Coloured programmesnow white and the seven dwarfs, athenaeum theatre, program, brothers grimm

Coloured double-sided poster in blue yellow and white; good conditionthe front lawn, athenaeum theatre two, the age comedy festival

The play was produced by EJ Carroll at the Athenaeum Theatre, the Australian premiere. The play enjoyed a long and successful run with Frank Bradley setting a record by performing as leading man for forty weeks. Frank Talbot had leased the Athenaeum Hall for several years before negotiating with the Melbourne Athenaeum board members to renovate the hall into a modern theatre. The work was completed in 1923. The theatre became a well-known venue for plays but later, as movies became popular a biograph box was constructed to house movie projectors. The theatre manager, Frank Talbot, who leased the theatre from the Melbourne Athenaeum, signed an agreement with British Dominion Films in 1932, to show only British movies. Hoyts Theatres took over the lease in 1955 and later the Melbourne Theatre Company performed in the theatre, bringing live performances back to the theatre for several years. Programs of the early performances of plays are a reminder of the original purpose of the theatre. The theatre management continues to feature live performances.Photocopy of a program held at the Museum of Performing Arts athenaeum theatre, program, the sport of kings, racing comedy, frank talbot pty ltd, e j carroll, ian hay, frank bradley

The program states: "The University of Melbourne presents the Melbourne Theatre Company in The Merchant of Venice". The play completes the Melbourne Theatre Company's Season 24, Part one, of performances at the Athenaeum Theatre, The Melbourne Theatre company was also performing at the Russell Street Theatre (at the Melbourne University. ). While MTC was waiting for its purpose-built playhouse at Southbank to be completed, performances were held at the Athenaeum and popular with subscribers. Program notes state that the company thanks everyone for their support "during Part 1 of the Season, during which attendances were higher than at any other time in our Company's history". The Artistic Director for this season was Ray Lawler, author of the Doll Trilogy which was later performed at the Athenaeum Theatre. The play was directed by John Sumner who would have appreciated the acoustics of the 'intimate theatre".Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, the merchant of venice, william shakespeare, john sumner, jonathan hardy

The last silent film to be shown at the Athenaeum Theatre presented by E J Carroll. The theatre was managed by Frank Talbot Pty Ltd during his long lease of the theatre following his major renovations when Henry White the architect built an intimate theatre inside the old Athenaeum Hall. In addition to musical accompaniment for the film, the orchestra, and sometimes singers entertained audiences before the films commenced and during interval. Filmed on location in the jungles of Siam (Thailand). Programs, printed for early films at the Athenaeum Theatre provided the full program for the audience in the centre pages and gave background information about the story and the actors. Chang was the last silent film to be shown at the Athenaeum Theatre before the Jazz Singer changed cinema going for ever with the introduction of both vocal and musical sound. No longer was the cinema orchestra required to provide atmosphere thus changing the cinema experience forever.Paper program of 20 pages presenting the Paramount Picture "Chang". The program Includes articles about the film, advertisements, movie stills, movie review, cast and illustrations. athenaeum theatre, program, programme, silent film, chang, frank talbot pty ltd, e j carroll, paramount pictures, athenaeum operatic orchestra, mr bobbie pearce

A rare program from the time when films were shown at the Athenaeum Theatre while Frank Talbot leased the theatre. The program has a managerial announcement from Talbot announcing the new policy: "under which the theatre will be devoted exclusively to English and Australian pictures". The company supplying the British films was called British Dominion Films Ltd. Talbot also stated: "It will be part of the managerial policy to screen such Australian films as may be available". The films were preceded by "The Herald" news reel and "The Daily Dozen at the Zoo". The theatre orchestra, playing before and during interval was conducted by Mr J Kost. The music included "Tales of Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss and selections from Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance". The program represents a time when films were shown at the Athenaeum Theatre. Records indicate that graphic entertainments started with magic lantern slides in the 1890s and continued with silent movies. The first full-feature film shown in Australia was "The Story of the Kelly Gang" in 1906 at the Athenaeum Theatre and the first talkie to be shown in Victoria, "The Jazz Singer" shown in 1928. Later when Hoyts took over the lease, Cinemascope films were exhibited completing a history of film shown at this one theatre. paper program; 10 pages; coloured front page.

Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the authorrussell st theatre, program, programme, melbourne theatre company, david williamson, the university of melbourne

The play was directed by Ray Lawler.Two copies of a paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, juno and the paycock, sean o'casey, university of melbourne, athenaeum theatre, ray lawler

The play was directed by John Sumner who founded the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1953. Ray Lawler was Artistic Director of the company.Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, breaker morant, kenneth ross, university of melbourne, athenaeum theatre, terence donovan, john sumner, ray lawler

John Millington Synge's plays were produced by the Irish National Theatre Society in 1905. Program notes reveal that the first performances "were the focus of some of the bitterest scenes ever witnessed in a theatre. Audience unrest ... grew to full-scale riots, and Yeats claimed that by the end of the week's run 70 police were keeping order inside the theatre, while 500 patrolled the streets outside".Unruly gatherings have been witnessed in the Athenaeum Theatre and Collins Street, such as in 1843, a year after the building was completed: "The first election for the Melbourne seat in 1843 turned into a sectarian battle between a Catholic and a Presbyterian candidate." Supporters of the losing candidate "massed outside the Mechanics Institution where the official declaration of the poll was to occur, and tried to storm the building. The police arrived and did disperse them but only to send them on a rampage throughout the town, ...("Building a Free Australia : Places of Democracy" by John Hirst, 2009)Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, the playboy of the western world, john millington synge, athenaeum theatre, katy wild, riots

Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, the resistible rise of arturo ui, bertolt brecht, george tabori, the university of melbourne, athenaeum theatre, edwin hodgeman, bruce myles

The play is part of MTC's 25th anniversary season March to September 1978, directed by Mick Rodger. Ray Lawler was Deputy Director of the company. The program includes simplified family trees of the House of York (White Rose) and House of Lancaster (Red Rose).Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, richard iii, william shakespeare, the university of melbourne, athenaeum theatre, bruce myles, ray lawler

A play about front-line warfare on the Western Front written by a soldier who served in the front line in France for over a year. Sherriff became an insurance agent who wrote plays to raise money for his rowing club. He wrote a novel and the he turned to the new art form, the talking film, becoming Hollywood's highest-paid script-writer. His credits include screenplays for: The Invisible Man; Lady Hamilton; Goodbye Mr Chips; The Dam Busters; Odd Man Out; Quartet and Mrs Miniver. The play was directed by Mick Rodger; The Director of the MTC was John Sumner with Assistant Director Ray Lawler.Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.the university of melbourne, melbourne theatre company, journey's end, r c sherriff, athenaeum theatre, john stanton, mick rodger, ray lawler

Paper program; the program contains brief biographies and photographs of the cast.athenaeum theatre, program, arsenic and old lace, melbourne theatre company, joseph kesselring

The play was translated by Nick Enright and Frank Hauser.Paper programathenaeum theatre, program, electra, melbourne theatre company

Paper program; the program contains photographs taken during rehearsals.athenaeum theatre, program, the beaux' stratagem, melbourne theatre company

Paper program athenaeum theatre, program, under milk wood, melbourne theatre company

Paper program athenaeum theatre, program, arms and the man, melbourne theatre company

The pantomime was performed from19 December 1979 to 2 February 1980.Paper program; the program contains brief biographies and photographs of the cast.athenaeum theatre, program, cinderella, melbourne theatre company

Paper program; the program contains some photographs taken during rehearsals.athenaeum theatre, program, macbeth, melbourne theatre company