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COLLECTION FINDING AID

Googie Withers, CBE AO (1917-2011)

Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT)

Australian Collection Development

Born Georgette Lizette Withers but known as "Googie" from an early age.

This finding aid lists programs and ephemera which document all aspects of Googie Withers’ stage acting career in Australia and overseas. Material on her film and television screen career is not generally collected by the Library.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library’s holdings for this artist are filled.

Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance by Withers. In a few cases however, the only evidence of a performance is a piece of printed ephemera. In these cases the type of piece is identified, eg, brochure.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated as gaps in the Library’s holdings for this artist are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.

The Googie Withers PROMPT files may be accessed through the Library’s Petherick Reading Room by eCallslip request: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3532224.

The Withers material in the PROMPT Collection is in the chronological order of her Australian and overseas performance and this list reflects this arrangement.

Entries identify the city and the venue. All the information is taken from programs, flyers and ephemera.

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Entries for each program are arranged as follows:

Year, day/s and month; Venue/Theatre (Location) Company Name of production / Creator Withers’ role or other involvement.

See also the Library's collection of J.C. Williamson theatre programs for Withers' performances in productions staged by James Cassius Williamson in Australia.

 Books and biographical cuttings

 Pictures

 Oral history recordings

See also: Googie Withers information and resources listed within the TROVE discovery service

See also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage of Googie Withers (including news of international performance dates, review and celebrity gossip).

14 May; Comedy Theatre (Melbourne, Victoria) / Googie Withers as Hester Collyer.

24 November; Comedy Theatre (Melbourne, Victoria) Winter Journey / Googie Withers as Georgie Elgin. .

20 May; Theatre Royal (, New South Wales) The Constant Wife / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Constance Middleton.

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9 November; Comedy Theatre (Melbourne, Victoria) Woman in a Dressing Gown / Ted Willis Googie Withers as Amy Preston.

22 November; Theatre Royal (Sydney, New South Wales) Woman in a Dressing Gown / Ted Willis Googie Withers as Amy Preston.

11 July; Theatre Royal (Sydney, New South Wales) The First 400 Years Googie Withers in 6 different roles.

5 May; Comedy Theatre (Melbourne, Victoria) Desire of the Moth / James Brazill Googie Withers as Edith Cassidy.

28 July; Venue (Sydney, New South Wales) Beekman Place / Samuel Taylor Googie Withers as Pamela Piper.

3-4 December; Canberra Theatre (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) Beekman Place / Samuel Taylor Googie Withers as Pamela Piper.

Canberra Theatre (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) Relatively Speaking / Googie Withers as Sheila.

Australian Tour High Spirits – with Googie Withers, “a pot-pourri of excerpts from their past successes, designed by their son, Nicholas … presented by ”. Booklet filed under John McCallum

1969

Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

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Plaza Suite directed by John McCallum Googie Withers as Karen Nash, Muriel Tate and Norma Hubley Program filed under JC Williamson’s Plaza Suite

See also Digitised Australian newspaper coverage of Googie Withers (including news of international performance dates, review and celebrity gossip).

Apollo Theatre (, ) / Noël Coward Googie Withers as Amanda.

19--?; Globe Theatre (London, England) / J.B. Priestley Googie Withers as Alice Foster.

19--?; Duke of York’s Theatre (London, England) Happy Week-End! Googie Withers as Betty.

Strand Theatre (London, England) Nice Goings On! Googie Withers as one of Buddy Bradley’s Rhythm Girls.

8 November; Circle Theatres (Richmond, England) Hand in Glove Googie Withers as Sally Pilgrim.

Opera House (, England) They Came to a City / J.B. Priestley Googie Withers as Alice Foster.

New Theatre (, England) They Came to a City / J.B. Priestley Googie Withers as Alice Foster.

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Globe Theatre (London, England) They Came to a City / J.B. Priestley Googie Withers as Alice Foster. Two programs.

New Theatre (London, England) Champagne for Delilah / Ronald Millar Googie Withers as Lee.

2 May; Grand Theatre and Opera House (Leeds, England) Champagne for Delilah / Ronald Millar Googie Withers as Lee.

6 March; (London, England) The Deep Blue Sea / Terence Rattigan Googie Withers as Hester Collyer.

17 March; Opera House (Manchester, England) Winter Journey / Clifford Odets Googie Withers as Georgie Elgin.

24 March; (, England) Winter Journey / Clifford Odets Googie Withers as Georgie Elgin.

3 April; St James’ Theatre (London, England) Winter Journey / Clifford Odets Googie Withers as Georgie Elgin. Five programs.

Duchess Theatre (London, England) The Deep Blue Sea / Terence Rattigan Googie Withers as Hester Collyer.

18 March; (London, England) Midnight Cavalcade – “A Gala Night of World-Famous Stars in aid of The Actors' Orphanage, the Charitable Funds of the Grand Order of the Water Rats and the J.N.F. Charitable Trust.”

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12 April; The Opera House (Manchester, England) Waiting for Gillian / Ronald Millar and Nigel Balchin Googie Withers as Jill Manning.

21 April; St James’ Theatre (London, England) Waiting for Gillian / Ronald Millar and Nigel Balchin Googie Withers as Jill Manning.

19 March; Grand Opera House (Wellington, New Zealand) The Deep Blue Sea / Terence Rattigan Googie Withers as Hester Collyer.

?April; Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) Janus / Carolyn Green Googie Withers as Jessica.

15 April; Theatre Royal (Brighton, England) Janus / Carolyn Green Googie Withers as Jessica.

24 April; Royal (London, England) Janus / Carolyn Green Googie Withers as Jessica.

12 August; Golders Green Hippodrome (London, England) Janus / Carolyn Green Googie Withers as Jessica.

13 October; (London, England) The Circle / W. Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

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3 June; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Straford-Upon-Avon, England) / Googie Withers as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark.

26 August; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Straford-Upon-Avon, England) Much Ado About Nothing / William Shakespeare Googie Withers as Beatrice.

October; Theatre World / London Theatre Guide (England) Photograph of Googie Withers in Hamlet / William Shakespeare

7 October; Grand Opera House (Wellington, New Zealand) Roar Like a Dove / Lesley Storm Googie Withers as Lady Dungavel.

13 November; Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Playbill (New York NY, United States of America) Crescendo Googie Withers as Mary Rhodes.

25 March; Grand Opera House (Wellington, New Zealand) Woman in a Dressing Gown / Ted Willis Googie Withers as Amy Preston.

?September; Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) Exit the King / Eugene Ionesco Googie Withers as Queen Marguerite.

September; Royal Court Theatre (London, England) Exit the King / Eugene Ionesco Googie Withers as Queen Marguerite.

15 November; Theatre Royal (Christchurch, New Zealand) Beekman Place / Samuel Taylor Googie Withers as Pamela Piper.

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20 March; Theatre Royal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England) Getting Married / Googie Withers as Mrs George.

3 April; Royal Court Theatre (Liverpool, England) Getting Married / George Bernard Shaw Googie Withers as Mrs George.

10 April; New Theatre (Oxford, England) Getting Married / George Bernard Shaw Googie Withers as Mrs George.

19 April; Strand Theatre (London, England) Getting Married / George Bernard Shaw Googie Withers as Mrs George. Four programs.

8 September; Theatre Royal (Nottingham, England) / Googie Withers as Georgiana Tidman.

23 March; Grand Opera House (Wellington, New Zealand) Plaza Suite / Neil Simon Googie Withers in three roles, directed by John McCallum.

13 October; Theatre Royal Haymarket (London, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

17 April; Theatre Royal (Brighton, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney. Flyer.

1 May; Grand Theatre (Wolverhampton, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

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8 May; The Grand Theatre and Opera House (Leeds, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

22 May; Pavillion Theatre (Bournemouth, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

12 June; Theatre Royal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England) The Circle / Somerset Maugham Googie Withers as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney.

July?; Festival Theatre (Chichester, England) The Importance of Being Earnest / Googie Withers as Lady Bracknell.

20 August; Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham, England) The Skin Game / Googie Withers as Amy.

31 August; Theatre Royal (Nottingham, England) / Flyer.

date undetermined; Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (, England) Stardust Googie Withers as Diana Raymond.

5 November; (Bromley, England) Stardust Googie Withers as Diana Raymond.

7 November; Theatre Royal (York, England) Stardust Googie Withers as Diana Raymond. Flyer.

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12 July; Chichester Festival Theatre (Chichester, England) / Enid Bagnold Googie Withers as Mrs St Maugham.

8 October; Theatre-on-the-Green, Richmond (London, England) Ring Round the Moon / Christopher Fry Googie Withers as Madam Desmortes.

29 October; Theatre Royal (Bath, England) Ring Round the Moon / Christopher Fry Googie Withers as Madam Desmortes. Photocopy – original program filed under Michel Siberry

Theatre Royal (Bath, England) The Cocktail Hour Googie Withers as Ann. Flyer.

Festival Theatre (Chichester, England) Hay Fever / Noël Coward Googie Withers as Judith Bliss.

24 May; (London, England) The Cocktail Hour Googie Withers as Ann.

29 ?September; Ashcroft Theatre (London, England) The Cocktail Hour Googie Withers as Ann.

31 July; Theatre Royal (Windsor, England) The Cocktail Hour Googie Withers as Ann.

1 September; Theatre Royal (Brighton, England) The Cocktail Hour Googie Withers as Ann.

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27 June; Hull New Theatre (Hull, England) On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson Googie Withers as Ethel Thayer.

20 July; Alexander Theatre (Birmingham, England) On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson Googie Withers as Ethel Thayer. Flyer.

8 August; Theatre Royal (Windsor, England) On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson Googie Withers as Ethel Thayer.

15 August; Opera Theatre (Manchester, England) On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson Googie Withers as Ethel Thayer.

22 August; Theatre Royal (Bath, England) On Golden Pond / Ernest Thompson Googie Withers as Ethel Thayer. Flyer.

Old Vic Theatre (London, England) / Oscar Wilde Googie Withers as Lady Markby. Flyer.

Theatre Royal Haymarket (London, England) Lady Windermere’s Fan / Oscar Wilde Googie Withers as the Duchess of Berwick.

Film White Corridors Directed by Pat Jackson. Advertising flyer with cast list, credits and plot descripton.

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Googie Withers stars as Sophie Dean.

Ayckbourn, Alan Relatively Speaking - GW as Sheila ...... 3 Bagnold, Enid The Chalk Garden - GW as Mrs St Maugham ...... 11 Balchin, Nigel Waiting for Gillian - GW as Jill Manning ...... 6 Brazill, James Boswell for the Defense - GW as Edith Cassidy ...... 3 Chekhov, Anton The Cherry Orchard ...... 11 Coward, Noël Hay Fever - GW as Judith Bliss ...... 12 Private Lives - GW as Amanda ...... 4 Crescendo - GW as Mary Rhodes ...... 8 Fry, Christopher Ring Round the Moon - GW as Madam Desmortes ...... 11 Galsworthy, John The Skin Game - GW as Amy...... 10 Green, Carolyn Janus - GW as Jessica...... 6 Hand in Glove - GW as Sally Pilgrim ...... 5 Happy Week-End! - GW as Betty ...... 4 High Spirits - JMc with Googie Withers ...... 4 Ionesco, Eugene Exit the King (Le Roi se meurt) - GW as Queen Marguerite ...... 8 Maugham, Somerset Constant Wife, The - GW as Constance Middleton ...... 3 Getting Married - GW as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney ...... 10 Midnight Cavalcade ...... 6 Millar, Ronald Champagne for Delilah - GW as Lee ...... 5 Waiting for Gillian - GW as Jill Manning ...... 6 Nice Goings On! - GW as one of Buddy Bradley’s Rhythm Girls ...... 4 Odets, Clifford Winter Journey - GW as Georgie Elgin ...... 2 Winter Journey (The Country Girl) - GW as Georgie Elgin ...... 6 Pinero, Arthur Wing Dandy Dick - GW as Georgiana Tidman ...... 9 Priestley, John Boynton The Came to a City - GW as Alice Foster ...... 4, 5 Rattigan, Terence The Deep Blue Sea - GW as Hester Collyer...... 2 The Deep Blue See - GW as Hester Collyer ...... 5, 6 Shakespeare, William Hamlet - GW as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark ...... 8 Much Ado About Nothing - GW as Beatrice...... 8 Shaw, George Bernard Getting Married - GW as Mrs George ...... 9 Simon, Neil Plaza Suite - GW in three roles...... 9

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Stardust - GW as Diana Raymond ...... 11 Storm, Lesley Roar Like a Dove - GW as Lady Dungavel ...... 8 Taylor, Samuel Beekman Place - GW as Pamela Piper...... 3, 9 The Cocktail Hour ...... 11, 12 The First 400 Years - GW in 6 different roles ...... 3 Thompson, Ernest On Golden Pont - GW as Ethel Thayer ...... 12, 13 White Corridors (film) - GW as Sophie Dean ...... 13 Wilde, Oscar An Ideal Husband ...... 13 Lady Windermere’s Fan - GW as the Duchess of Berwick ...... 13 The Importance of Being Earnest - GW as Lady Bracknell ...... 10 Willis, Ted Roar Like a Dove - GW as Amy Preston ...... 8 Woman in a Dressing Gown - GW as Amy Preston ...... 3 Winter Journey...... 2

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