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FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) Date Venue Title & Author Director Producer Principals 1953 Undated His Majesty’s Theatre When we are married by Frank Ponton Michael Langham Bernadette Pratley; J.B.Priestley Raymond Murr 2 Jan-14 Mar 1953 University of W.A. Various Adult Education Board 3-17 Jan 1953 Sunken Gardens Dark of the Moon by David Lopian David Lopian Phillip Edgley; Sylvia Sharp Henry Richardson & William Berney 15 Jan 1953 Somerville Auditorium An evening of ballet and Adult Education Board W.G.James Aina Reega & Arvids Fibigs dance – Dancers Barbara Tyler - Violinist 17 Jan 1953 Somerville Auditorium Open air concert of the Festival of Perth 1953 Conductor – Joseph Post Isador Goodman - Piano Beethoven Festival 20-23 Jan,27 Jan-7 Feb Somerville Auditorium King Richard III by William Michael Langham James Bailey; Faith 1953 Shakespeare Clayton 24 Jan 1953 Somerville Auditorium Beethoven Festival W.G.James Joseph Post – Conductor Isador Goodman - Pianist 18-28 Feb 1953 Sunken Gardens Twelfth Night by William Jeana Tweedie Neil Hunsley; John Shakespeare McCrackan 3-14 Mar 1953 Somerville Auditorium Born Yesterday by Garson David Lopian Hazel Lewis; Fred Kanin Goddard & Cast 12 Mar 1953 Sunken Gardens Psyche – based on Fairy Frank Ponton – Stage Meta Russcher Poole Johnson; Phyllis Tale by Louis Couperus Director Everett 20-21 Mar 1953 Repertory Club The Brookhampton Peter Kemmis - Compere Bellringers and The Ukrainian Choir & Dance Group PR10960/1953-1969 - 1 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) 25 Mar 1953 Repertory Theatre The Picture of Dorian Sydney Davis Ronald Grahame; Ivan Gray by Oscar Wilde Smith; Wilfred Dowsett Undated Not stated Vienna Boys Choir Festival of Perth 1954 Robert Kuhbacher Boys of the Choir 1954 30 Dec-20 Mar 1954 Flyer Various Various Jan 1954 Sunken Gardens Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen Adult Education Board David Lopian Paul Nayton; Chris Pendlebury 7-31 Jan 1954 Art Gallery of W.A. Contemporary Australian Various artists of Art Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures & Photos 23 Jan 1954 Sunken Gardens The Tudor Players Adult Education Board Sylvia Biddle - Soprano and W.A.Chamber Music Society Jan-Feb 1954 Somerville Auditorium Pygmalion by Bernard Adult Education Board John Casson Carol Darbyshire; Ruth Shaw and Company of Four Blown; James Bailey Feb 1954 Somerville Auditorium Blossom Time adapted by Edgar Nottage Des Banwell Clarke Scott; Wally Sydney Box Schleicher; Valerie Wynne Feb 1954 Sunken Gardens Antigone by Sophocles University of W.A. and Jeana Tweedie Rayden James; Neil Graduate Dramatic Hunsley; Lesley Williams Society 24 Feb 1954 Flyer Winthrop Hall 4th Somerville Concert Rudolf Pekarek W.A.Symphony Orchestra Mar 1954 Somerville Auditorium Ring round the moon by Company of Four Coralie Condon Harold Harvey; James Jean Anouilh Condon Undated Somerville Auditorium Les Sylphides & Amahl Madame Kira Bousloff Julianna Webster; and the night visitors by and Joanne Priest Douglas Gilchrist; Graeme Gian-Carlo Menotti Campbell; Joyce Simmons 1955 PR10960/1953-1969 - 2 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) Jan 1955 Pamphlet Various Jan 1955 Sunken Gardens The lady’s not for burning Adult Education Board Nita Pannell Ian Tweedie; Rayden by Christopher Fry James; Jan Shier 14 Jan 1955 Winthrop Hall A concert of opera stars Adult Education Board Joyce Simmons – Soprano Ronald Austron – Tenor Leonard Delany – B’tone Clifford Grant - Bass 15 Jan 1955 Somerville Auditorium 3rd Open air concert Adult Education Board ABC & W.A.Symphony John Farnsworth Hall; Igor Orchestra Hmelnitsky – Pianist Feb 1955 Somerville Auditorium Mary of Scotland by Adult Education Board Coralie Condon Dorothy Krantz; Gina Maxwell Anderson Curtis; James Condon Mar 1955 Sunken Gardens Psyche by Meta Russcher Frank Russcher Shabelewski Ramsay MacLean; Gheda Pusey 1956 30 Dec-17 Mar 1956 Various Various Festival Calendar Pamphlet Various Theatre & Films etc Undated 1956 Special Festival Concert Stephanie James – Colleen Clifford Frank Callaway; Donald University String Musical Director Thornton; Stephen Orchestra; The Moongana Dornan; Molly McGurk Singers “Bastien and Bastienne” Jan 1956 Sunken Gardens The Prodigious Snob by Adult Education Board & Nita Pannell Keith Eddington; Harry Moliere – adapted by The National Theatre Phipps; W.Poole Johnson Miles Malleson 7 Jan 1956 Somerville Auditorium 1st Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony John Farnsworth Hall; Orchestra Irene Kohler – Pianist PR10960/1953-1969 - 3 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) 9-12 Jan 1956 Capitol Theatre Classical theatre of China Garnet H Carroll – John Various artists G.H.Carroll & J.C.Williamson Theatres 11 Jan 1956 Somerville Auditorium 2nd Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony John Farnsworth Hall; Orchestra Shirley Flesfader - Soprano 12 Jan 1956 Government House Pianoforte Recital by Adult Education Board Festival of Perth Irene Kohler Irene Kohler Committee 14 Jan 1956 Somerville Auditorium 3rd Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony John Farnsworth Hall; Orchestra Shirley Flesfader - Soprano 17-28 Jan 1956 Somerville Auditorium Medea – adapted from Frank S Tait; J Nevin Tait Elizabethan Theatre & Doris Fitton; Alistair Euripides Medea by J.C.Williamson Theatres Roberts; Judith Anderson Robinson Jeffers 22 Jan 1956 Supreme Court Gardens Commemorative Concert Australian Broadcasting John Farnsworth Hall; – Occasion of official Commission Shirley Flesfader - opening jubilee orchestral Soprano shell Feb 1956 Somerville Auditorium The Philadelphia Story by Company of Four & The Sydney Davis Colin McKenzie; Sandra Philip Barry National Theatre O’Neil 18 Feb 1956 Winthrop Hall Special Mozart Concert Music Council of W.A. Colleen Clifford Vaughan Hanly – Conductor; Perth String Quartet – Nora Coalstad; Alan Rule 3-18 Mar 1956 Supreme Court Gardens 1st Festival open air art Sponsored by the Sunday Organised by Laurence Various artists exhibition Times Thomas – Director W.A. Art Gallery PR10960/1953-1969 - 4 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) 9-17 Mar 1956 Royal King’s Park Tennis Water follies of 1956 Aztec Services P/L Sam Snyder Joan Beals; Patti Cates Club Pamphlet Various Various 1957 Concert Season Jan-Mar 1957 Music Drama Festival of Perth Publicity W.A.Govt Tourist Bureau Committee Dec-Feb 1957 Various Various W.A.Govt Tourist Bureau 26 Feb-9 Mar 1957 Various Letter to Perth Music Lovers; Progs; Special Announcement Pages book lists Various Jan 1957 Sunken Gardens Cyrano De Bergerac by Adult Education Board Frank Baden-Powell John Kirkbride; Kay Taylor Edmond Rostand Jan 1957 Sunken Gardens Much ado about nothing Adult Education Board Jeana Tweedie Peter Mann; Elspeth by William Shakespeare Dramatic Societies of the Angus; Norman Briers University Jan 1957 Somerville Auditorium Mungo’s Mansion by Adult Education Board Sol Sainken James Kemp; Bernadette Walter Macken The National Theatre Pratley Jan 1957 Somerville Auditorium Festival of French films Under patronage of Marcel Pagnol Francoise Rosay; Jean Monsieur R Loubere – Murat; Micheline Cheirel Consul for France 12 Jan 1957 Somerville Auditorium 1st Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony James Robertson; Orchestra Stephanie James Piano; Vaughan Hanly Violin 16 Jan 1957 Somerville Auditorium 2nd Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony James Robertson; Donald Orchestra Thornton Piano; Molly McGurk Soprano PR10960/1953-1969 - 5 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) Feb 1957 Somerville Auditorium Antigone by Jean Anouilh Adult Education Board Robin Lovejoy Ajames Bailey; Anne and The National Theatre Haddy Feb 1957 Somerville Auditorium Star dancers of India Adult Education Board By arrangement with Ibetombi; Shivaram Louise Lightfoot 25 Feb 1957 Perth Art Gallery Festival of Australian Arts Adult Education Board Feb-Mar 1957 Perth Art Gallery Festival of Australian Arts Adult Education Board Festival of Perth Various artists Committee & associated bodies 20-21,23 Dec 1957 Winthrop Hall Handel’s “Messiah” Frank Callaway ABC & W.A.Symphony Lorna McKean; Max Orchestra Worthley 1958 20 Dec-21 Mar 1958 Various Music Drama Festival 1958 Celebrity Artists Dec 1957-Jan 1958 W.A. Art Gallery Australian aboriginal art Jan 1958 Sunken Gardens Ondine by Jean Giraudoux Adult Education Board Katharine Brisbane David Farr; Mary Reynolds University Dramatic Society Jan 1958 Sunken Gardens Macbeth by William Adult Education Board Peter Summerton Sam Harris; Anthony Shakespeare and The National Theatre Stone 11 Jan 1958 Somerville Auditorium 1st Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony J Farnswoth Hall; Florence Orchestra Taylor Contralto 15 Jan 1958 Somerville Auditorium 2nd Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony J Farnswoth Hall; Orchestra Josephine McKimmie 16 Jan 1958 Government House Recital by Florence Taylor Adult Education Board Stephen Dornan Florence Taylor Ballroom Festival of Perth Committee 18 Jan 1958 Somerville Auditorium 3rd Open air concert ABC & W.A.Symphony J Farnsworth Hall; PR10960/1953-1969 - 6 - 28/10/2020 FESTIVAL OF PERTH PROGRAMMES (FROM 2000 KNOWN AS PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL) Orchestra Florence Taylor Contralto Jan-Feb 1958 Somerville Auditorium And so to bed by Stephen Dornan Peter Summerton Neville Teede; Alice J.B.Fagan Mallon Feb 1958 Somerville