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Friends of the Globe Theatre Inc. : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0594CreatorFriends of the Globe Theatre Inc.DescriptionThe collection includes minutes, subject files, programmes, photographs, and newspaper clippings on the theatre's production. It also has playscripts by James K. Baxter, Merton Hodge, and Peter Olds, among others. It includes two plans of alterations to the Globe Theatre.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyPatric Carey arrived in Dunedin in 1956, and opened the Globe Theatre in the home of himself and his wife, Rosalie in May 1961. The 104 London Street address was purchased by The Friends of the Globe Theatre Incorporated after a period when closure seemed imminent. The Careys retired from the Globe in 1973.

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The building of the Globe Theatre extension

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SubjectsAmateur theatricalsTheatrePerforming ArtsMusic - Societies, etc.

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