Downstage upfront : the first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre /
Downstage upfront : The first forty years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre
John Smythe.
- 512 pages, [16 pages] of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-459) and index.
New Zealand's first and longest running professional theatre company, the Downstage Theatre in Wellington, is celebrated in this large and lavishly illustrated document of its 40-year life span. From conception to maturity, this history covers the theatre's dramas both on- and off-stage, the larger-than-life personalities involved throughout, and the groundbreaking theatrical productions that for four decades have brought extraordinary life to New Zealand's theatre community.