TY - BOOK AU - Smythe,John TI - Downstage upfront: the first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre SN - 0864734891 U1 - 792.099363 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Wellington, N.Z. PB - Victoria University Press KW - Downstage Theatre Society KW - History KW - Theater KW - New Zealand KW - Wellington KW - Theatrical companies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-459) and index N2 - 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 ER -