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Venue	NZBC Radio Theatre
Address	Durham Street West Auckland 1010 New Zealand
First Date	1941
Last Date	1990
Notes	Auckland's Broadcasting House in Durham Street West was among New Zealand's first modernist buildings of significance. Designed by Alva Bartley and Imi Porsolt and opened in 1941, it had a facade featuring horizontal window bands and a splayed corner stairwell and entrance. This 1947 interior view of the entrance highlights the sculptural, cantilevered stairwell. The building also boasted an impressive radio theatre for live performances. It was demolished in 1990.
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Latitude \| Longitude	-36.847973 \| 174.764652
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 1975 Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 The Prison, 17 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 The Resident of Nowhere, 14 March 1969 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965
	National Programme (Radio NZ) Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 The Prison, 17 July 1974 Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 YC Radio Network Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Mr Magistrate Marsden, 1975 The Resident of Nowhere, 14 March 1969 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 Auckland Festival Society Inc. Mr Magistrate Marsden, 1975 The Resident of Nowhere, 14 March 1969
	Gilbert Goldie - Actor, Director Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 William Johnson - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 The Prison, 17 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Dai Evans - Actor, Director Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 The Prison, 17 July 1974 Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Roy Leywood - Actor, Director Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Ian Mune - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 Glynis McNicoll - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 Jan Bashford - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Laurence Hepworth - Actor Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 The Prison, 17 July 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 David Weatherley - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Ken Blackburn - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 Bob Crockett - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 Pam Merwood - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Liz Coulter - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Lee Grant - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 George Henare - Actor Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Yvonne Lawley - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Elizabeth McRae - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 Accident, 29 April 1974 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 Ilona Rodgers - Actor Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Milli Adams - Actor, Playwright The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 In Confidence, 7 August 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Bruce Allpress - Actor The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 Merv Smith - Actor In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 Bevan Wilson - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Athol Coats - Actor The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 John Dunmore - Playwright, Writer Mr Magistrate Marsden, 1975 Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Tina Grenville - Actor Who Is Lulu Marvell?, 27 March 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 Peter Morgan - Actor, Playwright The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 John O'Leary - Actor, Director Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Roger Oakley - Actor Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Othello, 27 April 1973 Dean Parker - Playwright The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Never a Dull Moment, Always a Droll Tale, 6 March 1974 Waric Slyfield - Actor Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Act of God, 8 July 1974 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Grant Bridger - Actor The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 The Last Three Days, 30 September 1974 Walter Brown - Actor Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Alan Carlisle - Actor Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Allen Curnow - Playwright The Resident of Nowhere, 14 March 1969 Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Dorothea Franchi - Musician The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Roy Hope - Director, Producer The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 A M Kitterminster - Playwright Appointment To View, 16 January 1974 The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Dennis Lill - Actor That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Rhys McConnochie - Actor That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Sunny Morete - Actor My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Richard Poore - Actor The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 Tony Richardson - Director Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Paul Robinson - Actor Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Beryl Te Wiata - Actor Accident, 29 April 1974 Anniversaries, 13 March 1974 John Arden - Playwright The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 Aristophanes - Playwright The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Craig Ashley - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 William Austin - Actor That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 Tony Baker - Musician Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Stan Barstow - Playwright Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Barry Bermange - Playwright Oldenberg, 24 July 1974 Frederik Betts - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Carol Binstead - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 John Black - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Gerard Bonk - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 David Bowater - Musician Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Alfred Bradley - Playwright Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Sheila Bradley - Actor A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 Bertolt Brecht - Playwright Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 David Broughton - Actor Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Russ Burton - Actor Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Tony Butler - Actor The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 David Cain - Composer The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Anna Campion - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Anton Chekhov - Playwright Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Stephen Crane - Actor Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Warren Dibble - Writer Breakthrough, 16 May 1965 Patric Dickinson - Translator The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Julian Dickon - Playwright A House Full of Shadows, 29 January 1973 Colin Duckworth - Actor The Pot of Paint, 14 January 1974 Shirley Duke - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Bruce Duske - Technical Director Orpheus, 30 September 1980 James Fairfax - Playwright In Confidence, 7 August 1974 Don Farr - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Terry Finnigan - Performer Mr Magistrate Marsden, 28 October 1974 Brian Friel - Playwright The Gentle Island, 11 December 1974 Antony Groser - Actor The Workhouse Donkey, 12 May 1967 Andrew Hagen - Musician Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Mervyn Haisman - Playwright Hook, Line and Sinker, 11 September 1974 Raymond Hawthorne - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Pat Hooker - Playwright The Beauty of the World, 29 July 1974 Ted Hughes - Playwright Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Don Hutchings - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 William Ingram - Playwright Frogs Legs and Lava Bread, 30 January 1974 Sydney Jackson - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Martin Jenkins - Playwright Seventeen Years Back, 9 January 1974 Gordon Kersey - Playwright That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 Fiona Kidman - Playwright Only Strangers Travel, 1 January 1975 Nancy Krinkel - Playwright Survival 2025 A.D., 23 December 1974 Val Lamond - Actor Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns its Lonely Eye To You, 18 March 1974 Robert Leek - Actor Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 Peter Ling - Playwright Keep In Touch, 19 June 1974 Louis MacNeice - Playwright Persons From Porlock, 13 February 1974 Barbara Magner - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Phil Malloy - Contributing Artist The Quiet Bush, 6 November 1974 Dawson Manning - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Grant McFarland - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Catherine Styles McLeod - Book and Lyrics Librettist Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 Barbara Minogue - Actor That Shall He Also Reap, 22 May 1967 Richard Moss - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Sidney Musgrove - Actor The Acharnians, 28 April 1967 Michael Newling - Playwright My Marriage, By Georgie, 27 February 1974 Aileen O'Sullivan - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Rāwiri Paratene - Actor Mother Courage, 21 October 1974 Victor Pemberton - Playwright Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Van Phillips - Playwright My Land, My Mother, 14 August 1974 David Prosser - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Ken Rea - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974 Stephen Riley - Director Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Celia Russ - Actor Stringer's Last Stand, 8 January 1975 Martyn Sanderson - Actor Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Pamela Seebold - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 William Shakespeare - Playwright Othello, 27 April 1973 George Bernard Shaw - Playwright Mrs Warren's Profession, 19 August 1974 William Smith - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Norman Smythe - Playwright The Prison, 17 July 1974 Newha Taiaki - Actor Mister King Hongi, 23 July 1974 John Tarrant - Playwright The Fells of Yewdale, 28 August 1974 Alan Trussell-Cullen - Playwright Accident, 29 April 1974 John Vanbrugh - Playwright The Provoked Wife, 17 June 1974 Peter Varley - Actor Eyes of the Buddha, 20 November 1974 Peter Vere-Jones - Actor Resident of Nowhere, 1969 Brian Waddell - Musician Orpheus, 30 September 1980 Morton Wilson - Musician Orpheus, 30 September 1980 David Windsor - Playwright Act of God, 8 July 1974 Irene Wood - Actor Accident, 29 April 1974 Alma Woods - Actor Three Sisters, 11 November 1974
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	20870

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