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Venue	His Majesty's Theatre Blenheim
Address	Corner Queen Street and Arthur Street Blenheim New Zealand
Notes	Opened 13 August 1912. The theatre could accommodate up to 1300, although this was reduced to 900 when the seats were replaced in the 1940s. Demolished in the late 1960s due to earthquake and safety concerns.
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Latitude \| Longitude	-41.51340353 \| 173.9555429
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Oklahoma!, 13 October 1969 Can Can, 14 October 1968 The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Carousel, 14 October 1963 South Pacific, 8 October 1962 White Horse Inn, 4 October 1961 Oklahoma!, 1960 The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Sunny, 15 September 1956 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 Rose Marie, 11 October 1954 The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 The Merry Widow, 13 October 1952 The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 The Geisha, 1950 The Belle of New York, 15 November 1949 A Country Girl, 19 October 1948 No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Going Crazy, 31 October 1945 Fun Wagon, 20 October 1943 Sally, 22 October 1941 Going Up, 23 October 1940 Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 The Admirable Crichton, 14 June 1939 The Belle of New York, 19 October 1938 Tilly of Bloomsbury, 1938 A Country Girl, 6 October 1937 Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 Happy Days, 1933 The Merry Widow, 28 October 1931 Trial By Jury, 29 October 1930 HMS Pinafore, 29 October 1930 The Pink Lady, 23 October 1929 San Toy, 1928 High Jinks, 1927 Merrie England, 29 October 1926 Floradora, 1925 Miss Hook of Holland, 22 October 1924 The Pirates of Penzance, 1923 Les Cloches de Corneville, 16 August 1921 La Mascotte, 28 September 1920 The Mikado, 22 July 1919 The Gondoliers, 28 October 1918
	Blenheim Amateur Operatic Society Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Oklahoma!, 13 October 1969 Can Can, 14 October 1968 The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Carousel, 14 October 1963 South Pacific, 8 October 1962 White Horse Inn, 4 October 1961 Oklahoma!, 1960 The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Sunny, 15 September 1956 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 Rose Marie, 11 October 1954 The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 The Merry Widow, 13 October 1952 The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 The Geisha, 1950 The Belle of New York, 15 November 1949 A Country Girl, 19 October 1948 No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Going Crazy, 31 October 1945 Fun Wagon, 20 October 1943 Sally, 22 October 1941 Going Up, 23 October 1940 Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 The Admirable Crichton, 14 June 1939 The Belle of New York, 19 October 1938 Tilly of Bloomsbury, 1938 A Country Girl, 6 October 1937 Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 Happy Days, 1933 The Merry Widow, 28 October 1931 Trial By Jury, 29 October 1930 HMS Pinafore, 29 October 1930 The Pink Lady, 23 October 1929 San Toy, 1928 High Jinks, 1927 Merrie England, 29 October 1926 Floradora, 1925 Miss Hook of Holland, 22 October 1924 The Pirates of Penzance, 1923 Les Cloches de Corneville, 16 August 1921 La Mascotte, 28 September 1920 The Mikado, 22 July 1919 The Gondoliers, 28 October 1918
	Cecily Tabor-Gregory - Director The Merry Widow, 13 October 1952 The Geisha, 1950 The Belle of New York, 15 November 1949 A Country Girl, 19 October 1948 Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Going Crazy, 31 October 1945 Fun Wagon, 20 October 1943 Sally, 22 October 1941 Going Up, 23 October 1940 Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 The Belle of New York, 19 October 1938 A Country Girl, 6 October 1937 Terence Burtenshaw - Actor Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Can Can, 14 October 1968 The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Carousel, 14 October 1963 Oklahoma!, 1960 The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Oscar Hammerstein II - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Composer, Lyricist Oklahoma!, 13 October 1969 Carousel, 14 October 1963 South Pacific, 8 October 1962 Oklahoma!, 1960 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Sunny, 15 September 1956 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 Ivan Caryll - Composer, Musician Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 The Pink Lady, 23 October 1929 William Schwenck Gilbert - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Librettist HMS Pinafore, 29 October 1930 Trial By Jury, 29 October 1930 The Pirates of Penzance, 1923 The Mikado, 22 July 1919 The Gondoliers, 28 October 1918 Lionel Monckton - Composer, Musician The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Arthur Seymour Sullivan - Composer, Musician HMS Pinafore, 29 October 1930 Trial By Jury, 29 October 1930 The Pirates of Penzance, 1923 The Mikado, 22 July 1919 The Gondoliers, 28 October 1918 Otto Harbach - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Librettist, Lyricist, Writer Sunny, 15 September 1956 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Going Up, 23 October 1940 Gerald Parker - Actor Oklahoma!, 1960 The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Rose Marie, 11 October 1954 Shirley Etheridge - Actor Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Carousel, 14 October 1963 Rose Marie, 11 October 1954 Audrey Green - Actor The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Carousel, 14 October 1963 Betty Hoar - Actor, Director Oklahoma!, 1960 Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 Frona King - Director Sunny, 15 September 1956 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 May Lampen - Director Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 Sigmund Romberg - Composer, Musician The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 The New Moon, 7 October 1957 The Desert Song, 17 October 1955 J A Rosewarne - Director The Pink Lady, 23 October 1929 High Jinks, 1927 Floradora, 1925 James T Tanner - Librettist, Playwright The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 Our Miss Gibbs, 15 October 1946 Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 Guy Bolton - Writer Sally, 22 October 1941 Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 Harison Cook - Director The Merry Widow, 28 October 1931 San Toy, 1928 E Dennis - Director Happy Days, 1933 Trial By Jury, 29 October 1930 David Gilmore - Director No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Merrie England, 29 October 1926 Owen Hall - Librettist, Writer The Geisha, 1950 Floradora, 1925 Lynda Hastings - Director White Horse Inn, 4 October 1961 Oklahoma!, 1960 Gustave Kerker - Musician The Belle of New York, 15 November 1949 The Belle of New York, 19 October 1938 Jerome Kern - Musician Sunny, 15 September 1956 Sally, 22 October 1941 Franz Lehar - Composer The Merry Widow, 13 October 1952 The Merry Widow, 28 October 1931 Hugh Morton - Book and Lyrics Librettist The Belle of New York, 15 November 1949 The Belle of New York, 19 October 1938 T Pollard - Director La Mascotte, 28 September 1920 The Mikado, 22 July 1919 Richard Rodgers - Lyricist, Musician Carousel, 14 October 1963 South Pacific, 8 October 1962 Richard Rogers - Musician Oklahoma!, 13 October 1969 Oklahoma!, 1960 David Rossiter - Director The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Paul A Rubens - Composer, Lyricist Floradora, 1925 Miss Hook of Holland, 22 October 1924 Russell - Director Miss Hook of Holland, 22 October 1924 Les Cloches de Corneville, 16 August 1921 Waric Slyfield - Actor, Director Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Carousel, 14 October 1963 Bob Spencer - Actor Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Carousel, 14 October 1963 Mark Ambient - Playwright The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 J M Barrie - Playwright The Admirable Crichton, 14 June 1939 Irving Berlin - Music and Lyrics Librettist Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Julie Blumsky - Director Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Ernest Boyd-Jones - Lyricist Floradora, 1925 Abe Burrows - Writer Can Can, 14 October 1968 Irving Caesar - Lyricist No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Geddes Campbell - Actor Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Vera Caspary - Writer Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 Russel Crouse - Writer Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Leo Ditrichstein - Librettist, Lyricist High Jinks, 1927 Dorothy Donnelly - Lyricist The Student Prince, 9 October 1967 Val Dredge - Actor Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 F J Easther - Director The Pirates of Penzance, 1923 Sammy Fain - Musician Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Harold Fraser-Simson - Composer The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Rudolf Friml - Composer High Jinks, 1927 Edward German - Composer Merrie England, 29 October 1926 Harry Graham - Lyricist The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Harry Greenbank - Lyricist The Geisha, 1950 Percy Greenbank - Lyricist The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 Clifford Grey - Lyricist Sally, 22 October 1941 Constance Haggert - Director Rose Marie, 11 October 1954 Ian Hay - Playwright Tilly of Bloomsbury, 1938 Seymour Hicks - Writer A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 Lois A Hirsch - Composer Going Up, 23 October 1940 George V Hobart - Writer Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 Basil Hood - Writer Merrie England, 29 October 1926 Austen Hurgon - Librettist Miss Hook of Holland, 22 October 1924 Vivian Jacobs - Director Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Philander Johnson - Lyricist Kissing Time, 6 December 1934 Sidney Jones - Composer The Geisha, 1950 Stan Lawson - Director Our Miss Gibbs, 1936 Alan Jay Lerner - Lyricist Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Howard Lindsay - Writer Call Me Madam, 10 October 1966 Frederick Loewe - Musician Brigadoon, 12 October 1970 Frederick Lonsdale - Librettist The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Frank Mandel - Writer No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947 Eric Maschwitz - Writer Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 Hans May - Musician Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 Joseph McCarthy - Lyricist Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 C M S McLellan - Librettist, Lyricist The Pink Lady, 23 October 1929 Nola Millar - Director The Maid of the Mountains, 31 August 1959 Sonny Miller - Lyricist Wedding In Paris, 6 October 1958 Edward Morton - Playwright San Toy, 1928 Beryl Nettleton - Director The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 Harry Nicholls - Writer A Runaway Girl, 23 October 1935 John Oakley - Director Tilly of Bloomsbury, 1938 Robert Planquette - Composer Les Cloches de Corneville, 16 August 1921 Cole Porter - Music and Lyrics Librettist Can Can, 14 October 1968 George Posford - Musician Zip Goes a Million, 12 October 1964 E Reid - Director The Admirable Crichton, 14 June 1939 J Rollo Sharp - Director The Gondoliers, 28 October 1918 Adrian Ross - Lyricist The Quaker Girl, 22 October 1951 A E L Scantlebury - Director HMS Pinafore, 29 October 1930 Vivienne Sidaway - Actor Oklahoma!, 1960 Robert Stoltz - Musician White Horse Inn, 4 October 1961 Leslie Stuart - Musician Floradora, 1925 Gordon Sutherland - Director South Pacific, 8 October 1962 Howard Talbot - Composer The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 Alexander M Thompson - Playwright The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 Fred Thompson - Writer Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 Harry Tierney - Musician Rio Rita, 18 October 1939 Colleen Walling - Director Can Can, 14 October 1968 Paul Francis Webster - Lyricist Calamity Jane, 11 October 1965 Duncan Whiting - Director Oklahoma!, 13 October 1969 Arthur Wimperis - Lyricist The Arcadians, 5 October 1953 Vincent Youmans - Musician No, No, Nanette, 25 November 1947
Data Set	Theatre Aotearoa
Venue Identifier	27957

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