Alan Hopgood's 'The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women' [Playhouse, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 February 1973]

Production date
1973
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About this object
Maitland Repertory Theatre (formerly Maitland Repertory Society) was established in 1947 as an amateur local theatre group and has regularly presented plays ever since its establishment. Since the Second World War Maitland Repertory Theatre has played a central role in this aspect of the district’s cultural life. Initially the group staged the plays in a variety of venues including the Town Hall and the Methodist Hall. In 1963 the Congregational Church was purchased and converted to a theatre. Productions since 1965 have been in what became known as the Repertory Playhouse (and later, Theatre) with a break between 1980 and 1982 when extra facilities were added to the building and fire equipment was installed.
The collection holds an incomplete set of programmes of Maitland Repertory’s productions since 1947; copies of handwritten and typed newsletters from the 1970s and 1980s; a typed manuscript with a timeline for The Repertory; and a number of newspaper clippings.
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Significance
The Maitland Repertory Collection is significant for its association with a long-standing and relatively high profile local amateur theatre company, the local residents who supported and participated in the company’s productions, the local businesses that supported Repertory through advertising and sponsorship, and the different venues used as performance spaces. It is also significant for its association with the adaptive reuse of a former Congregational Church built in the mid-nineteenth century. The items in the collection contribute to documentation about the history of the performing arts in Maitland. Currently the collection holds an incomplete set of programmes of all Maitland Repertory’s productions since 1947. The items are generally in fair to good condition.

Statement of Significance completed by Janis Wilton, 2022
Collection type
Maitland Libraries
Media
Ink on paper
Measurements
22.5 x 14.2cm
Accession number
LIB2022.029.18

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