Story: Women’s networks and clubs

Drama-circle performance

Drama-circle performance

Members of the Nelson Townswomen's Guild staged a play in the mid-1930s, and probably made the elaborate costumes as well. Drama circles were very popular in women's clubs.

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Nelson Provincial Museum, Kingsford Collection
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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Women’s networks and clubs - Women’s self-improvement groups', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/31012/drama-circle-performance (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 15 Jul 2018