Kōrero: Actors and acting

Harry Plimmer and Reynolds Denniston

Harry Plimmer and Reynolds Denniston

These framed portraits show two of the great leading men of New Zealand theatre in the early 20th century. Wellingtonian Harry Plimmer (left) began his career in Bland Holt's company and later worked in the US. Reynolds Denniston, of Dunedin, began acting in South Africa while serving in the South African War. He and Plimmer joined forces around 1908 and toured many successful productions around New Zealand and overseas. 

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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: 31-64036 (left); 31-6380 (right)
Photographs by Herman John Schmidt

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Laurie Atkinson, 'Actors and acting - Early acting, 1840s to 1920', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42181/harry-plimmer-and-reynolds-denniston (accessed 29 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Laurie Atkinson, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014