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Women on stage

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Women on stage

From colonial times women often performed on stage. These unidentified actors appeared in Sixes and sevens, a musical performed in Auckland in 1909. They appear to be a maid and master (or the son of the house). Sixes and sevenswas written by New Zealander Isabel Peacocke (who went on to become a successful author) and Thomas Humphrey. 

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Anne Else, Gender inequalities – Arts and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28652/women-on-stage (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Anne Else, published 26 April 2011.