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Kōrero: 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

Reference: 131444

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Nancy Swarbrick, Women’s networks and clubs – Women’s self-improvement groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31012/drama-circle-performance (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 7 April 2011.