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Mercury Theatre's production of The rocking cave, 1973

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Mercury Theatre's production of <em>The rocking cave</em>, 1973

Auckland's Mercury Theatre opened in 1967. This is a scene from a 1973 production of James McNeish's The rocking cave, about a religious settlement in Waipū. Pictured are Bevan Wilson (back), Helen Smith and David Weatherly (seated on the floor). The producer was Tony Richardson.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: NZMS813RockingCove(BLens)

by Michael Tubberty

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

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Theatre companies and producers – The rise of professional companies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43414/mercury-theatres-production-of-the-rocking-cave-1973 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 25 November 2013.