Story: Plays and playwrights

Stella Jones's 1957 family drama, The tree, was rejected by numerous New Zealand theatres before being accepted by a London agent. After several well-received performances in the UK, it was toured nationally by the New Zealand Players (who had earlier rejected it). This is the programme cover for the first New Zealand production. The treewas one of the first full-length New Zealand plays to reach a wide local audience.