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Tripping our light fantastic, Adrienne Simpson
Fantasy and Folly: the lost world of New Zealand musicals 1880-1940 Peter Harcourt Steele Roberts, $39.95, ISBN 1877228656 The dearth of published research on the history of entertainment in New Zealand would be reason enough to welcome the late Peter…
Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, Issue 55, Peter Harcourt, Spring 2001, Steele Roberts
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
The triumph of reinvention, Mary Varnham
Wellington – The First Years of European Settlement 1840-1850 Gavin McLean Penguin Books, $29.95, ISBN 0140288635 Wellington’s Heritage – plants, gardens, and landscape Winsome Shepherd Te Papa Press, $49.95, ISBN 0909010730 Kirkcaldie & Stains – A Wellington Story Julia Millen…
1905: A Sports Odyssey, Adrienne Simpson
The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0140296948 New Zealanders love sport. The truth of this frequently-heard comment is daily demonstrated by the amount of space our newspapers allocate to sporting activities. Success on the cricket pitch, putting…
Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, December 2000, Issue 46, Lloyd Jones, Penguin
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
An opportunity missed, Adrienne Simpson
Strangers in Paradise Jonathan Eisen and Katherine Joyce Smith (eds), Random Century/Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 There can be no better antidote to hubris than to see ourselves as others see us. A dispassionate observer can pinpoint our foibles and frailties,…
Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, Jonathan Eisen, Katherine Joyce Smith, Random Century
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
On the world’s opera stage: 19 New Zealand singers, Roger Flury
Southern Voices; international singers of New Zealand Adrienne Simpson and Peter Downes, Reed Books, Auckland, 1992, $45 The timing of Adrienne Simpson’s and Peter Downes’s admirable Southern Voices could hardly be more propitious. With opera in New Zealand once again…
Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, Issue 5, Peter Downes, Roger Flury, Winter 1992
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
High standards and fine judgement, Marian Minson
Opera in New Zealand: Aspects of History and Performance, Adrienne Simpson (ed), Witham Press (PO Box 28-074), Wellington, 1990, $24.95 Since her recent return to New Zealand, Wellington musical historian Adrienne Simpson has made a strong impact with regular talks…
Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, Issue 2, Marian Minson, Winter 1991, Witham Press
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
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