Marjory Lydia Nicholls (29 July 1890 â€" 1 October 1930) was a New
Zealand poet, teacher and drama producer.[1] She was a significant
figure in New Zealand poetry and theatre between 1910 and 1930, and
became a well-known personality in Wellington, with interests in
theatre, writing and the arts.Nicholls was born in Wellington in 1890.
She was the youngest daughter of Harry Edgar Nicholls, a Harbour Board
Secretary and a prominent actor in the Wellington theatre scene.She
was educated first at Clyde Quay School and Terrace School and after
at Wellington Girls' College and Victoria University College. She
entered Victoria in 1909, where she studied Greek, Latin and French
and became involved with the Edwardian Spike group of writers
(1902â€"15), that included Siegfried Eichelbaum, Seaforth Mackenzie,
A. F. T. Chorlton, Hubert Church, Philip Grey, Mary E. Heath (later
Mrs Ballantyne), Erica R. Fell (later Mrs Erica R. Wilson), A. E.
Caddick and F. A. de la Mare.At Victoria, her interests included The
Play Readers' Society in Kelburn and the Women's Debating Society and
she edited the student review, The Spike, in 1912. She was
Vice-President of the Students' Association in 1912 and 1913. Her
father instructed the play readers' group. She also produced two plays
for the University Dramatic Society when first it began. An
accomplished orator, in 1913, she became the first woman to compete
for and win the Plunket Medal for Oratory at Victoria College.
Zealand poet, teacher and drama producer.[1] She was a significant
figure in New Zealand poetry and theatre between 1910 and 1930, and
became a well-known personality in Wellington, with interests in
theatre, writing and the arts.Nicholls was born in Wellington in 1890.
She was the youngest daughter of Harry Edgar Nicholls, a Harbour Board
Secretary and a prominent actor in the Wellington theatre scene.She
was educated first at Clyde Quay School and Terrace School and after
at Wellington Girls' College and Victoria University College. She
entered Victoria in 1909, where she studied Greek, Latin and French
and became involved with the Edwardian Spike group of writers
(1902â€"15), that included Siegfried Eichelbaum, Seaforth Mackenzie,
A. F. T. Chorlton, Hubert Church, Philip Grey, Mary E. Heath (later
Mrs Ballantyne), Erica R. Fell (later Mrs Erica R. Wilson), A. E.
Caddick and F. A. de la Mare.At Victoria, her interests included The
Play Readers' Society in Kelburn and the Women's Debating Society and
she edited the student review, The Spike, in 1912. She was
Vice-President of the Students' Association in 1912 and 1913. Her
father instructed the play readers' group. She also produced two plays
for the University Dramatic Society when first it began. An
accomplished orator, in 1913, she became the first woman to compete
for and win the Plunket Medal for Oratory at Victoria College.
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