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Hamlet

Jewellery Design
1944 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hurry, Leslie (designers)

Jewellery design by Leslie Hurry for Hamlet, 1944


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Theatre
Shakespeare
Object type
Jewellery design
TitleHamlet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink, gouache and pencil on paper
Brief description
Jewellery design by Leslie Hurry for Hamlet, 1944
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Claudius / Clasp at neck / to hold collar' (Textual information. Upper centre.)
  • 'Blue and Gold' (Textual information. Centre left.)
  • 'Leslie Hurry '44 / Two ?Motifs for Sleeve' (Signature and textual information. Lower left.)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of The Linbury Trust
Object history
Associated production: Hamlet. Playwright: William Shakespeare. Designer: Leslie Hurry. Directors: Tyrone Guthrie, Michael Benthall. Actor: Basil Sydney. Performing company: Old Vic Theatre Company. New Theatre, London, 11.2.1944. Performance category: Drama. Basil Sydney played the role of Claudius in this production.
Subjects depicted
Costume
Stage Jewellery
Claudius
Associated object
S.1052-1995 (Series)
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1051-1995

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1173418/hamlet-jewellery-design-hurry-leslie/
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