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Set Design

ca. 1960 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Brooks, Ern (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Set design by Ern Brooks for Sholem Aleichem's play The Big Win for the Unity Theatre, London, first performed on 4th March, 1960.

This version of Aleichem's Yiddish play Dos Groyse Gevins was adapted by I. D. Berkowitz and translated into English by Tamara Kahana. It was directed for Unity by Heinz Bernard.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Object type
Set design
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, pencil, ink and pencil crayon on paper
Watercolour
Pencil
Ink
Pencil Crayon
Paper
Free-Hand Drawing
Brief description
Set design by Ern Brooks for Sholem Aleichem's play The Big Win, Unity Theatre, first performed on 4th March, 1960.
Physical description
Design showing an ornate door on the left and a window frame on the right. Rough sketch plan of a room above the window. Pencil sketch of a bearded face in upper right hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.7cm
  • Width: 55.6cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Act 2 & 3 (doors)' (Annotation in green pencil crayon, lower left.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Harriet Mason
Literary reference<i>The Big Win</i> play by Sholem Aleichem, pen name of Sholem Rabinowicz.
Summary
Set design by Ern Brooks for Sholem Aleichem's play The Big Win for the Unity Theatre, London, first performed on 4th March, 1960.

This version of Aleichem's Yiddish play Dos Groyse Gevins was adapted by I. D. Berkowitz and translated into English by Tamara Kahana. It was directed for Unity by Heinz Bernard.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.45-2011

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Record createdMarch 18, 2011
Record URL
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