Set Design
ca. 1931 (drawn)
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This design is from Act II Scene II of Noel Coward's Cavalcade, during this scene Bridges is killed by a car. The play follows the lives of the Marryott family, and their servants, over three decades. It premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1931.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil drawing |
| Brief description | Set design by Gladys Calthrop for part of a street scene used in Part II Scene II of Noel Coward's Cavalcade, ca. 1931, Gladys Calthrop Design Collection. |
| Physical description | Design showing the exterior of two shops, the end sections on either side have been left blank. The top of the page has been cut to the shape of the roofs, narrow sections have been folded in at the bottom. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gladys Calthrop |
| Literary reference | Cavalcade |
| Summary | This design is from Act II Scene II of Noel Coward's Cavalcade, during this scene Bridges is killed by a car. The play follows the lives of the Marryott family, and their servants, over three decades. It premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1931. Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York. |
| Other number | THM/52 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.739-2011 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2011 |
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