Set Design
1933 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Design by Gladys Calthrop for a backdrop for Act I of Noel Coward's play Design For Living, 1933, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, opening on 24 January 1933.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, she 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, she 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 and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Design by Gladys Calthrop for a backdrop for Act I of Noel Coward's play Design For Living, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1933. Gladys Calthrop Design Collection |
| Physical description | Squared up design for a backdrop depicting a roofscape of Paris, drawn on two sheets of paper joined by a strip of masking tape on the reverse. Inscription in pencil. Artist's signature in ink over United Scenic Artists stamp at upper right. The reverse bears the registration stamp of United Scenic Artists and is numbered 1085. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Act I - Paris - morning -' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gladys Calthrop |
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| Literary reference | Design for Living |
| Summary | Design by Gladys Calthrop for a backdrop for Act I of Noel Coward's play Design For Living, 1933, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, opening on 24 January 1933. Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, she 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 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.521-2012 |
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| Record created | May 17, 2012 |
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