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The Winter's Tale

Costume Design
1955 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Voytek for Richard Martin as Florizel in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Nottingham Playhouse Company, Nottingham Playhouse, 1955.

Dubbed Voytek by George Devine, Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski (1925-2014), was known for his distinctive designs for the stage, theatre and film. Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.
Winning the Military Cross for his role in the Second World War, Voytek transferring first to Italy and then to Scotland after the end of the war where he enrolled at the Dundee Art Collage. In 1947 he moved to London, becoming a student of stage design at the Old Vic Theatre School. His career as a stage set and costume designer began with the Nottingham Playhouse whist his work on TV drama began with ABC Television and on film with Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac.
His theatrical works concentrated on major regional theatre and touring companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Shared Experience; he was head of design at the Liverpool Playhouse from 1981-1982.

The collection this design is from also contains working drawings, model pieces, photograph, production notes as well as press cuttings and programmes relating to Voytek’s career as a production designer for the stage, television and film.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Winter's Tale (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Voytek for Richard Martin as Florizel in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Nottingham Playhouse Company, Nottingham Playhouse, 1955
Physical description
Costume design by Voytek for Richard Martin as Florizel in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Nottingham Playhouse Company, Nottingham Playhouse, 1955. Drawing shows a full length male figure in green trousers with a blue cloak and orange sash.
Dimensions
  • Width: 28.5cm
  • Height: 44.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • FLORIZEL (Pencil annotation, bottom right hand corner)
  • Miniture sketch of the robe (Pen sketch, bottom left hand corner)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Costume design by Voytek for Richard Martin as Florizel in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Nottingham Playhouse Company, Nottingham Playhouse, 1955.

Dubbed Voytek by George Devine, Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski (1925-2014), was known for his distinctive designs for the stage, theatre and film. Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.
Winning the Military Cross for his role in the Second World War, Voytek transferring first to Italy and then to Scotland after the end of the war where he enrolled at the Dundee Art Collage. In 1947 he moved to London, becoming a student of stage design at the Old Vic Theatre School. His career as a stage set and costume designer began with the Nottingham Playhouse whist his work on TV drama began with ABC Television and on film with Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac.
His theatrical works concentrated on major regional theatre and touring companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Shared Experience; he was head of design at the Liverpool Playhouse from 1981-1982.

The collection this design is from also contains working drawings, model pieces, photograph, production notes as well as press cuttings and programmes relating to Voytek’s career as a production designer for the stage, television and film.
Associated object
Other number
THM/153 (Voytek Archive) - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.1307-1994

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Record createdAugust 6, 2014
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