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Great and Small

Costume Design
1983 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Voytek for Mary Sheen as Fat Woman in Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983. This show was produced by Duncan C. Weldon with Paul Gregg and Lionel Becker for Triumph Apollo Productions. The production opened at Richmond Theatre on 6 July 1983 and Vaudeville Theatre on 25 August 1983.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGreat and Small (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Voytek for Mary Sheen as "Fat Woman" in Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983
Physical description
Pencil and coloured pencil costume design on paper by Voytek for Mary Sheen as "Fat Woman" in Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983 . The design shows a woman with curly blonde hair wearing a pink and yellow flowered dress and pink high heels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.6cm
  • Width: 20.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
MARY SHEEN FAT WOMAN (On front side in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Literary referenceGreat and Small
Summary
Costume design by Voytek for Mary Sheen as Fat Woman in Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983. This show was produced by Duncan C. Weldon with Paul Gregg and Lionel Becker for Triumph Apollo Productions. The production opened at Richmond Theatre on 6 July 1983 and Vaudeville Theatre on 25 August 1983.
Other number
THM/153 (Voytek Archive) - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.1937-1994

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2014
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