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Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Costume Design
1985 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Voytek (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Photographic copy of costume design by Voytek for Martin Shaw as Old Presley in Alan Bleasdale's Are You Lonesome Tonight? directed by Robin Lefevre, Liverpool Playhouse, 1985.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Object type
Costume design
TitleAre You Lonesome Tonight? (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Paper
Pencil
Pastel
Photocopied
Brief description
Photographic copy of costume design by Voytek for Martin Shaw as Old Presley in Alan Bleasdale's Are You Lonesome Tonight? directed by Robin Lefevre, Liverpool Playhouse, 1985
Physical description
Ink on paper photographic copy of costume design by Voytek for Martin Shaw as Old Presley in Alan Bleasdale's Are You Lonesome Tonight? directed by Robin Lefevre, Liverpool Playhouse, 1985. In the design, Presley is depicted wearing an extravagant whirt with large collar and trousers and is wearing a large necklace with medallion.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Width: 21cm
Marks and inscriptions
Old Presley (On front side )
Credit line
Given by the artist
Literary reference
Summary
Photographic copy of costume design by Voytek for Martin Shaw as Old Presley in Alan Bleasdale's Are You Lonesome Tonight? directed by Robin Lefevre, Liverpool Playhouse, 1985.
Other number
THM/153 (Voytek Archive) - Archive number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2016-1994

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Record createdOctober 3, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1301400/are-you-lonesome-tonight-costume-design-voytek/
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