Cinderella
Set Design
1953 (designed)
1953 (designed)
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Set design for gauze in pantomime Cinderella, London Palladium, 1953.
Cinderella, written by Michael Bishop, Erik Sykes, Spike Milligan and Phil Park, ran from 24th December 1953 to 6th March 1954 and starred actress Julie Andrews as Cinderella, singer and comedian Max Bygraves as Buttons and comic actor Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Baron Pastry. The show’s scenery, designed by Charles Reading, achieved great praise, with The Tatler and Bystander describing the three and a half hour show as having “taste, beauty and elegance, but little humour.”
The show was the West End’s only pantomime of the year and featured a comic scene where Hearne as Baron Pastry got trapped in an electric washing machine.
Cinderella, written by Michael Bishop, Erik Sykes, Spike Milligan and Phil Park, ran from 24th December 1953 to 6th March 1954 and starred actress Julie Andrews as Cinderella, singer and comedian Max Bygraves as Buttons and comic actor Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Baron Pastry. The show’s scenery, designed by Charles Reading, achieved great praise, with The Tatler and Bystander describing the three and a half hour show as having “taste, beauty and elegance, but little humour.”
The show was the West End’s only pantomime of the year and featured a comic scene where Hearne as Baron Pastry got trapped in an electric washing machine.
Object details
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| Title | Cinderella (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Set design for gauze in pantomime Cinderella, London Palladium, 1953 |
| Physical description | Gouache and watercolour on paper set design for gauze in pantomime Cinderella, London Palladium, 1953. The design includes a red border and features an oversized invitation to the ball which reads, 'His Highness Prince Charming requests the pleasure of your company at a Ball to be held at the Royal Palace this evening.' |
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| Credit line | Given by Roger Fox |
| Summary | Set design for gauze in pantomime Cinderella, London Palladium, 1953. Cinderella, written by Michael Bishop, Erik Sykes, Spike Milligan and Phil Park, ran from 24th December 1953 to 6th March 1954 and starred actress Julie Andrews as Cinderella, singer and comedian Max Bygraves as Buttons and comic actor Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Baron Pastry. The show’s scenery, designed by Charles Reading, achieved great praise, with The Tatler and Bystander describing the three and a half hour show as having “taste, beauty and elegance, but little humour.” The show was the West End’s only pantomime of the year and featured a comic scene where Hearne as Baron Pastry got trapped in an electric washing machine. |
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| Accession number | S.624-2015 |
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| Record created | May 21, 2015 |
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