Costume Design
1963 (drawn)
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Design for the Tramp in Baal, showing a full length, bearded, male figure, seated on a box and wearing a ragged jacket and trousers and battered shoes. The design is inscribed with the name of the character.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Jocelyn Herbert for the Tramp in Bertolt Brecht's play, Baal, Phoenix Theatre, 1963 |
| Physical description | Design for the Tramp in Baal, showing a full length, bearded, male figure, seated on a box and wearing a ragged jacket and trousers and battered shoes. The design is inscribed with the name of the character. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Tramp' (Textual information; Lower right hand corner; Handwriting; Ink) |
| Object history | This is one of a collection of 21 designs by Jocelyn Herbert for Bertolt Brecht's Baal, Phoenix Theatre, 7 February 1963, which was part of Lot 366 in Sotheby's Sale of Illustrated Books, 22 May 1997. The production was directed by William Gaskill. Arthur O'Sullivan played the Tramp. Herbert's designs had previously been sold by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher in 1963: they appear as Item 128 in the Ifan Kyrle Fletcher Catalogue, number 207, July 1963. Historical significance: A design for the world premiere of Brecht's Baal, dating from a period when Jocelyn Herbert's work was exerting considerable influence on British theatre design. The production is significant in the career of its director, William Gaskill, being Gaskill's first essay in Brecht, a dramatist with whom he became closely associated. |
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| Literary reference | Baal |
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| Accession number | S.325-1999 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2000 |
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