Waiting for Godot

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Artist/Maker	Snow, Peter Briscoe (designers)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Costume design illustration for Estragon, poster paint on paper

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Categories	Designs Costumes Entertainment & Leisure Theatre
Object type	Costume design
Title	Waiting for Godot (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Paper Poster Paint Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Costume design by Peter Snow for Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting For Godot, Arts Theatre Club, 1955
Physical description	Costume design illustration for Estragon, poster paint on paper
Gallery label	(10/10/2013) 1 COSTUME DESIGN FOR WAITING FOR GODOT 1955 Beckett’s text does not describe the characters of Estragon and his companion Vladimir. Peter Hall, director of the first British production of Waiting for Godot, imagined them as tramps. Peter Snow dressed them in ill-fitting clothes and battered hats and turned them into iconic figures. The play’s meaning continues to be a subject for debate, but Snow’s costumes have defined its characters. Play by Samuel Beckett, 1953 Arts Theatre Club, London Paper and poster paint Designed by Peter Snow (1927–2008) Museum no. S.1134-1984
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1134-1984

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1111356/waiting-for-godot-costume-design-snow-peter-briscoe/

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