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Great and Small

Sketch
1983 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Vaudeville Theatre, London (producer)
Voytek (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Sketch by Voytek of "The Old Couple" for 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
Designs
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Object type
Sketch
TitleGreat and Small (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and pencil on tracing paper
Tracing Paper
Ink
Pencil
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Sketch by Voytek of "The Old Couple" for Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983
Physical description
Pen and pencil sketch by Voytek on tracing paper of "The Old Couple" for Botho Strauss's Great and Small, directed by Keith Hack, Richmond Theatre then Vaudeville Theatre, 1983. The sketch shows a woman sitting on a chair backwards under a red-shaded lamp as a man stands behind her with his hands on her back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.7cm
  • Width: 29.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
THE OLD COUPLE (On front side in black ink)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Literary referenceGreat and Small
Summary
Sketch by Voytek of "The Old Couple" for 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
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1975-1994

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Record createdSeptember 12, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1300273/great-and-small-sketch-voytek/
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