The Merchant of Venice
Design
1980 (designed)
1980 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Preliminary costume design by Voytek for servants in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980. This production opened on 22 October 1980 before touring.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Merchant of Venice (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen on paper |
| Brief description | Preliminary costume design by Voytek for male and female servants in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980 |
| Physical description | Pen on paper preliminary costume design by Voytek for servants in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980. The design shows a figure in a mask, skull cap, long jacket and trousers with bare feet. Alongside is a sketch of a masked face. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | skull cap
black
masks
SERVANTS
MALE
&
FEMALE
[BOTH?]
SHORT
HAIR
BLACK UP? (On front side in black ink) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Literary reference | The Merchant of Venice |
| Summary | Preliminary costume design by Voytek for servants in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980. This production opened on 22 October 1980 before touring. |
| Other number | THM/153 (Voytek Archive) - Archive number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1694-1994 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2014 |
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