The Merchant of Venice
Design
1980 (designed)
1980 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Design by Voytek for letter, coins and scimitar for 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 | Design by Voytek for letter, coins and scimitar for William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980 |
| Physical description | Pen on paper design by Voytek for a letter, coins and scimitar for Belmont scenes in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Mike Alfreds, Sheffield Crucible, 1980. The design shows a design for a square letter, a six and a seven-sided coin, and a scimitar. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | SQUARE SEAL.
9" SQUARE
LETTERS.
TO OPEN
INTO BIGGER
SQUARE
7
"MERCHANT OF VENICE"
"PROPS NOTES"
SEVEN SIDED COINS.
(FULL SIZE)
THIN.
GOLD.
BLACK EDGE
SILVER SIX SIDED
COINS.
(FULL SIZE)
BLACK EDGE
VOID.
BLACK
THICKNESS
SHARP
EDGE
ALL SILVER
SIDE VIEW.
2'6"
SCIMITAR (NOT TO SCALE)
FOR MOROCCO.
(On front side in black ink) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Literary reference | The Merchant of Venice |
| Summary | Design by Voytek for letter, coins and scimitar for 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.1773-1994 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2014 |
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