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The Merchant of Venice

Design
1980 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Crucible Theatre (Sheffield) (producer)
Voytek (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

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
Designs
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Object type
Design
TitleThe Merchant of Venice (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen on paper
Paper
Ink
Drawing (Image-Making)
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
  • Height: 20.8cm
  • Width: 29.6cm
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 referenceThe 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
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1773-1994

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2014
Record URL
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