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Enemy

Dyeline
1969 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dyeline for preliminary theatre set groundplan by Voytek for Robert Maugham's Enemy, produced by Doris Cole Abrahams for Albion Productions, directed by Ronald Eyre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford from 7 October 1969 and Saville Theatre, London opened 17 December 1969.

Dubbed Voytek by George Devine, Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski (1925-2014), was known for his distinctive designs for the stage, theatre and film. Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.
Winning the Military Cross for his role in the Second World War, Voytek transferring first to Italy and then to Scotland after the end of the war where he enrolled at the Dundee Art Collage. In 1947 he moved to London, becoming a student of stage design at the Old Vic Theatre School. His career as a stage set and costume designer began with the Nottingham Playhouse whist his work on TV drama began with ABC Television and on film with Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac.
His theatrical works concentrated on major regional theatre and touring companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Shared Experience; he was head of design at the Liverpool Playhouse from 1981-1982.

The collection this design is from also contains working drawings, model pieces, photograph, production notes as well as press cuttings and programmes relating to Voytek’s career as a production designer for the stage, television and film.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEnemy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Dyeline print
Brief description
Dyeline for preliminary theatre set groundplan by Voytek for Robert Maugham's Enemy, produced by Doris Cole Abrahams for Albion Productions, directed by Ronald Eyre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford from 7 October 1969 and Saville Theatre, London opened 17 December 1969
Physical description
Dyeline for preliminary theatre set groundplan by Voytek for Robert Maugham's Enemy, produced by Doris Cole Abrahams for Albion Productions, directed by Ronald Eyre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford from 7 October 1969 and Saville Theatre, London opened 17 December 1969. The plan shows lines and annotations detailing various aspects of the set, which is a rectangular shape with curved top corners.

Dimensions
  • Width: 76.5cm
  • Height: 50.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
DARK [CYC] BORDER 7? DARK FLOOR AREA BORDER BOOMS 8' HIGH MASKING FLAT. B RAMP 1'6" [TO?] 0 SKY OVER +9 +0. TANK TREAD CAR SKELETON TANK [TURRETT?] TANK SEE MODEL +4 APPROX AT THIS POINT RAMP SEE MODEL SAND & GRAVEL CAMOUFLAGE NET OVER CURVED SCREEN TO FLY IN IMPROVISED STOVE TYRE SAND [BANKED UP?] OIL DRUMS +3" 40 0 RAISED +9" TO 0 SKY OVER RAMP 1'6" TO NOTHING DARK FLOOR AREA 8' HIGH [M? T?] B B B DARK [CYC] 28' 25' 33' CL. PROS. ARCH NOTE: ALL THE RAMP SHAPES ARE TO BE [?] ON THE MODEL "THE ENEMY" PRELIMINARY GROUND PLAN SCALE ½":1' (Dyeline printing on front )
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Dyeline for preliminary theatre set groundplan by Voytek for Robert Maugham's Enemy, produced by Doris Cole Abrahams for Albion Productions, directed by Ronald Eyre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford from 7 October 1969 and Saville Theatre, London opened 17 December 1969.

Dubbed Voytek by George Devine, Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski (1925-2014), was known for his distinctive designs for the stage, theatre and film. Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.
Winning the Military Cross for his role in the Second World War, Voytek transferring first to Italy and then to Scotland after the end of the war where he enrolled at the Dundee Art Collage. In 1947 he moved to London, becoming a student of stage design at the Old Vic Theatre School. His career as a stage set and costume designer began with the Nottingham Playhouse whist his work on TV drama began with ABC Television and on film with Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac.
His theatrical works concentrated on major regional theatre and touring companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Shared Experience; he was head of design at the Liverpool Playhouse from 1981-1982.

The collection this design is from also contains working drawings, model pieces, photograph, production notes as well as press cuttings and programmes relating to Voytek’s career as a production designer for the stage, television and film.
Other number
THM/153 (Voytek Archive) - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.1405-1994

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Record createdOctober 14, 2014
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