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Mother Goose

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1954 (designed)
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Set model piece for 'The Village of Gossington' in pantomime Mother Goose, London Palladium, 1954.

Mother Goose was written by Phil Park and Eric Sykes and starred Peter Sellers as The Squire, Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Mother Goose and Max Bygraves as Mother Goose’s Sweetshop Assistant Sammy. The production was designed by Charles Reading with Erté’s dream sequence receiving great praise from the Sunday Telegraph’s critic, who wrote “rarely does one find in a pantomime a transformation scene as delicate and gracious as the grey silk lighted dream pagodas which conclude the first act.”

Erté’s design for the transformation sequence brought Sammy’s sweetshop dream to life as the stage filled with silver d’oyleys, crystallised fruits, liquorice allsorts and chocolate creams, concluding with a visit to The Land of Whipped Cream.

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TitleMother Goose (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache and watercolour on card
Brief description
Set model piece for 'The Village of Gossington' in pantomime Mother Goose, London Palladium, 1954
Physical description
Gouache and watercolour on card set model piece for Act 1, Scene 2 in pantomime Mother Goose, London Palladium, 1954.
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Given by Roger Fox
Summary
Set model piece for 'The Village of Gossington' in pantomime Mother Goose, London Palladium, 1954.

Mother Goose was written by Phil Park and Eric Sykes and starred Peter Sellers as The Squire, Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne as Mother Goose and Max Bygraves as Mother Goose’s Sweetshop Assistant Sammy. The production was designed by Charles Reading with Erté’s dream sequence receiving great praise from the Sunday Telegraph’s critic, who wrote “rarely does one find in a pantomime a transformation scene as delicate and gracious as the grey silk lighted dream pagodas which conclude the first act.”

Erté’s design for the transformation sequence brought Sammy’s sweetshop dream to life as the stage filled with silver d’oyleys, crystallised fruits, liquorice allsorts and chocolate creams, concluding with a visit to The Land of Whipped Cream.
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S.34:1 to 7-2015

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2015
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