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Cynara

Photograph
1930 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Sasha (photographers)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photograph of cast and set for Act II from a production of Cynara, written by H.M. Harwood and R. Gore Browne, by Sasha, The Playhouse, 1930. The original programme credits Molyneux as the designer for Gladys Cooper's dresses. Nöel Coward contributed a lyric for Act I, Scene III.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Theatre
Object type
Photograph
TitleCynara (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Photographic Paper
Photographic Gelatin
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photograph of cast and set for Act II from a production of Cynara, written by H.M. Harwood and R. Gore Browne, by Sasha, The Playhouse, 1930
Physical description
Photograph of cast and set for Act II from a production of Cynara, written by H.M. Harwood and R. Gore Browne, by Sasha, The Playhouse, 1930.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Sasha' (Written on the front with red wax pencil.)
  • '"Cynara" / Playhouse, June 26th, 1930' (Handwritten label affixed to the reverse.)
  • '"Cynara" / Playhouse, June, 1930 / Gladys Cooper as Clemency Warlock / Gerald du Maurier as Jim Warlock' (Written in ink on the reverse.)
  • '("I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, / In my fashion__" / Edward Dowden.)' (Written in pencil underneath the production information.)
  • '"Photograph by Sasha," / 7, Suffolk St., / Pall Mall, / Gerrard 5270 / London, S.W.1.' (Stamped on the reverse.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history
Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Gladys Cooper, 1933.
Place depicted
The Playhouse
Associations
Harwood, Harold Marsh
Gore-Browne, Robert
Summary
Photograph of cast and set for Act II from a production of Cynara, written by H.M. Harwood and R. Gore Browne, by Sasha, The Playhouse, 1930. The original programme credits Molyneux as the designer for Gladys Cooper's dresses. Nöel Coward contributed a lyric for Act I, Scene III.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1752-2015

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Record createdAugust 25, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1319676/cynara-photograph-sasha/
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