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Ivor Novello

Sculpture
1936 (made)
Artist/Maker

Bronze head of Ivor Novello in The Happy Hypocrite, on plinth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIvor Novello (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Sculpture of Ivor Novello as Lord George Hell in The Happy Hypocrite by Clemence Dane and Richard Addinsell, from the story by Max Beerbohm, His Majesty's Theatre, April 8th 1936. Bronze casting.
Physical description
Bronze head of Ivor Novello in The Happy Hypocrite, on plinth.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Daphne Harper
Object history
The Happy Hypocrite by Clemence Dane and Richard Addinsell, from the story by Max Beerbohm, was presented by Ivor Novello and Richard D. Rose at His Majesty's Theatre, April 8th 1936, directed by Maurice Colbourne. The cast was Ivor Novello (Lord George Hell), Vivien Leigh (Jenny Mere), Isabel Jeans (La Gambogi), Marius Goring (Amor), Carl Harbord (Mercury), Stafford Hilliard, Viola Tree, Joan Swinstead, Philip Desborough, Godfrey Kenton, Peter Graves, Charles Lefeaux, Philip Pearman, Geoffrey Gunn, Clive Donald, Kenneth Buckley, Malcolm Russell, and Dorothy Batley.
Association
Collection
Accession number
S.133-1977

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2007
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