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Cane used by Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Cane
2013 (made)
Artist/Maker
Marcus Hall Props (made)
Place of origin
London (made)

Cane walking stick with a silver metallic top, the cane painted black and white, set with imitation multicoloured rhinestones

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Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Musical Theatre
Theatre Properties
Object type
Cane
TitleCane used by Willy Wonka in <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted cane, metal and rhinestones
Brief description
Cane used by Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 25th June 2013 to 7th January 2017. Designed by Mark Thompson, made by Marcus Hall Props
Physical description
Cane walking stick with a silver metallic top, the cane painted black and white, set with imitation multicoloured rhinestones
Gallery label
(07/03/2022)
Gallery rotation, 2022

COSTUME FOR WILLY WONKA IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
2013

Roald Dahl created the extraordinary Willy Wonka in his 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Mark Thompson based his costume design on Dahl’s description of Wonka’s black top hat, plum-coloured velvet tail-coat, bottle-green trousers and pearly grey gloves, adding the orange waistcoat, spotted shirt, striped tie and spats to accentuate Wonka’s eccentricity.

Designed by Mark Thompson
Velvet, satin, calico, rayon, cotton, silk and velour (costume), panne velvet and buckram (hat), painted cane, metal and rhinestones (cane)
Given by Warner Bros, Neal Street Productions, Playful Productions, Nicky Leach, Marcus Hall Props and Thomas Pink Ltd
Museum nos. S.227:1 to 7-2019, S.521, 522-2019, NCOL.808:1 to 2-2019, NCOL.182-2020, NCOL.193:1 to 2-2020, NCOL.74:1-2022
Credit line
Given by Marcus Hall Props
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.522-2019

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Record createdJanuary 23, 2020
Record URL
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