Not on display

Costume Design

1958 (Painted, drawn)
Artist/Maker
Heeley, Desmond (Costume designer)
Place of origin
London (Painted, Drawn)

Costume design for John Turner as Joe Baker. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a brown checked suit; white shirt; red bow tie; blue socks; and black shoes.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Designs
Object type
Costume design
Materials and techniques
Gouache and pencil, on paper
Gouache
Pencil
Paper
Painted, Drawn
Brief description
Costume design by Desmond Heeley for John Turner as Joe Baker in "Keep Your Hair On!", Apollo Theatre, 1958.
Physical description
Costume design for John Turner as Joe Baker. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a brown checked suit; white shirt; red bow tie; blue socks; and black shoes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 250mm
  • Width: 189mm
  • Card mount height: 264mm
  • Card mount width: 200mm
The design has been glued directly onto a card mount
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' HAIR '

    Note
    Textual information; Upper left ahnd corner of the design.; handwriting; pencil

  • ' JOE '

    Note
    Textual information; Upper right hand corner of the design.; handwriting; pencil

Credit line
Given by Jeremy Lawrence
Object history
This costume design by Desmond Heeley is part of a collection of 15 designs and other items donated to the Theatre Museum by Mr Jeremy Lawrence in 1991. The design was executed for a production of John Cranko's musical "Keep Your Hair On!", which opened at the Apollo Theatre on February 13th 1958. The music was composed by John Addison, and the lighting was by Michael Northern. Heeley also designed the settings in collaboration with Tony Armstrong Jones. The cast included Betty Marsden, John Turner, Gilbert Vernon, Erik Mork, Rachel Roberts, and Barbara Windsor.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Musical
Costume Design
Associations
Cranko, John
Snowdon, Lord
Literary referenceKeep Your Hair On!
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.667-2001

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Record createdOctober 12, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O62884/costume-design-heeley-desmond/
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