Bill Maynard in The Ghost Train
Caricature
25 June 1971 (dated)
25 June 1971 (dated)
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This caricature shows Bill Maynard (b.1928) as Saul Hodgkin, the stationmaster, in The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley at the Oxford New Theatre in June 1971. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.
Bill Maynard was a comic before he trained as an actor in repertory theatre but he is best known today in the UK and America for his role of Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the Yorkshire Television series Heartbeat.
Bill Maynard was a comic before he trained as an actor in repertory theatre but he is best known today in the UK and America for his role of Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the Yorkshire Television series Heartbeat.
Object details
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| Title | Bill Maynard in <i>The Ghost Train</i> (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash on paper |
| Brief description | Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash caricature by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976) of Bill Maynard in The Ghost Train at the Oxford New Theatre. Dated 25 June 1971. |
| Physical description | Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash caricature of Bill Maynard in The Ghost Train at the Oxford New Theatre. Dated 25 June 1971. From a hard-backed sketch book containing caricatures of theatrical performers and entertainers drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael Sommerlad |
| Object history | This caricature comes from an album of caricatures of theatrical performers and entertainers drawn (with one exception) by Gilbert J.Sommerlad (1904-1976) between December 1965 and September 1971 at the Oxford New Theatre. Gilbert Sommerlad moved from Brighton to the recently built New Theatre, Oxford, to join his brother Roy (violin and clarinet) as resident pianist in 1936. He continued with his caricatures until his retirement. |
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| Summary | This caricature shows Bill Maynard (b.1928) as Saul Hodgkin, the stationmaster, in The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley at the Oxford New Theatre in June 1971. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn't needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums. Bill Maynard was a comic before he trained as an actor in repertory theatre but he is best known today in the UK and America for his role of Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the Yorkshire Television series Heartbeat. |
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| Accession number | S.134:57-2002 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2003 |
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