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Patton Campbell designs

Title: Patton Campbell designs, 1948-1995.
Author: Campbell, Patton.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2003-037 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2003-037 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2003-037 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2003-037 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2003-037 Box 5	Offsite
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Description

20.75 linear feet (31 oversized boxes)

Summary

Consists of full color costume renderings accompanied by fabric swatches.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Blueprints.
Costume design drawings.
Diazotypes.
Set design drawings.
Technical drawings.

Biography (note)

Theatrical designer Patton Campbell (1926- ) graduated from Yale College in 1950 and received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1952, where he studied design under Donald Oenslager.
Campbell's Broadway debut in 1955 was as scenic and lighting designer for THE GRAND PRIZE at the Plymouth Theatre. He then went on, early in his Broadway career, to assist such notable designers as Rouben Ter-Arutunian (on REDHEAD in 1959), William and Jean Eckart (on FIORELLO in 1959), and Cecil Beaton (on TENDERLOIN in 1960). All in all, Campbell designed or co-designed 22 Broadway shows, including the original production of MAN OF LA MANCHA which he co-designed with Howard Bay, receiving a Tony nomination.
Campbell also designed twenty productions for the New York City Opera; sets, costumes and lighting for the Santa Fe (New Mexico) and Glimmerglass (Cooperstown, N.Y.) Opera Companies; costumes for productions of GONE WITH THE WIND in Tokyo and at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, and for the National Tours of OLIVER!, AFTER THE FALL, and ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER.
Mr. Campbell taught design between 1955 and 1991, serving on the faculties of several universities.

Call Number

*T-Vim 2003-037

OCLC

NYPG06-F233

Author

Campbell, Patton.

Title

Patton Campbell designs, 1948-1995.

Biography

Theatrical designer Patton Campbell (1926- ) graduated from Yale College in 1950 and received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1952, where he studied design under Donald Oenslager. Although Campbell's training covered sets, lighting and costumes, costumes were to become his primary focus.

Campbell's Broadway debut in 1955 was as scenic and lighting designer for THE GRAND PRIZE at the Plymouth Theatre. He then went on, early in his Broadway career, to assist such notable designers as Rouben Ter-Arutunian (on REDHEAD in 1959), William and Jean Eckart (on FIORELLO in 1959), and Cecil Beaton (on TENDERLOIN in 1960). All in all, Campbell designed or co-designed 22 Broadway shows, including the original production of MAN OF LA MANCHA which he co-designed with Howard Bay, receiving a Tony nomination.

Campbell also designed twenty productions for the New York City Opera; sets, costumes and lighting for the Santa Fe (New Mexico) and Glimmerglass (Cooperstown, N.Y.) Opera Companies; costumes for productions of GONE WITH THE WIND in Tokyo and at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, and for the National Tours of OLIVER!, AFTER THE FALL, and ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER.

Mr. Campbell taught design between 1955 and 1991, serving on the faculties of several universities.

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