Research Catalog
David Ffolkes designs
- Title
- David Ffolkes designs, 1939-1950.
- Author
- Ffolkes, David.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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4 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2010-027 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2010-027 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2010-027 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2010-027 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 4 boxes (ca. 110 drawings) : some col.; 59 x 39 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Primarily original costume designs by costume and set designer David Ffolkes for the theatrical productions All Gaul is divided by John McGiver, 1947; Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1939; King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, 1946; Man and superman by George Bernard Shaw, 1947; and What every woman knows by James M. Barrie, 1947.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- Many of the the designs are mounted and covered with plastic overlays that are tearing.
- Source (note)
- David Ffolkes
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- A costume design for Brigadoon, n.d., by David Ffolkes may be found in The Billy Rose Theatre Division (call number *T-VIM 1973-004C).
- The David Ffolkes Papers, 1924-1966 are housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Folder list available on Internet.
- Call Number
- *T-Vim 2010-027
- OCLC
- 667592394
- Author
- Ffolkes, David. Artist
- Title
- David Ffolkes designs, 1939-1950.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- A costume design for Brigadoon, n.d., by David Ffolkes may be found in The Billy Rose Theatre Division (call number *T-VIM 1973-004C).The David Ffolkes Papers, 1924-1966 are housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research.
- Biography
- Costume and set designer David Ffolkes (1912-1966) was born in West Hagley, England and designed costumes and sets for numerous theatre productions and films. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II and was a prisoner of war in Siam for over three years. Ffolkes received a 1947 Tony award for his set designs for King Henry VIII. He died of a heart attack in 1966.
- Indexes
- Folder list available on Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Vim 2010-027