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John Boyt costume designs

Title
John Boyt costume designs, 1946-1956.
Author
Boyt, John.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Vim 2010-024 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Vim 2010-024 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use *T-Vim 2010-024 Box 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description
2 lnear feet (4 boxes).
Summary
Original costume designs by John Boyt and a few pages of notes for three Broadway productions: 12 designs for J. M. Synge's The playboy of the western world (1946) with Burgess Meredith; 36 designs for William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1947) with Katharine Cornell and Charlton Heston; and 37 designs for The lovers by Leslie Stevens (1956) with Morris Carnovsky and Joanne Woodward.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Costume design drawings.
Note
  • A number of the designs for The lovers are cockling due to plastic overlays fastened with adhesive on the versos.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Folder list available on Internet.
Call Number
*T-Vim 2010-024
OCLC
667592354
Author
Boyt, John. Costume designer
Title
John Boyt costume designs, 1946-1956.
Biography
Designer, producer and writer, John Boyt (1921-1983) was born in Newark, New Jersey. From the 1940s to the early 1980s, Boyt designed costumes, sets, and occasionally lighting, for theater, dance, opera, television, and film. His credits include Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theater productions, as well as New York City Ballet and New York City Opera.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Related materials may be found in the Dodger / Eaves-Brooks Costume Plots, ca. 1947-1965, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Indexes
Folder list available on Internet.
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Finding aid
Research Call Number
*T-Vim 2010-024
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