- Creator
- Anderson, Percy, -1928
- Call number
- *T-Vim 2010-041
- Physical description
- 1 box (ca. 119 drawings)
- Preferred Citation
- Percy Anderson designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
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- Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Designer and painter Percy Anderson was known in England for his work with producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and the original productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (all D'Oyly Carte productions at the Savoy from The yeoman of the guard on). The majority of Anderson's design work on Broadway occurred prior to 1915. At a time when theatrical designers were unknown, Percy Anderson was acknowledged in playbills and his name mentioned in reviews. He died October 28, 1928 at the age of 77 in London. Original designs, primarily for costumes, by Percy Anderson for the theatrical productions of Adrea by David Belasco and John Luther Long (Belasco Theatre), 1905; and 2 costume designs for Twelfth night by William Shakespeare, n.d. For the play Adrea, there are also 9 boot plots with sketches, notes and samples, and a stage curtain design for the Belasco theatre.
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Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor