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David Ffolkes designs

Title
  1. David Ffolkes designs, 1939-1950.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding aid
Author
  1. Ffolkes, David.

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Description
  1. 4 boxes (ca. 110 drawings) : some col.; 59 x 39 cm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Costume design drawings
  2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > King Henry VIII
Genre/Form
  1. Costume design drawings.
Call number
  1. *T-Vim 2010-027
Note
  1. Many of the the designs are mounted and covered with plastic overlays that are tearing.
Source (note)
  1. David Ffolkes
Location of other archival materials (note)
  1. 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).
  2. The David Ffolkes Papers, 1924-1966 are housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Folder list available on Internet.
Author
  1. Ffolkes, David. Artist
Title
  1. David Ffolkes designs, 1939-1950.
Location of other archival materials
  1. 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).
  2. The David Ffolkes Papers, 1924-1966 are housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research.
Biography
  1. 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
  1. Folder list available on Internet.
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Research call number
  1. *T-Vim 2010-027
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