Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet
- Title
- Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet, 1937.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre | ContainerBox 2 | FormatStill image | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Vim 2013-212 Box 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre | ContainerBox 1 | FormatStill image | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Vim 2013-212 Box 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- 2 boxes (39 drawings) : some col.; 76 x 51 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Original set and costume designs, plans and elevations by Michael Weightman-Smith for the Cape Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts production of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1937).
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Set design drawings.
- Call number
- *T-Vim 2013-212
- Note
- Costume sketches are extremely fragile.
- Author
- Weightman-Smith, Michael. Artist
- Title
- Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet, 1937.
- Biography
- Michael Weightman-Smith designed sets and costumes for summer theaters, including the Mohawk Drama Festival in Schenectady, New York, and the Casino Theatre, Newport, Rhode Island. He also designed for the San Francisco Chamber Opera Co. and spent a year in Hollywood, where he worked with Robert Edmond Jones and Cedric Gibbons. In 1944, he was appointed director of television scenic design for NBC's experimental television staff, becoming television's first scenic designer.
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- Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991. Artist
- Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Mass.) Supporting host
- Research call number
- *T-Vim 2013-212