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421156
  • Title
    Series 18: New Theatre (Sydney branch) Costume and set designs, ca. 1944-1977
  • Call number
    PXX 36
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1944-1977
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421156
  • Physical Description
    70 drawings (2 folders) - including chalk, crayon, ink and pen - 56 x 76.5 cm, or smaller - some mounted on cardboard
  • Scope and Content
    COSTUME DESIGNS (PXX 36/1)
    1-2. The Alchemist, 21 January 1967
    3. Andorra, 16 October 1965. Signed "Rod Shaw"
    4-6. [Christmas Bridge], March 1953. Signed "DEM"
    7. The Dangerous Sex, 15 May 1948. Signed "Cedric Flower"
    8-20. Herr Puntila and His Matti, 3 October 1970
    21. Mumba Jumba and the Bunyip, 6 January 1968. Signed "Rod Shaw"
    22-25. School for Wives, July 1952
    26-28. [Unidentified designs in red pen. The first figure on each panel being Henry A, Mr A. George, and Broadcast Official]
    29. [Unidentified designs of 3 female costumes]

    STAGE DESIGNS (PXX 36/2)
    30-33. Andorra, 16 October 1968. Signed "Rod Shaw"
    34. Barbara, July 1966. Signed "David Milliss"
    35. Birthday of a Miner, 29 March 1949. Signed "John Rodger"
    36. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1 November 1945. Signed "Elaine Haxton"
    37-39. [Christmas Bridge], March 1953. Signed "D E Milliss"
    40. [Columbus], 1957. Signed "DEM"
    41. The Emperor's New Clothes, 1952. Signed "Les Tanner"
    42. Female Transport, 23 August 1975. Signed "Rod Shaw"
    43. Had We But World Enough, 7 January 1950. Signed "Cedric Flower"
    44. And A Happy New Year, 27 March 1976. Signed "Roderick Shaw"
    45. The Long and the Short and the Tall, 7 April. Signed "DEM"
    46a-d. Mumba Jumba and the Bunyip, 6 January 1968. Signed "Roderick Shaw"
    47. [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest], 1975.
    48. [On the Wallaby], September 1981. Signed "Roderick Shaw"
    49. Our 'Dear' Relations, 1963. Signed "Bell"
    50. The Pirates of Pal Mal, November 1977. Signed "Robin McLaughlin"
    51. Reedy River
    52-53. Sam the Highest Jumper of Them All, 24 February 1968
    54-55. School for Wives, July 1952. Signed "Rod Shaw"
    56. [Tomorrow the World], September 1944. Signed "Jerry Wells"
    57a-b. You've Never Had It So Good, 11 December 1965. Signed "David Milliss"
    58-61 [Unidentified scenes with turkish bath and fortune teller, and square windows]
    62-63. [Unidentified scenes showing doors and windows to flats]
    64-66. [Unidentified scenes of a house, the sun, and an ice-berg]
  • System of arrangement
    Alphabetically by name of play
  • Copying Conditions
    Approval for reproduction required: Permission is required from the Administrator, New Theatre, 542 King Street, Newtown, NSW 2042
  • General note

    Designs 7, 35, are mounted on cardboard. Designs 34, 41, 45, 51-53 are directly on cardboard.
    Transferred from PXD 898, 10 November 2023
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    The majority of designs are signed and dated
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