• Title
  Series 1: Costume designs and sketches, 1955-1965 / drawings by Peter Hurst
• Call number
  PXE 1737/Boxes 1-2
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1955-1965
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  9619525
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  59 drawings - pencil, pen, ink, watercolour - 37.5 x 28 cm or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  Comprises 59 drawings and sketches of costumes drawn by Peter Hurst, chiefly for productions at the Phillip Street Theatre and Phillip Theatre, 1955-1965. Some designs have fabric swatches attached. The collection also includes a portrait of actress Moira Redmond by Joseph Shearer and a costume design signed by William [indecipherable].
  
  Box 1
  1. Costume design for Shirley Sunners, Hat Trick [?], Phillip Street Theatre, 19 January 1955
  2. Costume design for Shirley Sunners, Hat Trick [?], Phillip Street Theatre, 19 January 1955
  3. Costume design for Tony Merrifield, Hat Trick [?], Phillip Street Theatre, 19 January 1955
  4a. Costume design for Betty Benfield (Carlotta), front view, The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  4b. Costume design for Betty Benfield (Carlotta), rear view, The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  5. Costume design for Geoffrey Chard (Antonio), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  6. Costume design for Paul Miskell (Ferdinand), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  7. Costume design for Pat [Patricia] Ottey (Maid), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  8. Costume design for Ronnie [Rhonney or Rhonny] Gabriel (Maid), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  9. Costume design for Owen Weingott, (Don Jerome), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  10. Costume design for Moira Redmond (Clara), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  11. Costume design for Gordon Chater (Mendoza), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  12. Costume design for Pat Pearson (Clara), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  13. Costume design for Moira Redmond (travelling coat, 2nd act), The Duenna, Phillip Street Theatre, 22 June 1955
  14. Portrait of Moira Redmond as Louisa, 1955 / drawing by Joseph Shearer
  15-16. Unidentified costume designs
  
  Box 2
  1. Costume design sketch for Sheila Bradley (Sauerkraut), A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  2. Costume design sketch for Barbara Wyndon (Pumpernickel), A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  3. Costume design sketch for Gordon Chater (King), A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  4. Costume design sketch for John Unicomb, A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  5. Costume design sketch for Barbara Wyndon, A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  6. Costume design sketch for Carolyn Keely, A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959
  7-9. Costume designs for June Salter, Rattle of a Simple Man, Phillip Theatre, 16 May 1964
  10-15 Costume design sketches for Marie Redshaw, Breakfast with Julia, Phillip Theatre, 29 July 1964
  16-17. Costume designs for unidentified productions and actresses
  18. Costume design sketch for June Campbell, Boeing Boeing, Palace Theatre, Sydney, 28 February 1964
  19-21. Costume design sketches for Helen Lorain
  22-23. Costume design sketches for Diana Davidson
  24. Costume design sketches for Lola Brooks
  25a-25b. Costume design sketches for Lola Nixon
  26. Costume design sketch for Elizabeth
  27. Costume design sketch for Paula Langlands
  28. Costume design sketch for Paula/June, Ladies in Waiting
  29. Costume design sketch for Shirley/Diana, Ladies in Waiting
  30. Costume design sketch for June, Fire & Ice
  31. Costume design sketch for Finale
  32-33. Costume design sketches for Barbara Wyndon
  34-39b Unidentified costume design sketches
  40. Costume design signed William [indecipherable]
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: Kahla Gerard
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Approval for publication required: From copyright holder
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Kahla Gerard
• Description source
  
  Titles devised by cataloguer based on inscriptions. Dated from opening of theatre productions, sourced from Ausstage.
  Ausstage, https://www.ausstage.edu.au (accessed 31 October 2018)
• General note
  
  The following drawings have fabric swatches attached: PXE 1737/Box 1/nos. 1, 6-8; PXE 1737/Box 2/nos. 11-16, 22-24
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Most drawings and sketches are inscribed with name of performer, character and/or theatre production
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hurst, Peter, 1930-1965
  Shearer, Joseph
  
• Subject
  Costume design--Australia.
  Costume designers--Australia.
  Phillip Street Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Phillip Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE11062481

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