Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

Set design for Caesar and Cleopatra (Act I, Scene 2-3; Act II, Scene 1)

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Date Created
  • 1960
Summary
  • Sheet includes three perspectival drawings for scenes from Caesar and Cleopatra. All three have black borders. The top depicts a graduated blue sky with a central Sphinx. The middle design shows a seated woman in a white dress with a large red-orange headdress on her head, holding a crook and flail in her hands. Above her is an image of an Egyptian phoenix colored gold and silver. In the bottom design there are three green standing caryatid figures placed against piers in the background, two standing soldiers in Roman garb, and a seated figure in white.
Description
  • In pencil, left center: "Act I sc III"
  • In pencil, bottom left: "Act II sc I"
  • In pencil, upper left: "Act I sc II"
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)
Item Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.0910
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD
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  • 53 x 33 cm
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  • watercolor (paint)
  • paper (fiber product)
  • ink
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Credit line: Daphne Dare Papers, The Ohio State University, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

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