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Costume and Set design for Zorba: "Niko", "Zorba"

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Date Created
  • 1973
Summary
  • Drawing depicts two men who sit at a table in a café. The man on the left wears a simple long-sleeve button-up shirt with no collar and pants. He has a mustache and receding hairline. His feet are bare. The man on the right wears a long-sleeved shirt with a jacket and pants. He holds a glass in his hand. There are books on the table, and a suitcase rests on the ground next to the man's leg. In the background, there is a lightly sketched server in profile with a tray of drinks in his hands. A light watercolor wash tints the foreground figures.
Description
  • Performers and Roles: Alfred Marks as Zorba, Jim Smilie as Niko
  • Based on visual evidence available online it is believed that this design was made for a 1973 performance of Zorba held at the Greenwich Theatre in London.
  • In pencil, right center: "Niko and Zorba at the café in Piraeus"
  • Greenwich Theatre
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)
Item Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.0428
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD
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  • 30 x 42 cm
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  • paper (fiber product)
  • pencil (marking material)
  • watercolor (paint)
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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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