Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

Costume design for Zorba: "Niko"

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Date Created
  • 1973
Summary
  • Drawing depicts two standing men in different outfits. On the left a very small figure wears a plain white t-shirt with a jacket slung over his shoulders and gray cuffed slacks. The larger foreground figure depicts a man in a white long-sleeved shirt, dark tie, a dark suit jacket, slender belt, dark cuffed slacks and dark dress shoes. His hands are in his pockets for both poses. The drawings are tinted with watercolor washes
Description
  • Greenwich Theatre
  • Performer and Role: Jim Smilie as Niko
  • In pencil, upper left: "Niko; Mr Jim Smilie"
  • 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, mid left: "Coloured?; T-shirt"
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)
Item Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.0437
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD
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Extent
  • 42 x 30 cm
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  • pencil (marking material)
  • watercolor (paint)
  • tracing paper
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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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