- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2010-027", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22016", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"David Ffolkes designs"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1939-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1950"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes (ca. 110 drawings)"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"some col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"59 x 39 cm. or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- date_inclusive_start
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1939
- date_inclusive_end
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1950
- origination
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{"value"=>"Ffolkes, David", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Artist", "role_code"=>"art"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Costume and set designer David Ffolkes (1912-1966) was born in West Hagley, England and designed costumes and sets for numerous theatre productions and films. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II and was a prisoner of war in Siam for over three years. Ffolkes received a 1947 Tony award for his set designs for King Henry VIII. He died of a heart attack in 1966.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Primarily original costume designs by costume and set designer David Ffolkes for the theatrical productions All Gaul is divided by John McGiver, 1947; Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1939; King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, 1946; Man and superman by George Bernard Shaw, 1947; and What every woman knows by James M. Barrie, 1947. Many of the designs include swatches and samples, and several designs are for wigs. There is also 1 color backdrop design for the musical Seventeen, music by Walter Kent; lyrics by Kim Gannon; book by Sally Benson; based on the novel by Booth Tarkington; the production opened 1951; the design is dated 1950.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>A costume design for Brigadoon, n.d., by David Ffolkes may be found in The Billy Rose Theatre Division (call number *T-VIM 1973-004C)</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The David Ffolkes Papers, 1924-1966 are housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Many of the the designs are mounted and covered with plastic overlays that are tearing</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- keydate
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1939
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"David Ffolkes designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
- extent_statement
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4 boxes (ca. 110 drawings) : some col ; 59 x 39 cm. or smaller
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Costume and set designer David Ffolkes (1912-1966) was born in West Hagley, England and designed costumes and sets for numerous theatre productions and films. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II and was a prisoner of war in Siam for over three years. Ffolkes received a 1947 Tony award for his set designs for King Henry VIII. He died of a heart attack in 1966. Primarily original costume designs by costume and set designer David Ffolkes for the theatrical productions All Gaul is divided by John McGiver, 1947; Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1939; King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, 1946; Man and superman by George Bernard Shaw, 1947; and What every woman knows by James M. Barrie, 1947. Many of the designs include swatches and samples, and several designs are for wigs. There is also 1 color backdrop design for the musical Seventeen, music by Walter Kent; lyrics by Kim Gannon; book by Sally Benson; based on the novel by Booth Tarkington; the production opened 1951; the design is dated 1950.", "generated"=>true}
- date_start
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1939
- date_end
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1950