Motley costume designs

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-VIM 2012-003", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"22135", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Motley costume designs"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1936-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1965"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes (93 drawings)"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"51 x 41 cm. or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1936

date_inclusive_end

1965

origination

{"value"=>"Motley, pseud", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Costume designer", "role_code"=>"cst"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Motley is the corporate name of sisters Margaret Harris (1904-2000) and Sophie Harris (1900-1966), and Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot (1902-1993), who designed sets and costumes for theatre, opera, ballet and motion pictures from 1932 to 1976 in England and the United States. Their first designs, for London productions by John Gielgud and Michel Saint-Denis, were very successful, and in 1936 Saint-Denis founded The London Theatre Studio (1936-1939), a radical new theatre school which incorporated courses in theatre design taught by the Motleys. In 1940, Margaret Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery went to New York and remained there until the end of World War II, designing for numerous productions on Broadway. In 1946, Margaret Harris returned to London, while Elizabeth stayed, married the writer and journalist Patrick Wilmot (1904-1960), and continued to design for plays, musicals, operas, and ballets in New York until 1966.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Original color costume designs on paper, tracing paper, or board, possibly created by Elizabet (Montgomery) Wilmot, one of the three women who designed under the pseudonym Motley. Includes drawings for Miss Liberty (1949); Paint your wagon (1951); The tempest (1945); and Tovarich (1963), as well as designs for Laurence Olivier (Henry II) in Becket (1961); Richard Burton (Philip the Bastard) in King John (1953); and Michael Redgrave (Warbeck) in The witch of Edmonton (1936).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "materials"=>"Designs for Laurence Olivier (Henry II) in Becket", "method"=>"Gift;", "source"=>"Mrs. Donald Holden", "value"=>"Designs for Laurence Olivier (Henry II) in Becket: Gift;, Mrs. Donald Holden"}

{"internal"=>true, "materials"=>"Designs for Miss Liberty, Can-can, Paint your wagon, Tovarich, and The young and the beautiful", "method"=>"Gift;", "source"=>"Ralph and Judy Linn;", "date"=>"1985", "value"=>"Designs for Miss Liberty, Can-can, Paint your wagon, Tovarich, and The young and the beautiful: Gift;, Ralph and Judy Linn;, 1985"}

{"internal"=>true, "materials"=>"Designs for Hilaire Jussac and Rooster in Can-can", "method"=>"Gift;", "source"=>"Erik Rhodes", "value"=>"Designs for Hilaire Jussac and Rooster in Can-can: Gift;, Erik Rhodes"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Most designs in this collection are for Broadway productions</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Several designs are signed: Motley. Some include the United Scenic Artists stamp</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Michael Redgrave's costume design for The witch of Edmonton (Warbeck) is signed: EM</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Several designs are mounted on board, and many include swatches, or notes with costume details on design recto, or stapled on verso</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1936

prefercite

{"value"=>"Motley costume designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

2 boxes (93 drawings) : col ; 51 x 41 cm. or smaller

abstract

{"value"=>"Motley is the corporate name of sisters Margaret Harris (1904-2000) and Sophie Harris (1900-1966), and Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot (1902-1993), who designed sets and costumes for theatre, opera, ballet and motion pictures from 1932 to 1976 in England and the United States. Their first designs, for London productions by John Gielgud and Michel Saint-Denis, were very successful, and in 1936 Saint-Denis founded The London Theatre Studio (1936-1939), a radical new theatre school which incorporated courses in theatre design taught by the Motleys. In 1940, Margaret Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery went to New York and remained there until the end of World War II, designing for numerous productions on Broadway. In 1946, Margaret Harris returned to London, while Elizabeth stayed, married the writer and journalist Patrick Wilmot (1904-1960), and continued to design for plays, musicals, operas, and ballets in New York until 1966. Original color costume designs on paper, tracing paper, or board, possibly created by Elizabet (Montgomery) Wilmot, one of the three women who designed under the pseudonym Motley. Includes drawings for Miss Liberty (1949); Paint your wagon (1951); The tempest (1945); and Tovarich (1963), as well as designs for Laurence Olivier (Henry II) in Becket (1961); Richard Burton (Philip the Bastard) in King John (1953); and Michael Redgrave (Warbeck) in The witch of Edmonton (1936).", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1936

date_end

1965

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1. Baker Street
2. Becket
3. A Bell for Adano
4. Can-Can
5. King John
6. Macbeth
7. The Merchant of Venice
8. Miss Liberty
9. Paint your Wagon
10. The Tempest
11. The Three Sisters
12. Tovarich
13. The Witch of Edmonton
14. The Young and the Beautiful
15. Unidentified Shakespearean designs