Production designs for Fool's Fire

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2006-017", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21845", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Production designs for Fool's Fire"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1992"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".25 lin. ft. (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1992

date_inclusive_end

1992

origination

{"value"=>"Mercier, G. W", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>G.W. Mercier: costume, set and production designer.</p><p>Julie Taymor: theater, film and opera director, set and costume designer, mask and puppet creator.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Design drawings by G. W. Mercier in black and white watercolor for the film Fool's Fire, adapted and directed by Julie Taymor from the Edgar Allan Poe story, Hop-Frog. Taymor's first film, Fool's Fire, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won best drama award at the Tokyo International Electronic Cinema Festival and was broadcast in March 1992 on the PBS television series, American Playhouse. Taymor designed the puppets, masks and costumes for the production which used live actors behind the masks with the exception of the two dwarfs who were unmasked. Also contains a color photo of Mercier, the production designer for Fool's Fire, with a set.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"G. W. Mercier", "method"=>"gift", "date"=>"2006", "value"=>"gift, G. W. Mercier, 2006"}

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"G. W. Mercier", "method"=>"gift", "date"=>"2006", "value"=>"gift, G. W. Mercier, 2006"}

keydate

1992

prefercite

{"value"=>"Production designs for Fool's Fire, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" Design drawings by G. W. Mercier in black and white watercolor for the film Fool's Fire, adapted and directed by Julie Taymor from the Edgar Allan Poe story, Hop-Frog. Taymor's first film, Fool's Fire, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won best drama award at the Tokyo International Electronic Cinema Festival and was broadcast in March 1992 on the PBS television series, American Playhouse. Taymor designed the puppets, masks and costumes for the production which used live actors behind the masks with the exception of the two dwarfs who were unmasked. Also contains a color photo of Mercier, the production designer for Fool's Fire, with a set.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.25 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1992

date_end

1992

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