Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet

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{"value"=>"Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet"}

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{"value"=>"1937", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1937"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Original set and costume designs, plans and elevations by Michael Weightman-Smith for the Cape Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts production of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1937). Actress Eva Le Gallienne, who directed and starred as Hamlet, collaborated with Weightman-Smith on the set design.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Michael Weightman-Smith designed sets and costumes for summer theaters, including the Mohawk Drama Festival in Schenectady, New York, and the Casino Theatre, Newport, Rhode Island. He also designed for the San Francisco Chamber Opera Co. and spent a year in Hollywood, where he worked with Robert Edmond Jones and Cedric Gibbons. In 1944, he was appointed director of television scenic design for NBC's experimental television staff, becoming television's first scenic designer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1937

date_inclusive_end

1937

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1937

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2 boxes (39 drawings) : some col ; 76 x 51 cm. or smaller

prefercite

{"value"=>"Michael Weightman-Smith designs for Hamlet, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"Michael Weightman-Smith designed sets and costumes for summer theaters, including the Mohawk Drama Festival in Schenectady, New York, and the Casino Theatre, Newport, Rhode Island. He also designed for the San Francisco Chamber Opera Co. and spent a year in Hollywood, where he worked with Robert Edmond Jones and Cedric Gibbons. In 1944, he was appointed director of television scenic design for NBC's experimental television staff, becoming television's first scenic designer. Original set and costume designs, plans and elevations by Michael Weightman-Smith for the Cape Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts production of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1937). Actress Eva Le Gallienne, who directed and starred as Hamlet, collaborated with Weightman-Smith on the set design.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1937

date_end

1937

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