[C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings] [graphic].
1933
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Title
[C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings] [graphic].
Created/published
[England], [1933-1990]
Description
890 items
Associated name
Hodges, C. Walter (Cyril Walter), 1909-2004, artist.
Scope and content
Materials by and relating to C. Walter Hodges, illustrator and Shakespearean scholar, including: production, set and costume designs, sketched reconstructions of Elizabethan theaters, book illustrations, and designs for a Shakespeare's Globe project in Detroit.
Note
Items are arranged in 12 series. Series 1: Study sketches for the reconstruction of Elizabethan theaters; Series 2: Designs and sketches for settings and costumes at the Mermaid Theatre; Series 3: Original illustrations for book The Globe Restored, published by Ernest Benn; Series 4: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, production designs for a series of educational films; Series 5: Book illustrations and sketches (miscellaneous); Series 6: Original illustrations and studies for book Shakespeare's Second Globe; Series 7: Manuscript, working papers and complete illustrations for book of short stories Playhouse tales; Series 8: St. George's Elizabethan Theatre; Series 9: Shakespeare's Globe in America: Drawings for a project in Detroit; Series 10: Projects and sketches (miscellaneous); Series 11: Miscellaneous sketches; Series 12: Miscellaneous materials.
Each series collocates items from a given project or type of project, for example ART Box H688 no.6 contains original illustrations for Hodges' book Shakespeare's second globe. The first 10 series were designated by Hodges himself. Within each group may be subseries for categories within categories, for example no.2 as a whole is dedicated to costume and design drawings for productions at the Mermaid Theatre, and no 2.1 contains only costume designs for the Mermaid production of the play The Tempest.
Each series collocates items from a given project or type of project, for example ART Box H688 no.6 contains original illustrations for Hodges' book Shakespeare's second globe. The first 10 series were designated by Hodges himself. Within each group may be subseries for categories within categories, for example no.2 as a whole is dedicated to costume and design drawings for productions at the Mermaid Theatre, and no 2.1 contains only costume designs for the Mermaid production of the play The Tempest.
Finding aid
For a fuller description or context, see online finding aid.
Finding aid identifier
H63373
Source of acquisition
Acquired by the Folger Shakespeare Library from C. Walter Hodges in 1986 (accession number 227451). Additional gifts to the collection made by Hodges to the library were made in 1987, 1988 and 1990.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box H688
Finding aid to the C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings
Finding aid to the C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England
Item Details
Call number
ART Box H688 no.1-12