Costume designs by E. Read for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Overview
Costume designs by E. Read for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1969-1970
Creator
- Read, E. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 box)17 costume sketches for named characters in ink, watercolor, and pencil on two different colors of board, all signed and some with attached fabric swatches, apparently from two different productions of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Biographical / Historical
The productions may have taken place in Beckley (W. Va.) around 1969 and 1970, according to contemporary newspaper reporting.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020MT-35. Purchased with funds from the Beatrice, Benjamin and Richard Bader Fund in the Visual Arts of the Theatre, 2019 September.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Creator
- Read, E. (Person)
- Title
- Read, E. Costume designs by E. Read for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, circa 1969-1970 (MS Thr 1990): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 September 30
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03627
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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