Research Catalog

Title

My fair lady [graphic] / Brown.

Author

Brown, Lewis.

Publication

1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Found In

Donald Saddler collection.

Description

1 drawing : ink, gouache, metallic pigment, color; 44 x 36 cm., on mount 51 x 41 cm.

Summary

Costume design for Ann Casson as Mrs. Higgins in the embassy ball scene of Act I.

Alternative Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Casson, Ann
• Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988 > My fair lady
• Costume design drawings

Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.

Note

• Signed and dated.
• Labeled: The white embassy ball [?].
• Includes the designer's notations.
• A fabric swatch is taped to the mount.
• A rudimentary sketch of a female figure is on the verso.

Source (note)

• Donald Saddler

Biography (note)

• The musical My fair lady (music, Frederick Loewe; book and lyrics, Alan Jay Lerner; based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion) was first performed at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, in 1956. Since then, it has been revived many times. This design was created for the 1988 revival at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, which was choreographed by Donald Saddler, the donor of this design. This revival was directed by James de Beaujeu Domville, who took over after the death of Jean Gascon, and the cast featured John Neville, the festival's artistic director, as Henry Higgins, opposite Lucy Peacock as Eliza Doolittle. Saddler also choreographed a revival on Broadway in 1993, directed by Howard Davies.
• Lewis Brown, 1928-2011, designed costumes for theatre, opera, and ballet. A native of California, he moved to New York in the 1950s, and worked for television before making his first New York costume designs for the New York City Ballet's production of Medea in 1958. He designed many productions for the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Calif., and worked frequently for regional theatres.
• Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Call Number

*MGZGE Bro L MyF 1

OCLC

824615786

Author

Brown, Lewis.

Title

My fair lady [graphic] / Brown.

Imprint

1987.

Biography

The musical My fair lady (music, Frederick Loewe; book and lyrics, Alan Jay Lerner; based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion) was first performed at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, in 1956. Since then, it has been revived many times. This design was created for the 1988 revival at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, which was choreographed by Donald Saddler, the donor of this design. This revival was directed by James de Beaujeu Domville, who took over after the death of Jean Gascon, and the cast featured John Neville, the festival's artistic director, as Henry Higgins, opposite Lucy Peacock as Eliza Doolittle. Saddler also choreographed a revival on Broadway in 1993, directed by Howard Davies.

Lewis Brown, 1928-2011, designed costumes for theatre, opera, and ballet. A native of California, he moved to New York in the 1950s, and worked for television before making his first New York costume designs for the New York City Ballet's production of Medea in 1958. He designed many productions for the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Calif., and worked frequently for regional theatres.

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Donald Saddler, 2011.

Added Author

Saddler, Donald. Donor

Added Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Donald Saddler collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZGE Bro L MyF 1