Heeley, Desmond

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Desmond Heeley is a renowned set and costume designer. He began his career in 1948 as an apprentice at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He has designed sets and costumes for plays, ballets, and operas in Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada. In 1968, he won two Tony Awards for his sets and costumes for the New York production of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead. In 1994, he became the first person to receive the Theater Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues to design sets and costumes for theater, dance and opera productions.

From the description of Desmond Heeley collection 1991. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 298774697

Desmond Heeley, costume and set designer.

From the description of Desmond Heeley costume designs, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122531562

From the guide to the Desmond Heeley costume designs, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Desmond Heeley is a renowned set and costume designer. He began his career in 1948 as an apprentice at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He has designed sets and costumes for plays, ballets, and operas in Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada. In 1968, he won two Tony Awards for his sets and costumes for the New York production of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead . In 1994, he became the first person to receive the Theater Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues to design sets and costumes for theater, dance and opera productions.

From the guide to the Desmond Heeley collection, 1991, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa])
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creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection. Souvenir costume designs from the Stratford Festival - selection of costume and set design reproductions by designers at the Stratford Festival Theatre, 1962, ca. 1970, 1979, 1983, 1988. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Costume and Set Designs for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival:, 1956-2002. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous theatrical set designs, 1661-1975 and undated. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Souvenir collection of costume designs, 1959-1969 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Josephine Barrington Collection. Collection of costume designs with house programs and / or with photographs on back, 1959-1963. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Henry VI : Coronation Parts / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Heeley, Desmond. Desmond Heeley costume designs, n.d. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Desmond Heeley collection, 1991 University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division
creatorOf Heeley, Desmond. Desmond Heeley collection 1991. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Der rosenkavalier : "Oktavian" / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Stratford Festival (Ont.). Souvenir collection of costume designs, 1959-1969. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Der rosenkavalier : "Sophie" / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection (University of Guelph). The Importance of Being Earnest / by Oscar Wilde ; directed by Brian Bedford ; designed by Desmond Heeley, 2009 - house program. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection. Collection of costume designs with production photographs and articles on back, 1966-1996? University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). "A cardboard cat is better than no cat!" / Desmond Heeley - painting. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Swan Lake : the queen, Act I / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Der rosenkavalier : "Die Marschalin" / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Associated Designers of Canada Archives. Correspondence and general information concerning miscellaneous designers, 1979-1983. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Bernstein, Raphael,. Raphael Bernstein collection of costume and set designs for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival, 1956-2002. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Bernstein, Muriel Y. ,. Joe A. Greenhoe collection of costume sketches and prints, 1954-1982. Yale University Library
creatorOf Stratford Festival Collection. As You Like It / by William Shakespeare ; costume design by Desmond Heeley, 1959 - costume drawing. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). "Black queen" / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Sophie Martin Collection (University of Guelph). Der rosenkavalier : "Baron Ochs" / Desmond Heeley - costume design. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Desmond Heeley costume designs, n.d The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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