Costume designs for Auntie Mame, 1956.

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Costume designs for Auntie Mame, 1956.

Three designs on one sheet in watercolor with fabric swatches attached and a few notes in pencil are for women's dresses for the show Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

1 drawing : color ; 38 cm. x 58 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7993905

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004

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In 1925 high school teacher John T. Scopes was arrested and tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, while the prosecution was represented by William Jennings Bryan. The historical characters' names were changed for this dramatization, which originally premiered on Broadway in 1955. From the description of Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Taylor, Noel, 1913-2010

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Costume designer, actor and playwright Noel Taylor (born Harold Alexander Taylor Jr.) was born in Youngstown, Ohio on Jan. 17, 1913. His career took off in 1945, when he designed the costumes, scenery and props for Stravinsky's ballet performance of Firebird, after Marc Chagall's vision. Taylor went on to create costumes for over 100 stage shows, and even more for movies and television. For The teahouse of the August moon, Taylor received the George Jean Nathan award. No...