Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio Deirdre Hurst du Prey: Artwork

DATE: 1936-1942

LEVEL: SubSeries

Framed Photographs, Sketches, a Certificate and a Poster displayed in the Archive Store including:

Left Hand Wall Archive Store:
Photograph: 'Students and Faculty Chekhov Theatre Studio, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, Second Term 1937'.
Photograph: 'Michael Chekhov, Chekhov Theatre Studio, Ridgefield, 1939-1942'.
Certificate: Blair Cutting's certificate as a 'Fully Qualified Actor and Teacher of Chekhov Studio Method of Acting, 1940, after completing a 3 year training course in Dramatic Arts'.
Artwork: 'Blair Cutting as seen by his ten o'clock Class'.
Photograph: 'Students and Faculty First Term 1937' (marked on the back First Term 1936).
Sketch: 'Drawing for Make-up Sketch for Blair Cutting for 'The Possessed' by Mstislav Dobujinsky, Dartington Hall 1938'.
Photograph: 'Rehearsal of 'Spanish Evening', Dartington Hall, 1938: Alan Harkness, Peter Tunnard, Michael Chekhov, Blair Cutting, Paul Rogers, Beatrice Straight, and Mary Hainsworth' .
Sketch: 'Costume Sketch for 'Shator' in 'The Possessed' by Mstislav Dobujinsky, 1939'.
Sketch: 'Character Sketch of 'Shatov' from 'The Possessed' by Mstislav Dobujinsky, 1939'.

Right Hand Wall Archive Store:
Photograph: 'The Possessed' Meeting Scene, Broadway, 1939, Chekhov Theatre Players'.
Photograph: 'The Possessed' Stavrogin and Lame Girl, Martha, 1939'.
Poster: Publicity Poster for 'The Possessed'.

Information for Researchers

All papers belonging to The Dartington Hall Trust Archive (with the exclusion of Dartington Hall School pupils individual records) are held at the Devon Record Office. All enquiries relating to research should be made to Devon Records Office, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7NL
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