C. Walter Hodges collection of Elizabethan and other theatre drawings
Folger ART Box H688
Folger Shakespeare Library
890.0 items
1933-1990
Materials by and relating to C. Walter Hodges, illustrator and Shakespearean scholar, including: production, set and costume designs, sketched reconstructions of Elizabethan theaters, book illustrations, and designs for a Shakespeare's Globe project in Detroit.
In English.
Hodges, C. Walter (Cyril Walter), 1909-2004
Arrangement
Items are arranged in 12 series. Series 1: Study sketches for the reconstruction of Elizabethan theaters; Series 2: Designs and sketches for settings and costumes at the Mermaid Theatre; Series 3: Original illustrations for book
The Globe Restored, published by Ernest Benn; Series 4: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, production designs for a series of educational films; Series 5: Book illustrations and sketches (miscellaneous); Series 6: Original illustrations and studies for book
Shakespeare's Second Globe; Series 7: Manuscript, working papers and complete illustrations for book of short stories
Playhouse tales; Series 8: St. George's Elizabethan Theatre; Series 9: Shakespeare's Globe in America: Drawings for a project in Detroit; Series 10: Projects and sketches (miscellaneous); Series 11: Miscellaneous sketches; Series 12: Miscellaneous materials.
Each series collocates items from a given project or type of project, for example ART Box H688 no.6 contains original illustrations for Hodges' book
Shakespeare's second globe. The first 10 series were designated by Hodges himself. Within each group may be subseries for categories within categories, for example no.2 as a whole is dedicated to costume and design drawings for productions at the Mermaid Theatre, and no 2.1 contains only costume designs for the Mermaid production of the play
The Tempest.
Bibliography
For copies of the books in which some of these illustrations were published, see:
The complete works of Shakespeare / edited by Hardin Craig [and] David Bevington. Glenview, Ill. : Scott, Foresman [1973]
PR2753 .B4 1973
The Globe restored : a study of the Elizabethan theater / by C. Walter Hodges. London : E. Benn, [1953]
PR2920 .H6
Shakespeare’s Second Globe; the missing monument / C. Walter Hodges. London : Oxford University Press, 1973.
PR2920 .H62
Shakespeare's theatre / written and illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. London : Oxford University Press, 1964.
PN2589 .H6
Playhouse tales / C. Walter Hodges ; with illustrations by the author. London : G. Bell, c1974.
PN2589 .H59
The third Globe : Symposium for the Reconstruction of the Globe Playhouse, Wayne State University, 1979 / edited by C. Walter Hodges, S. Schoenbaum, and Leonard Leone. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1981.
PR2920 .S9 1979
Separated Materials
Extent includes ART Box H688 no.7.1-7.3 which have been transferred to the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library and reclassified as Y.d.616 (1-21).
Conditions Governing Use
All right, title and interest in and to the works, photographs, drawings, manuscripts, paintings and sketches listed in this finding aid, including all statutory and common law copyrights in and to the Hodges Collection (other than copyrights in and to ART Box H688 no.6.6, no.7.1, no.7.2, no.8.9, no.9.10, no.11 pt.1-26 and no.12 pt.1-9) have been granted by C. Walter Hodges to the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Acquisition Information
The C. Walter Hodges Collection of Elizabethan and Other Theatre Drawings was acquired by the Folger Shakespeare Library from C. Walter Hodges in 1986. Additional gifts to the collection made by Hodges to the library were made in 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)
Book illustrations -- 20th century
Costume design drawings -- 20th century
Drawings -- 20th century
Set design drawings -- 20th century
Theaters -- 17th century, depicted
Theaters -- 20th century, depicted
Study sketches for the reconstruction of Elizabethan theaters
ART Box H688 no.1
117 items
1946-1947
104 drawings and a cover were formerly bound together in an album, the album has since been disbound and the items are housed together in one folder. Album has 32 sheets, each sheet may have multiple drawings affixed to it. The remaining 12 miscellaneous drawings were acquired as loose pieces.
Artist's note on contents
"My work on the reconstruction of Elizabethan theatres began in 1946, when I was commissioned to provide an illustration of Shakespeare conducting a rehearsal at the Globe. To help me set this up, I consulted the standard books on the subject, which I found deeply fascinating, but also to my surprise, in the end unsatisfactory. Scholars I found were often at variance with each other. Because Shakespearean theatre studies were and still are mostly conducted from a literary-historical base, and very little from an architectural or art-historical one, I found that my own experience as a designer frequently led me to take a different view of the evidences from that taken by the more conventional scholarship. I therefore decided to try what I could do in the matter myself. The result for me was a long and indeed obsessive period of 'research by drawing', of trying out every kind of idea, likely or unlikely, as suggested to me by the combination of Elizabethan play texts, scholars' commentaries upon them, and theatre and art history. From the mass of sketches that thus grew up around me I eventually made a selection, tracing the development of my ideas over two years of work; and these are assembled in this album, which turned out to be not the end but only the beginning of my involvement with this endlessly attractive subject."--C. Walter Hodges.
Early drawings before any special study
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.1-4
8 drawings + 1 cover + 1 sheet of notes: pen, chalk and watercolor, avg. size 6 x 4 in.
One sheet is a page of notes in C. Walter Hodges' hand, describing the contents of the album
Studies based on a model by
John Cranford Adams
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.5
2 drawings: pen, chalk and watercolor, 6 x 5 in.
Development from pt.5
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.6-8
8 drawings: watercolor, pen and pencil, avg. size 6 1/2 x 5 in.
"Freethinking" developments
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.9-12
14 drawings: pen and pencil with occasional color, avg. size 6 1/2 x 6 in.
Experiments with the
Hope playhouse (derived from
Wenceslaus Hollar)
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.13
5 drawings: pencil and pen and ink, avg. size 4 x 3 1/2 in.
Freethinking again
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.14-17
13 drawings: pen, ink, pencil, avg. size 6 x 5 in.
Glamorous but improbable solutions
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.18
2 drawings: pen, ink and watercolor, 7 x 6 in. and 6 1/2 x 4 in.
Experiments with the idea of a "domed bandstand" upper stage
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.19-21b
13 drawings (12 sheets): mostly pencil, avg. size 5 x 5 in.
Variations upon the
Fortune playhouse
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.22-23
6 drawings: pen and pencil, avg. size 6 1/2 x 5 in.
General note
pt.23 appears to have had one illustration removed.
Returning towards a more 'normal' view
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.24-27
14 drawings: pencil, pen and ink, avg. size 7 x 5 in.
Back to earth. 4 plans and elevations at 1/8" scale seeking to reconcile the preceding work with the evidence (e.g. the
de Witt drawing of the
Swan playhouse).
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.28
4 drawings: pencil, avg. size 10 x 7 in.
Some visualized results
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.29-30
9 drawings (8 sheets): pencil, wash, watercolor, avg. size 7 x 5 in.
Watercolor sketch of the
Globe stage
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.31
1 drawing: watercolor, avg. size 8 x 7 1/4 in.
The
Globe playhouse. Preparatory drawing in pencil for a fully developed reconstruction (pen and ink illustration later published in
Shakespeare and the Players).
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.32
1 drawing: pencil, 12 x 9 in.
Miscellaneous loose pieces
ART Box H688 no.1 pt.33-43
12 drawings (11 sheets): pencil, pen and ink
One item, no.1 pt.43, is oversized, shelved on top of box in (size L) folder.
Designs and sketches for settings and costumes at the
Mermaid Theatre
ART Box H688 no.2
87 items
1951-1964
Mermaid Conference and Event Centre (London, England).
The Tempest
ART Box H688 no.2.1
8 drawings
1951
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest
Alonso (Fictitious character), depicted
Ariel (Fictitious character : Shakespeare), depicted
Miranda (Fictitious character : Shakespeare), depicted
Costume design for Alonzo
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.1
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 9 1/2 in.
Costume for Miranda
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.2
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 10 in.
Costume for Ariel as Harpy
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.3
1 drawing: watercolor, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Costume. Ariel as Water-nymph
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.4
1 drawing, 9 1/2 x 7 in.
Sheet of color sketches for costumes
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.5
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 x 9 1/2 in.
Sheet of sketches for costumes for the "Strange Shapes"
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.6
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 3/4 x 7 in.
Design for Prospero's magic staff
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.7
1 drawing: pen, ink and watercolor, 11 x 3 in.
Design for zodiac decoration on Prospero's cloak
ART Box H688 no.2.1 pt.8
1 drawing: gouache on black paper, oversized.
Oversized, shelved on top of box in (size L) folder.
Prospero's staff (stage property)
General note
Not included with collection (Folger does not own). 5'6" long.
Macbeth
ART Box H688 no.2.2
12 drawings
1952
Duncan I, King of Scots, d. 1040 -- In literature
Gruoch, Queen, consort of Macbeth, King of Scotland -- In literature
Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. -- In literature
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth
Banquo (Fictitious character), depicted
Macduff (Fictitious character), depicted
Costume design for Macbeth (
Bernard Miles)
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.1
1 drawing: watercolor, 14 x 10 in.
Costume design. Macbeth's coronation robes
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.2
1 drawing: watercolor, 14 1/2 x 7 in.
Lady Macbeth. Color sketch for red costume
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.3
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 1/2 x 7 in.
Lady Macbeth. Sheet of three sketches for green costume
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.4
3 drawings (1 sheet): watercolor, 17 x 12 in.
Banquo. Costume design
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.5
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 9 in.
Banquo as ghost
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.6
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 6 1/2 in.
Costume design for Macduff
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.7
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Wardrobe sketch with notes. Macbeth in armor
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.8
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Wardrobe sketch with notes. Banquo's ghost
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.9
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Sketch with notes. Costume for Duncan
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.10
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 x 7 1/2 in.
Sheet for 3 wardrobe sketches for noblemen's costumes
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.11
1 drawing: watercolor, 18 x 12 1/2 in.
Sheet of designs for military dress and weapons with notes
ART Box H688 no.2.2 pt.12
1 drawing: watercolor, 28 1/2 x 21 in.
Oversized, shelved in (size XL) folder with other ART Box (size XL) items.
Permanent setting with variants for
Shakespeare Quatercentennial season
ART Box H688 no.2.3
6 drawings
1964
Permanent set structure
ART Box H688 no.2.3 pt.1
1 drawing: pencil, 13 x 11 1/4 in.
Set variant (i): As "Elizabethan theatre" for miscellany programme
The Canker and the Rose
ART Box H688 no.2.3 pt.2
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Set variant (ii): Three arrangements of set for
Macbeth
ART Box H688 no.2.3 pt.3-5
3 drawings: watercolor, 11 x 8 1/4 in.
Set variant (iii): Arrangement for
The Maid's Tragedy (
Beaumont &
Fletcher)
ART Box H688 no.2.3 pt.6
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Sketches & cover for
Mermaid emblems, flag, etc., and sketches for a stage in the new permanent building at Puddle Dock, Blackfriars
ART Box H688 no.2.4 pt.1-21
20 drawings + 1 cover: pencil, pen and ink, in folder 14 x 9 1/2 in.
ca. 1960
One item, no.2.4 pt.19, is oversized, shelved on top of box in (size L) folder.
Preliminary design sketches for settings for
Merry Wives of Windsor,
The Devil is an Ass (
Jonson),
Woodstock (Anon.) and character sketch for Morose in
The Silent Woman
ART Box H688 no.2.5 pt.1-25
25 drawings (on 26 sheets) + 1 folder: pencil, pen and ink
Part 25 is one drawing on two sheets taped together, given two separate call numbers: ART Box H688 no.2.5 pt.25a and ART Box H688 no.2.5 pt.25b.
Drawings for programme
ART Box H688 no.2.6
2 drawings
Macbeth in armor
ART Box H688 no.2.6 pt.1
1 drawing: pen and ink, 10 1/2 x 6 in.
Middleton's
A Trick to Catch the Old One
ART Box H688 no.2.6 pt.2
1 drawing: pen and ink, 11 x 6 1/2 in.
Production photographs
ART Box H688 no.2.7
13 photographs + 1 half-tone photomechanical print
Hodges, C. Walter (Cyril Walter), 1909-2004
Mermaid stage under construction, St. John's Wood, London
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.1-2
2 photographs
1951
Scope and Contents note
One photograph shows
Bernard Miles,
Josephine Miles, and C. Walter Hodges in top right
The
Mermaid stage
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.3-4
1 photograph, 1 half-tone photomechanical print
The Tempest
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.5-6
2 photographs
1951
Scope and Contents note
The magic banquet (Act 3, scene 3); the masque (Act 4, scene 1)
Masks for the Strange Shapes in Act 3, scene 3
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.7-10
4 photographs
Costumes
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.11-12
2 photographs
Scope and Contents note
Miranda (
Josephine Griffin) with Ferdinand; Miranda with Prospero (
Clifford Evans)
The
Mermaid as redesigned for the central hall of the
Royal Exchange, London
ART Box H688 no.2.7 pt.13-14
2 photographs
1953
Scope and Contents note
The production is Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas, with
Kirsten Flagstad as Dido
Original illustrations for book
The Globe Restored, published by Ernest Benn
ART Box H688 no.3
24 items
1953
Exhibition history
Numbers 3.1, 3.4-3.7, and 3.9 pts.2, 4, 6, 7 and 14 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. iii, in an Elizabethan theatre
ART Box H688 no.3.1
1 drawing: pen and ink, 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
Reconstruction sketch "The Theatre" 1576
ART Box H688 no.3.2
1 drawing: pen and ink, 5 1/2 x 5 in.
Sketch view of London with Bankside and the theatres ca. 1595
ART Box H688 no.3.3
1 drawing: pen and ink, 6 x 4 in.
Elizabethan stage with curtained tiring-house
ART Box H688 no.3.4
1 drawing: pen and ink, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
The
Globe under snow
ART Box H688 no.3.5
1 drawing: pen and ink, oval image 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Cleopatra's "monument",
Antony and Cleopatra
ART Box H688 no.3.6
1 drawing: pen and ink, 8 x 6 1/2 in.
Interior of the
Hope Theatre
ART Box H688 no.3.7
1 drawing: pen and ink, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Interior of the
Cockpit-in-Court Theatre, 1632
ART Box H688 no.3.8
1 drawing: pen and ink, 8 x 7 in.
Other original drawings and diagrams
ART Box H688 no.3.9 pt.1-16
16 drawings: pen and ink.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, production designs for a series of educational films
ART Box H688 no.4
15 items
1958-1961
Exhibition history
Numbers 4.10-4.14 were exhibited at the Folger from April 8, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV. Part 1
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex
Creon, King of Thebes (Greek mythology), depicted
Ghost (Fictitious character : Shakespeare. Hamlet), depicted
Jocasta (Greek mythology), depicted
Oedipus (Greek mythology), depicted
Tiresias (Greek mythology), depicted
Oedipus Rex, costume drawings for Jocasta
ART Box H688 no.4.1
4 drawings (1 sheet): pencil and watercolor, 21 x 17 in.
1960
Oedipus Rex, costume drawings for Creon
ART Box H688 no.4.2
3 drawings (1 sheet): charcoal and watercolor, 17 x 21 in.
Oedipus Rex, costume drawings for Tiresias
ART Box H688 no.4.3
3 drawings (1 sheet): watercolor, 17 x 21 in.
Oedipus Rex, design for tragic mask for Oedipus
ART Box H688 no.4.4
1 drawing: pen, charcoal and watercolor, 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
1958
Oedipus Rex, sketch for proposed setting as Greek theater
ART Box H688 no.4.5
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 16 x 10 in.
Oedipus Rex, variant of no.4.5 above
ART Box H688 no.4.6
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 16 x 12 in.
Oedipus Rex, the play in action, Oedipus enters
ART Box H688 no.4.7
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 11 x 8 1/4 in.
Oedipus Rex, the theater, with statue of Apollo
ART Box H688 no.4.8
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 9 x 6 1/2 in.
Oedipus Rex, the door of the palace, with Oedipus and Jocasta
ART Box H688 no.4.9
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
1958
Hamlet, setting derived from the form of an Elizabethan playhouse, the throne room
ART Box H688 no.4.10
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 10 1/2 in.
1958
Hamlet, setting as above, the Ghost enters
ART Box H688 no.4.11
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 x 11 in.
1958
Hamlet, setting as above, detail sketch for gallery structure
ART Box H688 no.4.12
1 drawing: watercolor, 12 x 9 in.
Hamlet, garden setting based on plan of Elizabethan theater
ART Box H688 no.4.13
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
1958
Hamlet, setting as above, graveyard
ART Box H688 no.4.14
1 drawing: pen and watercolor, 10 x 8 in.
1958
Henry IV, Part I, sketch note for Falstaff at Shrewsbury: "Honor is a mere scutcheon ... I'll none of it."
ART Box H688 no.4.15
1 drawing: pen and gray wash, 7 x 6 in.
Book illustrations and sketches (miscellaneous)
ART Box H688 no.5
9 items
Exhibition history
Numbers 5.1-5.5 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
Finished design for book-jacket for
Shakespeare's Theatre (by Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1964)
ART Box H688 no.5.1
1 drawing: watercolor, 16 x 10 1/2 in.
The fire at the
Globe, 1613 (from
Shakespeare's Theatre, 1964)
ART Box H688 no.5.2
1 drawing: watercolor, 11 x 9 1/2 in.
Julius Caesar at the
Globe, Mark Antony's oration (
Shakespeare's Theatre, 1964)
ART Box H688 no.5.3
1 drawing: watercolor, 17 x 6 in.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar
Interior of the
Second Globe, 1614, with play and audience
ART Box H688 no.5.4
1 drawing: pen and charcoal, 9 x 7 1/2 in.
1976
The
Globe (as "Wooden O") during a performance, viewed from above
ART Box H688 no.5.5
1 drawing: pen and ink, 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.
Cutaway view into the
Second Globe playhouse. Illustration for Hardin Craig/David Bevington edition
The Complete Shakespeare (Scott Foresman, 1973)
ART Box H688 no.5.6
1 drawing: pen and ink, 12 x 10 in.
An Elizabethan stage (conjectural)
ART Box H688 no.5.7
1 drawing: watercolor, 7 x 6 in.
Elizabethan stage in action, from description in the
English Wagner Book of 1594
ART Box H688 no.5.8
1 drawing: watercolor, 7 x 6 in.
The Theatre: the first purpose-built public playhouse (
James Burbage, 1576)
ART Box H688 no.5.9
1 drawing: pen, ink and pencil, 10 x 8 in.
Original illustrations and studies for book
Shakespeare's Second Globe
ART Box H688 no.6
273 items
Exhibition history
Numbers 6.1, 6.3 pt.15-16, and 6.5 pts.10, 14-16, 19 and 21 were exhibited at the Folger from April 8, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
Bear Garden (London, England).
Jacket design for book. Enlargement of
Hollar etching of
Globe and
'Bear Bayting' house, mounted and tinted with colored inks
ART Box H688 no.6.1
1 drawing: colored ink, 16 x 21 1/2 in.
Collection of 59 study sketches for analysis of the
Second Globe Theatre and for illustrations in the book
ART Box H688 no.6.2 pt.1-59
59 drawings: mostly pencil, avg. size 18 x 12 in.
1970
Date
Several drawings are dated 1970.
Collection of 14 drawings analyzing the plan and structure of the
Globe and
Bear Garden theatres as shown in
Hollar's drawing and etching. Includes two finished diagrams
ART Box H688 no.6.3 pt.1-16
14 drawings: pen and ink, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. + 2 diagrams (12 x 7 1/2 in.)
Envelope containing 157 sketches studying the problems of the
Second Globe structure
ART Box H688 no.6.4 pt.1-157
157 drawings: pencil, pen and ink, avg. size 10 x 8 in.
21 drawings and diagrams as used in the book
ART Box H688 no.6.5 pt.1-21
21 drawings: pen and ink, mostly 8 x 6 1/2 in., some larger
Architects' prints (reconstruction projects, arising from publication of the book, but ultimately not proceeded with)
ART Box H688 no.6.6 pt.1-15
20 blueprints
J.W. Hammond, for the
Shakespeare Globe Development Company
ART Box H688 no.6.6 pt.1-5
5 blueprints
1971
Pentagram Design Partnership, for the
Globe Playhouse Trust
ART Box H688 no.6.6 pt.6-15
15 blueprints (5 are copies - pt.7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 each have a second copy)
1974
Manuscript, working papers and complete illustrations for book of short stories
Playhouse tales
ART Box H688 no.7
129 items
Exhibition history
Numbers 7.4 pt.94, 7.5 pt.1, 7.6 pt.7 and pt.13, and 7.8 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
Original manuscript drafts
ART Box H688 no.7.1, now Y.d.616 (1-7)
1 manuscript
Typescript
ART Box H688 no.7.2, now Y.d.616 (8-15)
1 typed manuscript
Folder of working notes
ART Box H688 no.7.3, now Y.d.616 (16-21)
1 folder
Folder of ideas and sketch drawings for illustrations (including some not included in the book)
ART Box H688 no.7.4 pt.1-94
94 drawings: pencil, pen and ink, avg. size 10 x 8 1/2 in.
Drawings for book- jacket
ART Box H688 no.7.5 pt.1-4
1 key drawing: pen and ink, 11 1/4 x 10 in. + 3 overlay transparencies for color separation
Complete set of finished illustrations, comprising 6 story headpieces, 14 text insets and 4 spot drawings for prelims
ART Box H688 no.7.6 pt.1-24
24 drawings: pen and ink, avg. size 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Frontispiece, final and two sketch drawings for same
ART Box H688 no.7.7 pt.1-3
3 drawings: pen and ink, avg. size 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Pictorial map of London in the time of Shakespeare
ART Box H688 no.7.8
1 drawing: pen and ink, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.
St. George's Elizabethan Theatre
ART Box H688 no.8
112 items
1975-1976
St. George's background
St. George's, an abandoned Victorian church built to an octagonal plan in Tufnell Park road, Islington, London, was in 1975 taken over and converted into an "Elizabethan playhouse" by the actor
George Murcell, who ran it for many years as a repertory theatre for
Shakespeare. During its first seasons the stage was designed by C.W. Hodges using a group of moveable 'houses' on trucks, which could be differently grouped for different plays. These are the designs given below.
Exhibition history
Numbers 8.1-8.4, and 8.8 pt.1 and pt.4 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
The stage-houses in "closed" formation, with figures
ART Box H688 no.8.1
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 10 1/2 in.
1975
Stage-houses in open formation "Renaissance dress"
ART Box H688 no.8.2
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Stage-houses in "castle" dress
ART Box H688 no.8.3
1 drawing: watercolor, 14 x 9 3/4 in.
Three views of stage-houses in different formations
ART Box H688 no.8.4
1 drawing: pen and ink, 14 x 12 in.
Complete set of 14 master drawings (and 1 sketch) to 1/2 in. scale for the construction of the stage-houses and associated details
ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.1-14
15 drawings: pen, pencil and ink on tracing paper, 16 1/2 x 12 in.
Group of 32 sketches and rough designs associated with the above
ART Box H688 no.8.6 pt.1-32
32 drawings: pencil and pen, avg. page size 16 x 11 in.
Group of 11 photocopy prints (in 18 pieces) from 8.5 above, with print plans and elevations of
St. George's Church
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.1-20
26 items
Copies of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.1a
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.1 copy 1-3
3 photocopies
Copies of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.2
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.2 copy 1-3
3 photocopies
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.3
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.3
1 photocopy
Copies of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.4
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.4 copy 1-2
2 photocopies
Copies of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.5
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.5 copy 1-2
2 photocopies
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.7
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.6
1 photocopy
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.8
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.7
1 photocopy
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.9
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.8
1 photocopy
Copies of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.10
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.9 copy 1-2
2 photocopies
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.11
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.10
1 photocopy
Copy of ART Box H688 no.8.5 pt.12
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.11
1 photocopy
Survey of existing church, Apr. 1970, Davies & Partners (plan)
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.12
1 blueprint
Survey of existing church, Apr. 1970, Davies & Partners (section)
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.13
1 blueprint
Plan lower level, Jan. 1970, Davies & Partners
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.14
1 blueprint
Plan upper level, Jan. 1970, Davies & Partners
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.15
1 blueprint
Proposals for 5-year period, June '73, Bennett & Son
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.16-17
2 blueprints
Elevation, May 1975, Bennett & Son
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.18
1 blueprint
Seating, March 1974, Wyckham Assoc.
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.19
1 blueprint
Stage trucks & superstructures, 9/75, Kemp engineers
ART Box H688 no.8.7 pt.20
1 blueprint
Photographs of model, showing different arrangements of the stage-houses
ART Box H688 no.8.8 pt.1-12
12 photographs: black and white, 8 1/2 x 6 in.
Folder containing printed material (promotion pamphlets, photographs, press cuttings, etc.)
ART Box H688 no.8.9 pt.1-16
16 items
Various scale drawings, with sketches and other material related to a full-size reconstruction of the interior of the
Cockpit Playhouse (London, 1616-1655) built for a project of the
Inner London Education Authority
ART Box H688 no.8.10 pt.1-6
5 items + 1 booklet
Shakespeare's
Globe in America: Drawings for a project in Detroit
ART Box H688 no.9
39 items
1979-1982
Artist's note on project background
This project has the intention to rebuild the (second) Globe Playhouse, of 1614-1644, on the banks of the Detroit River. It was originated as a joint venture of Wayne State University and the City of Detroit, and was inaugurated with a symposium of international Shakespearean theatre scholars held at the university in 1979.
Exhibition history
Numbers 9.3 pt.2, 9.4 pts 1 and 3, 9.5 pt.1, and 9.7 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
The
Globe as if reconstructed on the Detroit riverfront. (Book-jacket of the Wayne State University Press's publication of the Symposium proceedings,
The Third Globe)
ART Box H688 no.9.1
1 drawing: watercolor, 17 x 9 in.
Three promotion brochure illustrations of the reconstructed
Globe with its ancillary buildings, one showing the interior during a performance
ART Box H688 no.9.2 pt.1-3
3 drawings: pen and ink, 11 1/2 x 8 in.
1980
As no.9.2 above
ART Box H688 no.9.3 pt.1-4
4 photocopies: hand-colored with crayon
Finished design in two drawings (back and front) for Detroit Project Christmas card 1980, plus a copy of the finished, printed card.
ART Box H688 no.9.4 pt.1-3
2 drawings : ink and watercolor, 22 x 8 in. + 1 printed card
1980
Sketches used in brochure
ART Box H688 no.9.5 pt.1-2
2 drawings : pencil and pen, approx. 8 x 7 in.
Though in Hodges' typescript finding aid these items are described as "folder of 5 pencil and pen sketches used in brochure", when collection was originally processed this note was modified in pencil to read "folder of 5 pencil and pen sketches on 2 sheets used in brochure," indicating that only two items were received.
Two elevations to scale of
Globe design (on one sheet) and one perspective rendering
ART Box H688 no.9.6 pt.1-2
3 drawings (2 sheets): pen and ink, pen and charcoal, 10 x 7 in. and 8 x 6 in.
"The Third Globe," reconstruction as proposed on the Detroit riverfront (revision of item 9.1 above)
ART Box H688 no.9.7
1 drawing: watercolor, 13 x 9 in.
Sketch interior of
Globe reconstruction
ART Box H688 no.9.8
1 drawing: watercolor, 10 x 8 1/2 in.
1981
A folder containing 16 sketches and scale drawings; preparatory to the final design for the
Detroit Globe
ART Box H688 no.9.9 pt.1-16
16 drawings: pen, ink and pencil
1981
"Shakespeare's Globe in America." Copy of the design report for the project's Advisory Committee
ART Box H688 no.9.10
1 typed report
1982
Five miscellaneous drawings and sketches
ART Box H688 no.9.11 pt.1-5
5 drawings
Projects and sketches (miscellaneous)
ART Box H688 no.10
48 items
Exhibition history
Numbers 10.1 pt.1, 10.4 pt.3, 10.5 pt.1 and 10.6 were exhibited at the Folger from April 12, 1988 to October 18, 1988 as part of "The Elizabethan Theater: the Theater Art of C. Walter Hodges."
The
Globe Playhouse, sketches.
ART Box H688 no.10.1 pt.1-6
6 drawings: pen and ink and pencil, avg. size 12 x 10 in.
Folder of 29 sketches, layouts and tracings for Globe reconstruction
ART Box H688 no.10.2 pt.1-29
29 drawings: pencil, pen and ink, avg. size 12 1/2 x 10 in.
One item, no.10.2 pt.10, in its own folder at bottom of box.
Project for "A Shakespeare Stage" for the open air
ART Box H688 no.10.3
6 items
The stage and 'tiring house' arrangement viewed from above, with three transparency overlays in gouache showing variant dressings of the stage for tragic, comic and historic modes
ART Box H688 no.10.3 pt.1-4
1 drawing: pen, ink and watercolor, 16 1/2 x 14 in. + 3 transparency overlays
Two sketches showing the theatre in action: a) from backstage, and b) from the auditorium
ART Box H688 no.10.3 pt.5-6
2 drawings
Project (for
Robin Howard's
Elizabethan Rooms Ltd.) for an Elizabethan banqueting room to be installed in the crypt at Woburn Abbey. Three designs for the dining areas
ART Box H688 no.10.4 pt.1-3
3 drawings: pen, ink and colored crayon, 11 x 8 1/4 in.
1969
Two designs for waitress dresses for
Robin Howard's Elizabethan Rooms
ART Box H688 no.10.5 pt.1-2
2 drawings: colored chalk, 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
"The Metamorphosis of Ajax." Sketch for a proposed reconstruction of Sir John Harington's original water-closet invention of 1596 (for Robin Howard's Elizabethan Rooms)
ART Box H688 no.10.6
1 drawing: pen and colored pencil, 10 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
1970
Euripides'
Medea: the final scene: Medea in the dragon chariot
ART Box H688 no.10.7
1 drawing: watercolor, 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.
1933
Euripides. Medea
Miscellaneous sketches
ART Box H688 no.11 pt.1-26
26 items
Miscellaneous materials
ART Box H688 no.12
11 items
The Globe Playhouse 1599-1613, a conjectural reconstruction
ART Box H688 no.12 pt.1
1 poster
1958
Scale model of exhibit design
ART Box H688 no.12 pt.2-4b
5 drawings on board: pen and watercolor
Pts. 3a and 3b are hinged to create a mockup of four conjoined exhibition panels and pts. 4a and 4b are hinged in a model of the
Globe Playhouse. Pt.2 is a human figure to show scale of the other models.
Christmas cards for 1953, 1986-8, 1990
ART Box H688 no.12 pt.5-9
5 cards