Measure for Measureat the Prince of Wales Theatre, Kennington, Mar 1899

This material is held atV&A Theatre and Performance Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 71 THM/459/36
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1899
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder (14 items)

Scope and Content

Sketches of characters, settings, and characters in settings on 13 sheets of paper in graphite, ink and watercolour, inscribed in graphite and ink with ms notes on colours and details, including the characters names Barnadine, Provost, Duke, Friar, Lucio, Mariana, Escalus and Isabella. Five small watercolours mounted on four of the sheets of paper seem to be Hockley's 'finished' sketches, the pin holes in the top corners of each indicating that they had been pinned up. With one sheet of paper (possibly the front of an original folder inscribed by Hockley: 'Measure for Measure'.