Barry Kay, internationally acclaimed stage and costume designer, photographer, born 1932 Melbourne Australia, died 1985 London England





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The Prisoners






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Ballet in one act



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Choreography
Book
Music
Plot

Peter Darrell
Peter Darrell
Bela Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
Two convicts escape from prison, one to his death, the other to life enslavement to his friend's wife.


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Scenery
Costumes

Barry Kay
Barry Kay


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Direction
Company
Conductor
Orchestra
Staging

Peter Darrell
Western Theatre Ballet
[?]
[?]
Dartington College of Arts


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Cast
Badin
Christophe
Madeleine
Wardens, Villagers


Barry Salt
Erling Sunde
Suzanne Musitz, Christophe's wife
Margaret Grey, Brenda Last, Hazel Merry, Oliver Symons,
Rudi Szigeti, Jefferey Taylor


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Venue
Première

Dartington Hall - Dartington Festival - Devon
24th June 1957


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The Prisoners, scene 3

Set design
tempera and India ink
on drawing board
34.5 x 44.5 cm; 13.5 x 17.5 ins

Available for purchase
from private collection


Barry Kay Set Design for Peter Darrell's Ballet 'The Prisoners' Tempera and India Ink Western Theatre Ballet Dartington Festival 1957 for sale

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Barry Kay Set Design Model for Peter Darrell's Ballet The Prisoners Dartington 1957 introducing three-dimensional structure for ballet on stage cardboard construction paper balsa wood gauze scale 1:25

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The Prisoners

Stage set, model/maquette
cardboard, construction paper
balsa wood, gauze
scale 1:25

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back to Reflections on 'The Cunning Little Vixen', conjointly written by Barry Kay and Colin Graham --- back to page top of Synopsis on 'The Cunning Little Vixen', conjointly written by Barry Kay and Colin Graham --- forward to stage production photograpghs and cast lsit of 'The Cunning Little Vixen', sets and costumes designed by Barry Kay

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