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Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.\n\r\nWinning the Military Cross for his role in the Second World War, Voytek transferring first to Italy and then to Scotland after the end of the war where he enrolled at the  Dundee Art Collage. In 1947 he moved to London, becoming a student of stage design at the Old Vic Theatre School. His career as a stage set and costume  designer began with the Nottingham Playhouse whist his work on TV drama began with ABC Television and on film with Roman Polanski’s Cul-de-Sac.\n\r\nHis theatrical works concentrated on  major regional theatre and touring  companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse,   Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Shared Experience;  he was head of design at the Liverpool Playhouse from  1981-1982. \r\n\r\nThe collection this design is from also contains working  drawings, model pieces, photograph, production notes  as well as press cuttings and programmes relating  to  Voytek’s career as a production designer for the stage, television and film.","physicalDescription":"Black felt tip pen sketch of Max Wall in the role of Davies in <i>The Caretaker.</i> Red, blue, orange and yellow crayon or pencil has been added in places.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Voytek","id":"A32930"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Felt tip pen","id":"x32044"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"Wax crayon","id":"x38050"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"},{"text":"sketching","id":"AAT53576"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"paper, felt tip pen, crayon","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2011EM5926","2015HL1289"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES356620"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}],[{"text":"sketches","id":"AAT15617"}],[{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1977","earliest":"1977-01-01","latest":"1977-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"42","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"30","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Costume design by Voytek depicting Max Wall as Davies in <i>The Caretaker</i> as performed at the Greenwich Theatre in October 1977.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Wall, Max","id":"N4497"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["The Caretaker"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.1532-1994"],"accessionNumberNum":"1532","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1994,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Archive number","id":"THES54576"},"number":"THM/153"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2010-12-10","availableToBook":true}}