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This production of <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</i> by Tom Stoppard was directed by Brian de Salvo and performed by the Abbey Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in April 1987.\n\nDubbed Voytek by George Devine, Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski (1925-2014), was known for his distinctive designs for the stage, theatre and film. Drawing his elaborate designs from in depth analysis of each script or screenplay.\r\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.\r\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.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Costume design for Con Fitzgibbon or David Wilmot playing Alfred and appearing \"as Queen\", created by Voytek for &lt;i&gt;Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead&lt;/i&gt; as performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in April 1987. Soft pencil sketch showing a young man. The figure is wearing a full length dress, with full sleeves and a trained skirt, and a crown is positioned on his head. 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