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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 by Voytek for the 1st Player as Hamlet in <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</i>. A series of four soft pencil skletches showing a male figure is a variety of poses and costumes. The central figure wears a loose fitting shirt and carries a sword in his right hand. Another figure holds a scroll, and a third holds a skull. 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