paa052 Desmond Heeley collection Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries January 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman January 2005 English Heeley, Desmond, 1931- Desmond Heeley collection 1991 University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa] 1 box Collection contains ten costume sketches and one setting model for the production of Oedipus Rex performed by the University of Minnesota Theatre Department, February 1991. PA 52 English High Bay Administrative Information Use of Materials

The collection is open and available for use.

Copyright

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Preferred Citation

Desmond Heeley collection (PA 52), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Acquisition

Donated by Desmond Heeley.

Other Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.

Biographical Information

Desmond Heeley is a renowned set and costume designer. He began his career in 1948 as an apprentice at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He has designed sets and costumes for plays, ballets, and operas in Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada. In 1968, he won two Tony Awards for his sets and costumes for the New York production of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead. In 1994, he became the first person to receive the Theater Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues to design sets and costumes for theater, dance and opera productions.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains ten mixed media costume sketches and one three-dimensional, mixed media model of the setting for the production of Oedipus Rex performed by the University of Minnesota Theatre Department, February 1991.

 Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Heeley, Desmond Costume design Set designers </controlaccess> </archdesc> </ead>