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Image: Samuel Beckett and Jocelyn Herbert. Photo from the Jocelyn Herbert Archive at the National Theatre. Photographer: John Haynes.
Exhibition
WORK FROM THE COLLECTIONS #3 Jocelyn Herbert and Samuel Beckett
25 Mar 2015 – 10 Apr 2015
Event times
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday 25 March - Friday 10 April 2015
Address
- Merton Hall Rd,
- London
- SW19 3QA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- From Wimbledon Train Station catch the 163 or 164 towards Morden and alight at Nelson Hospital on Kingston Road.
- We are a fifteen minute walk from Wimbledon Train Station, which provides easy access to and from central London by both train and the District line branch of the London Underground
- We are a fifteen minute walk from Wimbledon Train Station, which provides easy access to and from central London by both train and the District line branch of the London Underground
MA Curating and Collections at Chelsea College of Arts present an exhibition exploring the working relationship between the acclaimed theatre and film designer, Jocelyn Herbert, and the iconic playwright and author, Samuel Beckett.
About
The materials for the exhibition are selected from the Jocelyn Herbert Archive at the National Theatre, the NT’s only archive dedicated to a designer. The archive includes sketchbooks, set and costume drawings, annotated scripts, research material, notebooks and diaries, masks and puppets, correspondence, personal photographs and official production photography from rehearsals and performances. Herbert’s working relationship with Beckett spans from the 1950’s to the 1970’s; using artefacts from the archive the exhibition will reveal aspects of the biography of Jocelyn Herbert, her personal and professional relationships, and will give a unique insight into the theatre making process.
This show is curated by the Exhibition Studio Workshop - the practice-based unit of Chelsea’s MA Curating and Collections course. It is part of a series of shows entitled Work From the Collections, and is the inaugural exhibition in what is hoped will be an ongoing series exploring the Jocelyn Herbert Archive at the National Theatre.
