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Drawings: G1239
Title
Cartoon of Antony Sher and Ian McKellen in Uncle Vanya
Subject
Sher, Antony (Sir)
McKellen, Ian (Sir)
McKellen, Ian (Sir)
Artist
Date
1992
Dimensions
height (frame): 34cm
width (frame): 46cm
height: 28.5cm
width: 39cm
width (frame): 46cm
height: 28.5cm
width: 39cm
Other materials
Pen and ink on paper
Inscription/signature
"Uncle Vanya / Antony Sher as Mihail Lvovich Astrov / Ian McKellen as Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky / - Cottesloe Theatre N.T. / Punch issue: 11 March 1992."
"Hewison '92"
(On cartoon) '1897, Oct 22', 'Carried forward', '43, 56', 'Linseed oil, Buckwheat'
Provenance
Bequeathed by Frances Hughes, October 2022.
Other number
E0134
Cartoon of a scene from Uncle Vanya, with Antony Sher as Mikhail Lvovich Astrov and Ian McKellen as Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky performed at the Cottesloe Theatre, a National Theatre house that was renamed to Dorfman Theatre in 2014.
The drawing was featured in Punch Magazine issue: 11 March 1992 and drawn by William (Bill) Hewison who was Art Editor and created multiple theatre cartoons for Punch magazine.
Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov is the Uncle Vanya's philosopher, and Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky, or Vanya is the hero of the play.
The drawing was featured in Punch Magazine issue: 11 March 1992 and drawn by William (Bill) Hewison who was Art Editor and created multiple theatre cartoons for Punch magazine.
Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov is the Uncle Vanya's philosopher, and Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky, or Vanya is the hero of the play.
