Miscellaneous: M0037

Title

Oil lamp used by Dame Peggy Ashcroft in "Romeo and Juliet"

Technique

Metalwork

Subject

Ashcroft, Peggy (Dame)

Character

Juliet : Romeo and Juliet

Dimensions

Height: 6.5cm
Width: 10cm
Depth: 17.5cm

Other materials

Bronze

Provenance

Presented to the Garrick Club by Dr T R Williams in 1991

Other number

Gift 945

The oil lamp was used in the performance of "Romeo and Juliet" at the New Theatre Oxford, 1932. This production was John Gielgud's first, and can be considered as a sketch for his successful production of the same play at the New Theatre in London, again with Peggy Ashcroft, three years later.