New, George
2013 "New, George", 2013, HistoryTalk George New was born in 1941 at Hammersmith Hospital and brought up on Princes Place in the Holland Park/Notting Dale area of North Kensington. He left school in 1957 and worked for Edward Delaney Scenic Studios in Princes Place, painting scenery for We...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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"New, George", 2013, HistoryTalk
George New was born in 1941 at Hammersmith Hospital and brought up on Princes Place in the Holland Park/Notting Dale area of North Kensington. He left school in 1957 and worked for Edward Delaney Scenic Studios in Princes Place, painting scenery for West End shows for about 10 years. There he learnt drawing techniques and also worked in Edward Delaneys art library archiving. (The photographic studio in the 1966 film Blow Up is 39 Princes Place.) After the death of Delaney and the demise of his studios, George worked at Arcas studios in the East End and then Brunskill and Loveday studios on Lambeth Walk and at the Drury Lane Theatre, making scenery for such shows as Camelot and Fiddler on the Roof. He then worked at the Royal Opera House scenery studio in Commercial Road and the Royal Opera House itself in Covent Garden on performances featuring Pavarotti and Darcey Bussell. He went on to run the Commercial Road studio and was made redundant on tour at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
In this clip he talks about his enthusiasm for his work.
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