Paul McCartney Set Designs 1966 | Rainy Days and Mondays

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From Beatles fan webpage blog Rainy Days and Mondays -

Reflectismo says "I recently came across a photo of 12 images Paul hand drew and annotated to be used as the set designs for Brian’s Saville Theatre. One of these was used for the Four Tops first ever UK performance at the venue during November of 1966.

In preparation for the upcoming performance, Brian needed appropriate backdrops for the Theatre. He commissioned Paul to come up with ideas for the stage designs. Paul presented the designs to Brian and John Lyndon, the Director of Productions at the Saville and one of the images was used as the backdrop. "

Annotations of each image from Designer Paul below! 

1. 12 mirrors in which the audience catch a glimpse of themselves and entrance
2. This way up
3. Slow moving machinery
4. Red curtains behind here, backed with silver, HINGES, this piece of the set falls on the stage revealing red curtains through which performers emerge, smiling.
5. Festival set, entrance
6. Silver, gold, entrance hole
7. Plain comedy set, comedian enters through mouth, not smiling, crawling. Unnumbered design.
8. Abc, slide view of this
9. American set. British group 
10. 3 black ducks
11. Set for female vocalist or male, as the case may be
12. 23 lights hang against background of silver, reflecting, and flickering

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