David Ffolkes(1912-1966)
- Costume Designer
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
David Ffolkes came to the United States as a set designer with Maurice
Evans' Shakespeare company before World War II. When the War broke out,
he was commissioned a lieutenant in the British Army and stationed in
Singapore. He was captured at the fall of Singapore and spent three
years in a Japanese prison camp in Burma, building a railway. After
being released, he returned to the United States and taught scene and
costume design at Boston College, before becoming the costume designer
for Island in the Sun.
