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Heartbreak House

Costume Design
ca. 1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Michael Annals for Anna Massey as Ariadne Utterwood (travelling) in George Bernard Shaw's play, Heartbreak House, National Theatre Company, Old Vic, 1975.

Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.


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TitleHeartbreak House (generic title)
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Brief description
Costume design by Michael Annals for Anna Massey as Ariadne Utterwood (travelling) in George Bernard Shaw's play, Heartbreak House, National Theatre Company, Old Vic, 1975
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Bequeathed by Michael Annals
Summary
Costume design by Michael Annals for Anna Massey as Ariadne Utterwood (travelling) in George Bernard Shaw's play, Heartbreak House, National Theatre Company, Old Vic, 1975.

Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.
Collection
Accession number
S.576-1991

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