Doctor Faustus
Costume Design
1961 (made)
1961 (made)
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Costume design by Michael Annals for Sylvia Coleridge as Covetousness as Sloth in Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus, Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Festival and Old Vic, 1961.
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.
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.
Object details
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| Title | Doctor Faustus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Michael Annals for Sylvia Coleridge as Covetousness in Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus, Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Festival and Old Vic, 1961 |
| Physical description | Costume design for Covetousness in Doctor Faustus. Full length figure with a grey face covered in boils and white misshapen arms and legs, wearing a costume of dark red with grey ragged 'breeches' and a trailing black and brown cloak. Annotated by the artist with the play title and the character's name, in paint, lower right, with the actor's name in pencil in another hand, upper left hand corner. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Michael Annals |
| Summary | Costume design by Michael Annals for Sylvia Coleridge as Covetousness as Sloth in Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus, Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Festival and Old Vic, 1961. 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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| Accession number | S.254-1991 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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