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The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Costume Design
1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Annals, Michael (theatre designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Costume design by Michael Annals for Robert Stephens as Atahuallpa in Peter Shaffer's play, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival Theatre and Old Vic, 1964


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Theatre Costume
Object type
Costume design
TitleThe Royal Hunt of the Sun (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour and gold paint on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Michael Annals for Robert Stephens as Atahuallpa in Peter Shaffer's play, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival Theatre and Old Vic, 1964
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The National Theatre / The Royal Hunt of the Sun' (Textual information. Upper left hand corner.)
  • 'Tunic - Jersey embroidered with gold / discs - tonic bottle tops / Cloak - Semi circle of organza with / overlapping crow feathers lined / with course [sic] silk tie-dyed in / sun ray patterns / Not seen from the back' (Textual information. Upper right hand side.)
  • 'Michael Annals '64' (Signature. Lower right hand side.)
  • 'Atahuallpa - 1st appearance - Robert Stephens' (Textual information. Beneath figure.)
Object history
The design was owned by Stanley Miller and was sold to the Theatre Museum on Mr Miller's death by his executor, George Smith. Associated production: The Royal Hunt of the Sun. Designer: Michael Annals. Directors: John Dexter, Desmond O'Donovan. Actor: Robert Stephens. Performing company: National Theatre. Chichester Festival Theatre, Sussex, 7.7.1964. Old Vic, London, 8.12.1964. Robert Stephens played the role of Atahuallpa in this production. For other designs by Michael Annals for The Royal Hunt of the Sun at the National Theatre see S.272-1991 to S.273-1991, and at the Anta Theater, New York S.274-1991 to S.295-1991.
Subjects depicted
Costume
Atahuallpa
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.842-1996

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1173706/the-royal-hunt-of-the-costume-design-annals-michael/
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