Costume design
- Date:
1987-1988 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Hudson, Richard, born 1954 (designers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, watercolour and crayon on card
- Museum number:
S.832-1997
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Date
1987-1988 (made)
Artist/maker
Hudson, Richard, born 1954 (designers)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, watercolour and crayon on card
Marks and inscriptions
'Richard Hudson'
Signature. Lower left hand side of figure's left leg.
'Orestes'
Textual information. Lower left hand side of figure.
'boots'
Textual information. Lower right hand side of figure.
'rusty cuirasse and gorgette / shirt and bloody shirt'
Textual information. Upper right hand side.
Object history note
Richard Hudson designed all but one of the productions in Jonathan Miller's season at the Old Vic in 1988. The success of his designs for Andromache, Too Clever By Half, Bussy D'Ambois, One Way Pendulum and The Tempest won him the 1988 Designer of the Year Award in both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Drama Magazine Awards. Associated production: Andromache. Playwright: Racine. Designer: Richard Hudson. Director: Jonathan Miller. Actor: Kevin McNally. Old Vic, London, 19.1.1988. Performance category: Drama. Kevin McNally played the role of Orestes in this production. Set model and designs by Richard Hudson for Andromache: S.826 to S.834-1997. Set model and designs by Richard Hudson for Too Clever By Half: S.835 - S.844-1997.
Descriptive line
Costume design by Richard Hudson for Orestes in Andromache, 1988
Subjects depicted
Costume
Categories
Entertainment & Leisure; Designs; Stage costumes
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
