Set Design
1988 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Preliminary sketch by Richard Hudson for the setting for Too Clever By Half, 1988
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Preliminary sketch by Richard Hudson for the setting for Too Clever By Half, 1988 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Too Clever By Half / preliminary sketch of an earlier idea' (Textual information. Reverse.) |
| Object history | 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: Too Clever By Half, or, Even a Wise Man Stumbles, or, The Diary of a Scoundrel. Designer: Richard Hudson. Director: Richard Jones. Old Vic, London. Rodney Ackland's adaptation was originally called The Diary of a Scoundrel and has been performed elsewhere under this title. The play has also been translated as Even a Wise Man Stumbles. 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.840-1997 |
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| Record created | October 7, 2010 |
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