Costume design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Henry VIII
Costume Design
1949 (made)
1949 (made)
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Anthony Quayle (1913-1989) played the title role in Shakespeare's Henry Vlll directed by Tyrone Guthrie, that opened at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on 15th July 1949. The production starred Diana Wynyard as Queen Katharine, and included Paul Hansard as Sir Thomas Lovell.
Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-2003) was a prolific and innovative designer who produced both set and costumes for this production, staged on her interpretation of an Elizabethan stage. The critic Muriel St Clare Byrne wrote of it: 'When the audience entered the theatre, instead of seeing a curtain, they had before their eyes a lighted permanent set which remained unchanged and unhidden until the end. An excellent compromise between a platform and a picture-frame stage, it suggests a basic design which might well provide a happy and practicable solution to the problem of securing the effect of the Elizabethan stage within our modern theatres. Miss Tanya Moiseiwitsch is to be congratulated on the pleasing and dignified appearance as well as on the admirably functional qualities of this set, with its varied levels, its ample forestage, fifteen feet deep, and its well thought- out modifications and rearrangements of the gallery and the inner- stage.'
The design S.2334-1986 shows a different view of the same costume wth its Masquer's Commedia dell-Arte style mask and a shepherd's crook. The costume was worn in Act I, scene 4, the feast at Cardinal Wolsey's home in Hampton when Henry and his friends are dressed as shepherds and Henry chooses to dance with Anne Bullen (Anne Boleyn).
Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-2003) was a prolific and innovative designer who produced both set and costumes for this production, staged on her interpretation of an Elizabethan stage. The critic Muriel St Clare Byrne wrote of it: 'When the audience entered the theatre, instead of seeing a curtain, they had before their eyes a lighted permanent set which remained unchanged and unhidden until the end. An excellent compromise between a platform and a picture-frame stage, it suggests a basic design which might well provide a happy and practicable solution to the problem of securing the effect of the Elizabethan stage within our modern theatres. Miss Tanya Moiseiwitsch is to be congratulated on the pleasing and dignified appearance as well as on the admirably functional qualities of this set, with its varied levels, its ample forestage, fifteen feet deep, and its well thought- out modifications and rearrangements of the gallery and the inner- stage.'
The design S.2334-1986 shows a different view of the same costume wth its Masquer's Commedia dell-Arte style mask and a shepherd's crook. The costume was worn in Act I, scene 4, the feast at Cardinal Wolsey's home in Hampton when Henry and his friends are dressed as shepherds and Henry chooses to dance with Anne Bullen (Anne Boleyn).
Object details
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| Title | Costume design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Henry VIII (generic title) |
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| Brief description | Costume design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Anthony Quayle as Henry VIII disguised as a shepherd in Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon,15th July 1949 |
| Physical description | Costume design illustration of Henry VIII disguised as a shepherd, wearing a green and white slashed doublet and hose, with a green cape, feathered hat, and black eye mask |
| Summary | Anthony Quayle (1913-1989) played the title role in Shakespeare's Henry Vlll directed by Tyrone Guthrie, that opened at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on 15th July 1949. The production starred Diana Wynyard as Queen Katharine, and included Paul Hansard as Sir Thomas Lovell. Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-2003) was a prolific and innovative designer who produced both set and costumes for this production, staged on her interpretation of an Elizabethan stage. The critic Muriel St Clare Byrne wrote of it: 'When the audience entered the theatre, instead of seeing a curtain, they had before their eyes a lighted permanent set which remained unchanged and unhidden until the end. An excellent compromise between a platform and a picture-frame stage, it suggests a basic design which might well provide a happy and practicable solution to the problem of securing the effect of the Elizabethan stage within our modern theatres. Miss Tanya Moiseiwitsch is to be congratulated on the pleasing and dignified appearance as well as on the admirably functional qualities of this set, with its varied levels, its ample forestage, fifteen feet deep, and its well thought- out modifications and rearrangements of the gallery and the inner- stage.' The design S.2334-1986 shows a different view of the same costume wth its Masquer's Commedia dell-Arte style mask and a shepherd's crook. The costume was worn in Act I, scene 4, the feast at Cardinal Wolsey's home in Hampton when Henry and his friends are dressed as shepherds and Henry chooses to dance with Anne Bullen (Anne Boleyn). |
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| Accession number | S.184-1978 |
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| Record created | May 12, 2011 |
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