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Hamlet

Set Design
1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set design by Leslie Hurry for William Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company 1961.

Leslie Hurry designed the sets and costumes for Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Peter Wood for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 11 April 1961. The Production was lit by John Wyckham.

For the Daily Mail 12 April 1961 this production lacked ‘size and stature, and one is left to admire some splendid sword fighting, some fragments or ghostly music by Alan Rawsthorne, and a typical Leslie Hurry setting, fragmentary arches richly hung with draperies, shot through with gold that was missing elsewhere and for the Daily Telegraph Leslie Hurry’s settings lent’ a brooding atmosphere of sombre magnificence to the proceedings’.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleHamlet (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Ink, crayon and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Set design by Leslie Hurry for William Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company 1961
Physical description
Ink, crayon and watercolour on paper set design by Leslie Hurry for William Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company 1961. Design for an element of set. It appears to have an ominous and dark background with a large archway.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 54.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 1 (On front side in blue ink)
  • Hamlet 61 RSC (On reverse side in pencil)
  • No 1 1 (On reverse side in ink)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Caro Rathbone
Summary
Set design by Leslie Hurry for William Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company 1961.

Leslie Hurry designed the sets and costumes for Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Peter Wood for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 11 April 1961. The Production was lit by John Wyckham.

For the Daily Mail 12 April 1961 this production lacked ‘size and stature, and one is left to admire some splendid sword fighting, some fragments or ghostly music by Alan Rawsthorne, and a typical Leslie Hurry setting, fragmentary arches richly hung with draperies, shot through with gold that was missing elsewhere and for the Daily Telegraph Leslie Hurry’s settings lent’ a brooding atmosphere of sombre magnificence to the proceedings’.
Collection
Accession number
S.1970-2014

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Record createdAugust 27, 2014
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