The Photographer
Set Design
1964 (made)
1964 (made)
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Set design by Michael Annals for Kenneth Jupp's play The Photographer, Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1964.
Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.
The Photographer was directed by Shirley Butler and featured Alan Dobie, Sue Lloyd and Tenniel Evans.
Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.
The Photographer was directed by Shirley Butler and featured Alan Dobie, Sue Lloyd and Tenniel Evans.
Object details
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| Title | The Photographer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Set design by Michael Annals for Kenneth Jupp's play The Photographer, Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1964 |
| Physical description | Design for the interior of an open-plan apartment with a ceiling, sloping to right, containing large skylights. To left, a wooden wall, painted orange, with a door, and a raised area on which is a desk and filing cabinet. Above, a mezzanine level containing a bed with a blue cover and a lamp with a red shade. The main portion of the room contains a black L-shaped sofa and a coffee table, centre, and a black chair, to right, standing on a grey carpet. Behind the sofa are low cupboards and a table on which are a bust and a lamp with a white shade. A second table with a similar lamp is behind the chair. A short flight of open-tread stairs behind the chair leads to a grey-carpeted area, from which similar stairs lead to the mezzanine. Unsigned. |
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| Credit line | Given by Frank Toshack |
| Summary | Set design by Michael Annals for Kenneth Jupp's play The Photographer, Theatre Royal, Windsor, 1964. Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration. The Photographer was directed by Shirley Butler and featured Alan Dobie, Sue Lloyd and Tenniel Evans. |
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| Accession number | S.34-2019 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2019 |
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