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Set Design

Set Design
1968 (Painted, Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Stone, Alix (Theatre designer)
Place of origin
Scotland (designed)

2 Projected Set Designs mounted on to one piece of mounting paper. Both designs, painted in yellow, brown and white, depict a row of houses and a pathway in a fishing village next to a rocky foreshore and the sea. Both designs have a brown border painted around the scene.


Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Set design
TitleSet Design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen & Ink, and Ink, on Paper
Paper
Ink
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Two projected set design on one sheet by Alix Stone for "Peter Grimes", Scottish Opera, Edinburgh King's Theatre, August 19th 1968.
Physical description
2 Projected Set Designs mounted on to one piece of mounting paper. Both designs, painted in yellow, brown and white, depict a row of houses and a pathway in a fishing village next to a rocky foreshore and the sea. Both designs have a brown border painted around the scene.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 464mm
  • Mount width: 388mm
  • Upper design height: 151mm
  • Upper design width: 211mm
  • Lower design, partially painted onto the mount height: 147mm
  • Lower design partially painted onto the mount. width: 215mm
The designs have been glued directly onto the mount.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' A. S. ' (Signature; On reverse lower right hand corner.; handwriting; ink)
  • ' Peter Grimes Roughs - ' (Textual information; On reverse lower right hand corner.; handwriting; ink)
Object history
This set design by Alix Stone is part of an extensive collection of designs purchased by the Theatre Museum directly from the artist in 1994. The design was executed for a production of Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes", performed by Scottish Opera at the Edinburgh King's Theatre, August 19th 1968. The libretto by Montagu Slater is based on George Crabbe's poem "The Borough". The production was conducted by Alexander Gibson; directed by Colin Graham; and lit by Charles Bristow. The cast included Richard Cassilly as Peter and Phyllis Curtin as Ellen Orford.

The production was later revived by Scottish Opera in the springs of 1973 and 1980, and by English National Opera North in the spring of 1979.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Opera
Theatre, Set Design
Fishing Villages
Associations
Britten, Benjamin Edward (Lord)
Crabbe, George
Literary referencePeter Grimes
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.253-2001

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Record createdJune 1, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O59341/set-design-set-design-stone-alix/
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