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Costume design

Costume Design
1947 (Painted, Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Stone, Alix (Costume designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)

Costume frieze. The design depicts 34 full length figures wearing "renaissance" style costume. The design is extensively annotated by the artist.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Designs
Object type
Costume design
TitleCostume design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, Pen & Ink, Ink, and White Paint, on Paper
Paper
Pencil
Ink
Paint
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Costume frieze by Alix Stone for "The Taming of the Shrew", Old Vic Company, New Theatre, August 26th 1947.
Physical description
Costume frieze. The design depicts 34 full length figures wearing "renaissance" style costume. The design is extensively annotated by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 380mm
  • Width: 476mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' 2 & 3 Bianca Widow 2 Katherine Wedding Bianca 1 1 3 Katherine 4 / Petruchio 4 ' (Textual information; Across the bottom of the design.; handwriting; ink)
  • ' Pedant as Vincentio Tabard - with fur edge round neck Pedant Vincentio / Biondello Tranio Petruchio Gummio Lucentio Hortensio Gremio / Baptista ' (Textual information; Across the middle of the design.; handwriting; ink)
  • ' Servants + Curtis ' (Textual information; Across the top of the design.; handwriting; ink)
  • ' Sly - Light - col - / " Own coat + fur outside - / Bianca Kate / Cloaks for outside ' (Textual information; Vertically along the left hand edge of the design.; handwriting; pencil)
Object history
This costume 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 William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew", performed by the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre, August 26th 1947. The production was directed by John Burrell; the sets were designed by Kathleen Ankers; the costumes were designed by Audrey Cruddas; and the lighting was by John Sullivan. Alix Stone designed the costumes for the Prologue.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subject depicted
Costume Design
Associations
Shakespeare, William
Cruddas, Audrey
Literary referenceThe Taming of the Shrew
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.276-2001

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Record createdJune 5, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O59395/costume-design-costume-design-stone-alix/
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