Costume design
Costume Design
1947 (Painted, Drawn)
1947 (Painted, Drawn)
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Costume design for Bernard Miles as Christopher Sly. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a ragged "renaissance" style costume, and carrying a basket of "filthy oddments" on his back. A pencil drawing of the figure's head wearing a straw hat is in the upper left hand corner.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, and Gouache, on Paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Alix Stone for Bernard Miles as Christopher Sly in "The Taming of the Shrew", Old Vic Company, New Theatre, August 26th 1947. |
| Physical description | Costume design for Bernard Miles as Christopher Sly. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a ragged "renaissance" style costume, and carrying a basket of "filthy oddments" on his back. A pencil drawing of the figure's head wearing a straw hat is in the upper left hand corner. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| 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 |
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| Literary reference | The Taming of the Shrew |
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| Accession number | S.277-2001 |
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| Record created | June 5, 2001 |
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