Costume Design
1987-1988 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Costume design by Richard Hudson for Pyrrhus in Andromache, 1988
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and crayon on card |
| Brief description | Costume design by Richard Hudson for Pyrrhus in Andromache, 1988 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Pyrrhus' (Textual information. Lower right hand side of figure.) |
| Object history | Richard Hudson designed all but one of the productions in Jonathan Miller's season at the Old Vic in 1988. The success of his designs for Andromache, Too Clever By Half, Bussy D'Ambois, One Way Pendulum and The Tempest won him the 1988 Designer of the Year Award in both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Drama Magazine Awards. Associated production: Andromache. Playwright: Racine. Designer: Richard Hudson. Director: Jonathan Miller. Actor: Peter Eyre. Old Vic, London, 19.1.1988. Performance category: Drama. Peter Eyre played the role of Pyrrhus in this production. Set model and designs by Richard Hudson for Andromache: S.826 to S.834-1997. Set model and designs by Richard Hudson for Too Clever By Half: S.835 - S.844-1997. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.833-1997 |
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| Record created | October 7, 2010 |
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