Costume Design
1988 (made)
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Sheet of costume designs by Richard Hudson for Mme Maniefa, Matriosha and Lubinka in Too Clever By Half, 1988
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Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and crayon on card |
Brief description | Sheet of costume designs by Richard Hudson for Mme Maniefa, Matriosha and Lubinka in Too Clever By Half, 1988 |
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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: Too Clever By Half, or, Even a Wise Man Stumbles, or, The Diary of a Scoundrel. Designer: Richard Hudson. Director: Richard Jones. Actors: Celia Gore Booth, Katharine Page, Ann Way. Old Vic, London. Rodney Ackland's adaptation was originally called The Diary of a Scoundrel and has been performed elsewhere under this title. The play has also been translated as Even a Wise Man Stumbles. Celia Gore Booth played the role of Mme Maniefa, Katharine Page played the role of Matriosha and Ann Way played the role of Lubinka 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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Accession number | S.837-1997 |
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Record created | October 7, 2010 |
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