Costume Design
1955 (made)
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Costume design by Mariano Andreu for a Courtier in William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 April 1955.
Spanish artist Mariano Andreu (1888-1976) began to design for the stage in Paris in the 1920s. John Gielgud saw his work and invited Andreu to create the costumes and settings for Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1949. The production was a great success and was toured and revived in Stratford and London. Andreu went on to design a number of productions in Britain during the 1950s, including Hamlet with Alec Guinness as the Prince at the New Theatre, London, and Berlioz's opera The Trojans at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
All Well That Ends Well was directed by Noel Willman, with Joyce Redman as Helena, Rosalind Atkinson as the Countess and Michael Denison as Bertram. The costume shown in this design was worn by Richard Coe. Theatre critic Ivor Brown, summing up the production in a published photographic record of the 1954 - 1956 Stratford seasons, called the design 'sumptuous in the Caroline manner: if play and performance were not always a satisfaction to the ear and mind, the eye was constantly gratified by a pageant of cavaliers'.
Spanish artist Mariano Andreu (1888-1976) began to design for the stage in Paris in the 1920s. John Gielgud saw his work and invited Andreu to create the costumes and settings for Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1949. The production was a great success and was toured and revived in Stratford and London. Andreu went on to design a number of productions in Britain during the 1950s, including Hamlet with Alec Guinness as the Prince at the New Theatre, London, and Berlioz's opera The Trojans at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
All Well That Ends Well was directed by Noel Willman, with Joyce Redman as Helena, Rosalind Atkinson as the Countess and Michael Denison as Bertram. The costume shown in this design was worn by Richard Coe. Theatre critic Ivor Brown, summing up the production in a published photographic record of the 1954 - 1956 Stratford seasons, called the design 'sumptuous in the Caroline manner: if play and performance were not always a satisfaction to the ear and mind, the eye was constantly gratified by a pageant of cavaliers'.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, pencil and gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Mariano Andreu for a Courtier in William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 April 1955. |
| Physical description | Costume design for a Courtier in All's Well That Ends Well, showing a full-length male figure in 1630s style costume. He wears a rust coloured doublet and breeches, a wide-collared white shirt, white stockings and black shoes, a narrow-brimmed black plumed hat and has a short gold trimmed black cloak over his left shoulder. His left hand rests on metal railings. |
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| Literary reference | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Summary | Costume design by Mariano Andreu for a Courtier in William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 April 1955. Spanish artist Mariano Andreu (1888-1976) began to design for the stage in Paris in the 1920s. John Gielgud saw his work and invited Andreu to create the costumes and settings for Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1949. The production was a great success and was toured and revived in Stratford and London. Andreu went on to design a number of productions in Britain during the 1950s, including Hamlet with Alec Guinness as the Prince at the New Theatre, London, and Berlioz's opera The Trojans at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. All Well That Ends Well was directed by Noel Willman, with Joyce Redman as Helena, Rosalind Atkinson as the Countess and Michael Denison as Bertram. The costume shown in this design was worn by Richard Coe. Theatre critic Ivor Brown, summing up the production in a published photographic record of the 1954 - 1956 Stratford seasons, called the design 'sumptuous in the Caroline manner: if play and performance were not always a satisfaction to the ear and mind, the eye was constantly gratified by a pageant of cavaliers'. |
| Other number | 6 - Previous loan number |
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| Accession number | S.14-2011 |
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| Record created | October 14, 2011 |
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