Costume Design
ca.1932 (made)
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Projected costume design by Theodore Komisarjevsky for Simon Shadow in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV Part II, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, ca.1932.
Russian theatre director and stage designer Theodore Komisarjevsky (1882-1954) came to England in 1919. He established himself as a skilled and often controversial director, introducing British audiences to the plays of Russian dramatists and staging unconventional productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. His first production at Stratford was The Merchant of Venice in 1932, and he also directed and designed Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew. He did not direct a production of Henry IV Part II, though both parts of Henry IV were staged in 1932 to open the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, directed and designed by W. Bridges-Adams.
Russian theatre director and stage designer Theodore Komisarjevsky (1882-1954) came to England in 1919. He established himself as a skilled and often controversial director, introducing British audiences to the plays of Russian dramatists and staging unconventional productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. His first production at Stratford was The Merchant of Venice in 1932, and he also directed and designed Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew. He did not direct a production of Henry IV Part II, though both parts of Henry IV were staged in 1932 to open the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, directed and designed by W. Bridges-Adams.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Projected costume design by Theodore Komisarjevsky for Simon Shadow in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV Part II, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, ca.1932. |
| Physical description | Costume design for Shadow in Henry IV Part II, showing a full-length male figure in a stylised Elizabethan costume of brown and black double with dagged lower edge, baggy brown breeches and wide brimmed brown hat. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Shadow / recruit / ombre' (Annotation in pencil, upper left hand corner.) |
| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | This design was acquired by the British Theatre Museum Association from Wing Commander Stephenson in April 1968. |
| Literary reference | Henry IV Part II |
| Summary | Projected costume design by Theodore Komisarjevsky for Simon Shadow in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV Part II, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, ca.1932. Russian theatre director and stage designer Theodore Komisarjevsky (1882-1954) came to England in 1919. He established himself as a skilled and often controversial director, introducing British audiences to the plays of Russian dramatists and staging unconventional productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. His first production at Stratford was The Merchant of Venice in 1932, and he also directed and designed Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew. He did not direct a production of Henry IV Part II, though both parts of Henry IV were staged in 1932 to open the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, directed and designed by W. Bridges-Adams. |
| Other number | 1968/A/30 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.227-2011 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2011 |
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