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The Impresario

Theatre Design
1968 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design by Malcolm Pride for Terence Knapp and Yehudi Menuhin in The Impresario, Phoenix Opera Company, Bath, 1968.

Malcolm Pride (1930-2003) trained at the Old Vic School. His first major design commission was Volpone for the 1952 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. He went on to design sets and costumes for theatre, ballet and opera productions, and his work was seen in London's West End, at Sadler's Wells and the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1973 he became Head of the Theatre Design Department at Wimbledon College of Art, a post which he held for 27 years.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Impresario (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Design by Malcolm Pride for Yehudi Menuhin and Terence Knapp in The Impresario, Phoenix Opera Company, Bath, 1968
Physical description
Pencil design for Yehudi Menuhin and Terence Knapp in <i>The Impresario,</i> Phoenix Opera Company, Bath, 1968. It shows two designs for shoes, one a shoe with a central buckle and high upper with a central 'tongue', the other, a backless slipper. Handwritten annotation providing details about fabric and colours has been added to the design using pencil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.3cm
  • Width: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'YEHUDI MENUHIN' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, left hand side of design)
  • 'Rather scuffed/and dilapidated black/leather shoes - small gunmetal buttons.' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, left hand side.)
  • 'NO' (Handwritten annotation in blue biro, right hand side.)
  • 'TERENCE KNAPP' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, centre left of design)
  • 'Size 9' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, centre of design)
  • 'Dilapidated/Old Red Slippers/leather-velvet/or what you will' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, right hand side of the design.)
  • 'TERENCE KNAPP' (Handwritten annotation in pencil, bottom left hand corner of the design.)
  • 'Stock' (Handwritten annotation in blue biro, centre of design.)
Credit line
Given by the estate of Malcolm Pride
Summary
Design by Malcolm Pride for Terence Knapp and Yehudi Menuhin in The Impresario, Phoenix Opera Company, Bath, 1968.

Malcolm Pride (1930-2003) trained at the Old Vic School. His first major design commission was Volpone for the 1952 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. He went on to design sets and costumes for theatre, ballet and opera productions, and his work was seen in London's West End, at Sadler's Wells and the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1973 he became Head of the Theatre Design Department at Wimbledon College of Art, a post which he held for 27 years.
Collection
Accession number
S.332-2015

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Record createdMarch 27, 2015
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