Rookery Nook
Costume Design
1979 (made)
1979 (made)
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Costume design by Michael Annals for Cherith Mellor as Poppy Dickey in Act III (costume A) in Ben Travers's play Rookery Nook, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1979.
Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.
Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.
Object details
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| Title | Rookery Nook (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, ink, and pencil on paper, with photocopied image |
| Brief description | Costume design by Michael Annals for Cherith Mellor as Poppy Dickey in Act III (costume A) in Ben Travers's play Rookery Nook, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1979 |
| Physical description | Costume design for Poppy Dickey in Act III (costume A) in Rookery Nook. Full length female figure wearing a tiered short-sleeved knee-length dress in blue with a white panel in the bodice and a chequer pattern red and white trim at neck, sleeves and skirt edges. Supported by a red strap round her neck, she has a red and white striped tray of charity flags, each decorated with the St George's Cross. She holds a flag in her right hand. Behind her is a reproduction of a black and white image, cut out and pasted on to the design, showing a sailing dinghy, right, listing at a dangerous angle. Annotated by the artist with the play title, the producing company, the date, the character's name, the act number and the costume identification ('a'), in ink. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Michael Annals |
| Summary | Costume design by Michael Annals for Cherith Mellor as Poppy Dickey in Act III (costume A) in Ben Travers's play Rookery Nook, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1979. Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page and Shaw's Heartbreak House. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration. |
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| Accession number | S.640-1991 |
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