Othello
Costume Design
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| Place of origin |
Alison Kelly (1913 – 2016) was an English art historian and authority on Coade stone and Wedgewood. Kelly was born in Liverpool to a Quaker family and educated at Oxford University.
During the 1930s, Kelly worked as a set and costume designer at the Westminster Theatre in London. She designed a number of productions including Othello, The Emperor Jones, Lovely to Look At and Romeo and Juliet. During the war, Kelly was involved with the camouflage unit in Leamington Spa, where artists and technicians used models to assess how to disguise factories and other bombing targets. She returned to theatre in the post-war period designing touring productions including The School for Scandal and The Anatomist. Kelly will be best remembered for her work on ceramics and Coade stone, the artificial stone developed by Eleanor Stone in the 18th century.
During the 1930s, Kelly worked as a set and costume designer at the Westminster Theatre in London. She designed a number of productions including Othello, The Emperor Jones, Lovely to Look At and Romeo and Juliet. During the war, Kelly was involved with the camouflage unit in Leamington Spa, where artists and technicians used models to assess how to disguise factories and other bombing targets. She returned to theatre in the post-war period designing touring productions including The School for Scandal and The Anatomist. Kelly will be best remembered for her work on ceramics and Coade stone, the artificial stone developed by Eleanor Stone in the 18th century.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Othello (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Costume design for Roderigo in Othello |
| Physical description | Full length figure of a man wearing pink leggings and a plum coloured cloak. He is holding a hankerchief in his left hand. He has a ruff around his neck. |
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| Credit line | Given by the estate of Averill Alison Kelly |
| Summary | Alison Kelly (1913 – 2016) was an English art historian and authority on Coade stone and Wedgewood. Kelly was born in Liverpool to a Quaker family and educated at Oxford University. During the 1930s, Kelly worked as a set and costume designer at the Westminster Theatre in London. She designed a number of productions including Othello, The Emperor Jones, Lovely to Look At and Romeo and Juliet. During the war, Kelly was involved with the camouflage unit in Leamington Spa, where artists and technicians used models to assess how to disguise factories and other bombing targets. She returned to theatre in the post-war period designing touring productions including The School for Scandal and The Anatomist. Kelly will be best remembered for her work on ceramics and Coade stone, the artificial stone developed by Eleanor Stone in the 18th century. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.283-2018 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2018 |
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