Oedipus Rex
Costume Design
1945 (drawn)
1945 (drawn)
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In 1945 Tyrone Guthrie planned to produce Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic with designs by Sophie Fedorovitch. Fedorovitch had completed the costume designs when it was decided to make this part of a double bill with Sheridan's play The Critic. Guthrie then pulled out and the production passed to Michel St. Denis with designs from John Piper.
Object details
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| Title | Oedipus Rex (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Sophie Fedorovitch for a female attendant or member of the chorus in a proposed production of Oedipus Rex, 1945 |
| Physical description | Minoan-style costume design for a female attendant or member of the chorus. She wears a white bodice decorated with black vertical wavy stripes and a black neck trim or necklace. The long skirt is yellow with a white front panel edged in black. It has vertical grey stripes, possibly intended to suggest shadow. On her head she has a black curled wig and a black crown headdress. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts |
| Object history | One of a large lot of Fedorovitch designs, then unidentified, acquired by Richard Buckle for £160 at the auction of Simon Fleet's estate in Salisbury. These designs were purchased for Buckle's Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts. They were later given by Buckle to the V&A on behalf of the Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts. |
| Summary | In 1945 Tyrone Guthrie planned to produce Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic with designs by Sophie Fedorovitch. Fedorovitch had completed the costume designs when it was decided to make this part of a double bill with Sheridan's play The Critic. Guthrie then pulled out and the production passed to Michel St. Denis with designs from John Piper. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.642-2019 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2019 |
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