Theatre
Prowse, Philip (5 of 27) An Oral History of Theatre Design
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Type
sound
Duration
00:24:47
Shelf mark
C1173/03
Recording date
2005-11-01, 2005-11-09, 2005-11-16, 2005-11-23, 2005-12-07, 2005-12-14, 2005-12-21
Recording locations
Interviewee's home, Chelsea
Interviewees
Prowse, Philip 1937- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
O'Ryan, Lydia (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 5: Formative influence on PP of RSC productions (continued); mentions Peter Brook's productions of 'Measure for Measure' and ' Romeo and Juliet' ; Beatrix Lehman as Viola (Twelfth Night), Peggy Ashcroft as Cleopatra in 'Antony & Cleopatra', Laurence Olivier in ' Titus Andronicus', ' Macbeth' and ' Twelfth Night' as Malvolio, Vivien Leigh as Viola, Lady Macbeth and Lavinia ('Titus Andronicus' ); John Gielgud; Ralph Richardson as 'Volpone'. Comments on acting standard. Anecdote about Paul Robson's ' Othello'. PP's desire to be a designer; visits to the Ballet. Remarks on stagecraft and notion of design as information. Reference to contemporary television production of 'Bleak House' in relation to notions of context. (refers to Esther, Ada, Woodcourt, John Jarndyce). Mentions Visconti in relation to use of context. Comments on recent production of Noel Coward's ' The Vortex'. Remarks on learning Shakespeare at school; refers to Palgrave's Golden Treasury, 'Ozymandias, King of Kings'. [Tape 3 Side B: BLANK]
Description
Life story interview with Philip Prowse (1937-), theatre designer.
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