Charles Ricketts’ Stage Designs

Synopsis

Slide set. Between 1906 and his death in 1931, Charles Ricketts was the foremost practising designer of his generation in England working with Shaw, Granville Barker, Yeats and Sybil Thorndike. The slides illustrate Ricketts’ theory that the stage should always be a work of kinetic art, embodying a disciplined and intense beauty. Many of the illustrations have not been reproduced before. Includes material from Macbeth (1879 & 1883), The Merchant of Venice (1879), Much Ado About Nothing (1882), Henry VIII (1885, 1892 & 1910).

Series

Theatre in Focus

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia

Year of release

1987

Availability

Sale

Credits

Writer

Richard Allen Cave

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Hamlet; Henry VIII; Macbeth; Merchant of Venice, The; Much Ado About Nothing

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Ricketts, Charles; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); stage design

Notes

Notes

A 75-page monograph accompanies the slide set.

Documentation

Accompanying 102-page book giving detailed commentary on the slides and a bibliography.

Production Company

Name

Chadwyck-Healey Ltd

Notes

Now known as ProQuest (3/04)

Sponsor

Name

Consortium for Drama & Media in Higher Education

Web

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7393 1500

Fax

020 7393 1555

Address

c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London W1T 3QJ

Distributor

Name

ProQuest Information and Learning

Email

marketing@chadwyck.co.uk

Web

http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/default.shtml External site opens in new window

Phone

01223 215512

Fax

01223 215514

Address

UMI
The Quorum
Barnwell Road
Cambridge
CB5 8SW

Notes

formerly known as Chadwyck Healey