Emma Williams Art

Nottingham Trent Theatre Design Student

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Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. 2006. The theatre was originally designed by the same architect of Theatre Royal; Charles John Phipps.

http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/HerMajestysTheatre.htm

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C.J. Phipps

Born in Bath, his first major work was the rebuilding of Theatre Royal, Bath in 1862/3, after the old theatre had been destroyed by fire. Moving to London, he quickly established himself as the leading theatrical architect, building, in rapid succession, the Queen's Theatre (1867), the Gaiety Theatre (1868), the Olympic Theatre (1870) and the Vaudeville Theatre (1871). His Savoy Theatre (1881), a state-of-the-art facility, was the first public building in the world lit entirely by electric light.[1] Other major London theatres included the Strand (1882), the Prince's (1884), the Lyric (1888), the original Shaftesbury Theatre (1888), the Garrick (1889), the Tivoli (1890) and Daly's (1893). In addition the Phipps's London theatres, he was responsible for over forty theatres in the provinces. He also designed Leinster Hall in Dublin (opened in 1886 and closed in 1895), the Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond (demolished in 1919) and the Savoy Turkish Bath.

Phipps was chosen to design the Royal Institute of British Architects’ own premises at 9 Conduit Street. The building is still there, though no longer occupied by the RIBA (now in Portland Place) and is considered by some to reflect the influence of the architect’s native town. He was a fellow (1866) of the Royal Institute of British Architects, serving on its council in 1875-6, and also of the Society of Antiquaries.[2]

Phipps died on 25 May 1897, aged 62.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Phipps

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It's amazing to see that this theatre built for £15000 in 1865 has lasted for so long.

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We went to 'scope out' where 'School for Scandal' will be set and discovered it is going to be a promenade piece that moves through the theatre royal. Starting from in front of the building outside.

The following pictures are my own of 'Theatre Royal Nottingham'

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Painting based on The Beggar's Opera, scene 5, William Hogarth, c. 1728, in the Tate Britain

Our other option is 'The Beggar's Opera' by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch

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John Gielgud as Joseph Surface in The School for Scandal, 1937

Photo by Gordon Anthony.

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Viv and Larry in costume for the play The School for Scandal, 1949.

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Vivien Leigh backstage of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, 1949.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, tipped-in colour plates by Hugh Thomson

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The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sherida

As a celebration of 150 years of The Theatre Royal Nottingham the first performance 'The School for Scandal' is being opened in September. 

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Spring Term

18th Century Costume Begins

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Photoshop edits, using general filters again, but this time trying to create an atmosphere which shows Gertrude's uncertainty/ her hesitation to get between her husband and son.

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Queen Gertrude

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Showing the difference that the light will have upon my set - intense light will make the bright undertones in my pastel walls come out, so another filter for the lights would be needed or an additional cover of peeling white wash over the walls will dull this.

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Ghost Scene, perhaps I could set up a projector and using mad mapper map intense white light onto the edges of the hall surfaces whilst also setting up a smoke machine - this with the smashing morgue doors and wind howling outside could make the ghost scene eerie.