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At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the navy. In 1943, he was granted a temporary release to design the costumes and armour for Laurence Olivier's film version of Shakespeare's Henry V (1944). [4] In 1945, at the end of the war, he was reunited with Olivier at the Old Vic company in London. [2] Hamlet, 1948, costume designed by Furse
King Claudius is a fictional character and the main antagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle and later stepfather to Prince Hamlet. He obtained the throne of Denmark by murdering his brother with poison and then marrying the late king's widow.
Nikolai Massalitinov as Claudius and Olga Knipper as Gertrude. The Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet was a 1911–12 production of Hamlet, produced by Konstantin Stanislavski and Edward Gordon Craig. It is particularly important in the history of performances of Hamlet and of 20th-century theatre in general. [1]
Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous character. The film also features Glenn Close , Alan Bates , Paul Scofield , Ian Holm , Helena Bonham Carter , Stephen Dillane , and Nathaniel Parker .
Basil Sydney as Claudius, the King. Claudius is the brother, and murderer, of the late King Hamlet, and he marries his brother's widow only two months after the King's death. An English actor, Sydney had a long and prolific career on both stage and screen. In 1923, at the age of 29, he played Hamlet in a modern-dress stage production.
Olivier Awards 1985, Designer of the Year for The Mysteries and The Critics; Olivier Awards 1986, Designer of the Year for The Futurists, Kafka's Dick and Merry Wives of Windsor; Olivier Awards 1993, Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for Heartbreak House & The Rise and Fall of Little Voice; BAFTA 1995 - Best Production Design for Persuasion
Productions included: 1948 Troilus and Cressida in which Paul Scofield played Troilus, the 1953 Antony and Cleopatra and 1957 As You Like It both featuring Peggy Ashcroft, The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1955 with Anthony Quayle, Hamlet in 1958 with Michael Redgrave in the title role, and Googie Withers as his mother, Gertrude; the production ...
Willy Clarkson who designed costumes for London's West End theatre; Theoni V. Aldredge: Annie, Barnum, A Chorus Line; Bob Mackie: On the Town; Desmond Heeley: Brigadoon; Julie Taymor: The Lion King; Gregg Barnes: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Ann Roth: Assassins; Jane Greenwood: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Once Upon a Mattress; Santo Loquasto: Fosse, Ragtime