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'''Paul Shelving''' (1888–1968) was a British [[theatre designer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/paul-shelving-1888|title=''Paul Shelving'', British Council − Visual Arts|work=[[British Council]]|accessdate=20 July 2015| |
'''Paul Shelving''' (1888–1968) was a British [[theatre designer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/paul-shelving-1888|title=''Paul Shelving'', British Council − Visual Arts|work=[[British Council]]|accessdate=20 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722091926/http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/paul-shelving-1888|archivedate=22 July 2015}}</ref> He worked at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] and for the [[The Malvern Festival (1929-1939)|Malvern Festival]] and at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre|Shakespeare Theatre]] in Stratford-upon-Avon. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre soon after [[First World War]]. <ref>{{cite book|last=Gill|first=Maud|title=See the Players|year=1948|publisher=George Ronald|location=Birmingham|page=267|edition=Second}}</ref> He designed productions for over forty years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cochrane|first=Claire|title=The Birmingham Rep: A City's Theatre 1962-2002|year=2003|publisher=Sir Barry Jackson Trust|location=Birmingham}}</ref> |
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His designs covered many styles. In ''The Immortal Hour'' he produced a mysterious forest in the [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] style, with patterned tree trunks and a misty atmosphere. <ref name=Rosenfeld>{{cite book|last=Rosenfeld|first=Sybil|title=A Short History of Scene Design in Great Britain|year=1973|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford}}</ref> |
His designs covered many styles. In ''The Immortal Hour'' he produced a mysterious forest in the [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] style, with patterned tree trunks and a misty atmosphere. <ref name=Rosenfeld>{{cite book|last=Rosenfeld|first=Sybil|title=A Short History of Scene Design in Great Britain|year=1973|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:23, 27 September 2019
Paul Shelving (1888–1968) was a British theatre designer.[1] He worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and for the Malvern Festival and at the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre soon after First World War. [2] He designed productions for over forty years.[3]
His designs covered many styles. In The Immortal Hour he produced a mysterious forest in the symbolist style, with patterned tree trunks and a misty atmosphere. [4]
For the 1923 production of Cymbeline, Shelving's modern setting and dress was one of the first of its kind.[4]
His designs for The Tempest at Stratford in 1946 was "magical and fantastic with ranges of coloured crags. Shelving was a fine colourist who enjoyed blocking out broad masses in patterns." [4]
References
- ^ "Paul Shelving, British Council − Visual Arts". British Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Gill, Maud (1948). See the Players (Second ed.). Birmingham: George Ronald. p. 267.
- ^ Cochrane, Claire (2003). The Birmingham Rep: A City's Theatre 1962-2002. Birmingham: Sir Barry Jackson Trust.
- ^ a b c Rosenfeld, Sybil (1973). A Short History of Scene Design in Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell.
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