Maquette for Richard III
Maker and role
Artist: Ralph Koltai, British, born Germany, 1924-2018
Year
ca. 1979
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Lead, painted metal, and wood
Measurements
10 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 19in (26 x 48.9 x 48.3cm)
Credit line
Gift of The Tobin Endowment
Accession number
TL2002.140
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Play by William Shakespeare. Produced by the National Theatre, London, 1979.
Further information
Koltai made the maquette with sheets of grey, cold, hard metal to suggest the brutality of Shakespeare's murderous king. Onstage, the walls tilted and slid back and forth, menacingly. The wall with the "u" cut in the top even served as a block for beheading rivals to the throne. The stage ran red with rivulets of blood.
Copyright
© Ralph Koltai
Documentation
Theatre Design & Technology; Winter 2014; p. 33-34
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