Costume design sketches for the Globe production of Henry V by Jonathan Fensom. See more by clicking on the image.
Becoming Caliban. A video by opera singer Luca Pisaroni: the process of applying his makeup and costume in order to play Caliban in The Enchanted Island.
John Singer Sargent
Ellen Terry as Lady MacBeth (1889)
Oil on canvas, 87 x 45 in (221 x 114.3 cm)
Tate Britain, London
Images of the actual costume worn by Ellen Terry (restored by the National Trust and now on display at Ellen Terry’s former home, Smallhythe Place) come from the blog: Glass of Fashion. Follow the link for more photos of the costume.
60-second tour around the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Costume Hire department.
(Source: youtube.com)
A costume sketch for the character of Ariel in The Enchanted Island.
Courtesy: Julian Crouch. Costume design by Kevin Pollard.
Tempest
by Sandy Powell
Once again it seems the world of comic books and Shakespeare meet. No I’m not talking about the upcoming Kenneth Branagh directed film adaptation of Thor (2011). In 1969 Jack Kirby, the creator of such characters as Captain America, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, designed costumes for a college production of Julius Caesar.
In 1969, Sheldon Feldner contacted Marvel Comics, asking if one of Marvel’s artists would be interested in designing costumes for a production of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar by the University Theatre Company at Santa Cruz at the newly-built Cowell College of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
…Stan Lee recommended that Feldner contact Jack Kirby. Kirby designed the costumes and provided a drawing that was used on posters, handbills and programs at no cost to the students.
More images can be found at the Jack Kirby Museum website:
