Set and costume designs for The House of Flowers (Alvin, 1954)

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This series includes set designs and set model pieces, sketches of costumes and final designs, colour palettes and costume and set notes

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The House of Flowers, a musical in two acts by Truman Capote set in a West Indies bordello. Oliver Messel's production was first performed at the Alvin Theatre, New York on 30 December, 1954 and directed by Peter Brook. It was choreographed by Herbert Ross with music by Harold Arlen and featured Diahann Carroll as Ottilie and Pearl Bailey as Madame Fleur. Messel won an Antoinette Perry 'Tony' award in 1956 for his set designs.

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Oliver Messel Collectiongb71THM/321

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Costume and set designs for Le Comte Ory (Glyndebourne, 1954)THM/321/4

Set designs for The Country Wife (Old Vic, 1936)THM/321/5

Costume and set designs for The Dark is Light Enough (Aldwych, 1954)THM/321/6

Costume and set designs for Die EntfÃ¼hrung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne, 1956)THM/321/7

Set designs for Francesca da Rimini (Royal Opera House, 1937)THM/321/8

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Set designs for Helen (Adelphi, 1932)THM/321/10

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Set and costume designs for The House of Flowers (Alvin, 1954)THM/321/12

Costume and set designs for Idomeneo (Glyndebourne, 1951)THM/321/13

Costume designs for The Lady's not for Burning (Globe, 1949)THM/321/14

Costume and set designs for Letter from Paris (Aldwych, 1952)THM/321/15

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Costume and set designs for The Magic Flute (Royal Opera House, 1947 and 1956)THM/321/17

Set and costume designs for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Old Vic, 1937)THM/321/18

Set and costume designs for Le Nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne, 1955 and revisions)THM/321/19

Set and costume designs for The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera House, 1950)THM/321/21

Costume and set designs for Rashomon (Music Box, 1959)THM/321/22

Costume and set designs for Ring Round the Moon (Globe, 1950)THM/321/23

Set designs for The Rivals (Criterion, 1945)THM/321/24

Costume designs for Romeo and Juliet (Broadhurst, 1951)THM/321/25

Costume and set designs for Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne, 1959)THM/321/26

Costume and set designs for Samson (Royal Opera House, 1958)THM/321/27

Costume and set designs for The School for Scandal (Det Ny Theatre, Copenhagen, 1958)THM/321/28

Costume and set designs for Sleeping Beauty (Royal Opera House, 1946)THM/321/29

Costume and set designs and other papers for The Sleeping Princess (Metropolitan Opera House, 1976)THM/321/30

Costume and set designs for Tough at the Top (Adelphi, 1949)THM/321/31

Costume and set designs for Traveller without Luggage (ANTA Theatre, New York, 1964)THM/321/32

Costume and set designs for Twang!! (Shaftesbury, 1965)THM/321/33

Costume and set designs for Under the Sycamore Tree (Aldwych, 1952)THM/321/34

Costume and set designs for ZÃ©mire et Azor (Bath Theatre Royal, 1955)THM/321/35

Costume and set designs, film productionsTHM/321/FIL

Architecture and interior designTHM/321/ARC

Other working papersTHM/321/PAP

PhotographsTHM/321/PHO