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Costume Design and Production for The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes

Kuhn, Samantha Anne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365605493

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2013, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Theatre.
The purpose of this paper is to document the costume design and production process for Rupert Holmes’ musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, as produced by the Department of Theatre and the School of Music at The Ohio State University and directed by A. Scott Parry, the School of Music’s Director of Lyric Theatre. The musical was presented in the Thurber Theatre at Ohio State, November 7 through November 11, 2012. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a musical in which a Victorian Music Hall troupe in 1892 England performs a dramatization of Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Told in the vaudevillian manner of English Music Hall Theatre of the late nineteenth century, the piece utilizes song, dance, bawdy humor and audience participation to tell and ultimately discover an ending to Dickens’ story. Research and designs for the production were derived from photographs, historical research and artwork of Music Hall performers and everyday English citizens from the late nineteenth century. The scenic design transformed the Thurber Theatre into a nineteenth century Music Hall, necessitating that the costume design also transform the actors into Victorian performers to support the historical demands of the script and to create an authentic experience for the audience. The lighting design aided the melodramatic nature of the piece and the sound was all produced live, as it would have been in the 1890’s.
Kristine Kearney (Advisor)
Mary Tarantino (Committee Member)
A. Scott Parry (Committee Member)
Theater

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  • Kuhn, S. A. (2013). Costume Design and Production for The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365605493

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kuhn, Samantha. Costume Design and Production for The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365605493.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kuhn, Samantha. "Costume Design and Production for The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365605493

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