Dressed to kill: the costume design for Merry debaucheries and a Dance with death

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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts
dc.contributor.supervisorWasilewski, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-24T17:06:33Z
dc.date.available2023-05-24T17:06:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractEdgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death has been adapted with both metaphorical and literal representations of death as in Mia van Leeuwen’s devised adaptation performed at the University of Lethbridge in 2022 for A Night at the Grand Guignol: 2022. In the costume and mask design for Prospero and his court members I endeavoured to contribute to the atmosphere of a strange world where nothing mattered except the amusements of an elite group hiding from the terrors of a real-life threat of plague. I also sought to create a unique representation of death, personified, that is both beautiful and terrifying. In this paper I outline the research into the obscure style of theatre used in this production, its connection to Gothic literature, the historical representations of Death in art, and the costume design for the Emcee character, Prospero and his court, and the Death character.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6498
dc.language.isoen
dc.proquest.subject0357
dc.proquest.subject0465
dc.proquest.subject0389
dc.proquestyesYes
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Drama
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Drama
dc.publisher.facultyFine Arts
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts)
dc.subjectEdgar Allan Poe
dc.subjectpersonification of death
dc.subjectcostume design
dc.subjectmask design
dc.subjectdanse macabre
dc.subjectdevised theatre
dc.subject.lcshPoe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death (Play : 2022)
dc.subject.lcshDeath in art
dc.subject.lcshDeath (Personification)--Drama
dc.subject.lcshCostume design--Equipment and supplies
dc.subject.lcshCostume design--Digital techniques
dc.subject.lcshClothing and dress--Computer-aided design
dc.subject.lcshTheaters--Special effects--Equipment and supplies
dc.subject.lcshMasques
dc.subject.lcshCollege theater--Alberta--Lethbridge--21st century
dc.subject.lcshEnsemble theater--Alberta--Lethbridge--21 century
dc.subject.lcshPlague--Drama
dc.subject.lcshDance of death in art
dc.titleDressed to kill: the costume design for Merry debaucheries and a Dance with death
dc.typeThesis
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