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Wasilewski, Julia Johnson, Jaime University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts 2023-05-24T17:06:33Z 2023-05-24T17:06:33Z 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/10133/6498 Edgar 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. en Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Drama Fine Arts Department of Drama Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts) Edgar Allan Poe personification of death costume design mask design danse macabre devised theatre Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death (Play : 2022) Death in art Death (Personification)--Drama Costume design--Equipment and supplies Costume design--Digital techniques Clothing and dress--Computer-aided design Theaters--Special effects--Equipment and supplies Masques College theater--Alberta--Lethbridge--21st century Ensemble theater--Alberta--Lethbridge--21 century Plague--Drama Dance of death in art Dressed to kill: the costume design for Merry debaucheries and a Dance with death Thesis Masters 0357 0465 0389 Yes open.access