Theatre - Set Design
Stage designs of Richard Finkelstein
--Toggle through the plays to some of your favorites to see diffierent designs. Pay
particular attention to Romeo and Juliet, The Emperor's New Clothes, Hamlet, and the Three Penny
Opera to see examples of set design in progress.
Roma Patel
--You'll have to do some clicking around but if you look through the set designs for the last
four seasons at the top, you'll see how plays evolve and come together for different styles for for
what different directors want and need.
Judith Shakespeare Company
--Very modern setting for Julius Caesar a Shakespeare play normally set in ancient
Rome. Many companies are now doing contemporary versions of this play to make it more
accessible to their audiences.
American Repertory Theatre
--Their version of Romeo and Juliet is very modern in dress and very sparse in setting.
If you click through the slide show you will how little set they needed to pull it off. If
the acting is good, you don't need much. You can also scroll down teh page to see more.
Tom Piper's Design for Hamlet
--Click through the set designs to see how the set comes together for this modern
version of Hamlet..
A Midsummer's Night Dream - the Spanish Version
--Take a British play and transform it into a Spanish playground...
OK - Now you have the idea. Go and create. Have fun. Be imaginative.
Be a set designer.
Created 8-15-2007 C Roys