Prodigal Son

Design by Michael Annals for detail of the Overture cloth in the ballet, Prodigal Son , choreographed by Barry Moreland, London Festival Ballet, London Coliseum, 1974. Michael Annals (1938-1990) trained at Hornsey College of Art and began his career designing sets and costumes for the Old Vic. In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable sett

Set design · Great Britain · 1974. Watercolour and pencil on paper. By Annals, Michael. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.