Motley Theatre Design Group

Motley Theatre Design Group

Motley was the name of the theatre design firm made up of three English designers, sisters Margaret Harris (known as "Percy") (1904–2000) and Sophie Harris (1900–1966), and Elizabeth Montgomery Wilmot (1902–1993). The name derives from the word 'Motley' as used by Shakespeare. The group won two Tony Awards for costume design and was nominated seven additional times.

They met at art school in the 1920s and went on to great success as John Gielgud's designers during the 1930s. They started teaching theatre design at Michel Saint-Denis's London Theatre Studio (1936–1939), the first time a design course had been incorporated into a drama school in the UK. Margaret Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery spent World War II in the United States, designing for Broadway, and Harris also worked with Charles Eames on his moulded plywood airplane parts. Sophie Harris, now married to George Devine, and mother of their child Harriet, stayed in the UK designing for stage and screen. After the war Margaret Harris returned to the UK, and both sisters once again joined Saint-Denis, teaching design at the Old Vic Theatre School (1947–1953). Elizabeth Montgomery stayed in the United States designing for many Broadway productions. All three continued to design under the name "Motley" for both stage and screen.

In 1966, Margaret Harris founded Motley Theatre Design Course which continues to this day, now under the directorship of designer Alison Chitty (OBE).[1]

Work (Broadway selected)

References

  1. ^ Motley Theatre Design Course motleytheatredesign.co.uk, accessed July 10, 2009

External links


v · d · eTony Award for Best Costume Design (1947–1975)

Lucinda Ballard (1947) · Mary Percy Schenck (1948) · Lemuel Ayers (1949) · Aline Bernstein (1950) · Miles White (1951) · Irene Sharaff (1952) · Miles White (1953) · Richard Whorf (1954) · Cecil Beaton (1955) · Alvin Colt (1956) · Cecil Beaton (1957) · Motley: Margaret Harris / Sophie Harris / Elizabeth Montgomery (1958) · Rouben Ter-Arutunian (1959) · Cecil Beaton (1960) · Lucinda Ballard (1962) · Anthony Powell (1963) · Freddy Wittop (1964) · Patricia Zipprodt (1965) · Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (1966) · Patricia Zipprodt (1967) · Desmond Heeley (1968) · Loudon Sainthill (1969) · Cecil Beaton (1970) · Raoul Penè Du Bois (1971) · Florence Klotz (1972) · Florence Klotz (1973) · Franne Lee (1974) · Geoffrey Holder (1975)
Complete list · (1947–1975) · (1976–2004) · (2005-present (Play)) · (2005-present (Musical))
v · d · eTony Award for Best Costume Design for a Play

Motley: Margaret Harris / Sophie Harris / Elizabeth Montgomery (1961) · Jess Goldstein (2005) · Catherine Zuber (2006) · Catherine Zuber (2007) · Katrina Lindsay (2008) · Anthony Ward (2009)
Complete list · (1947–1975) · (1976–2004) · (2005-present (Play)) · (2005-present (Musical))

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