Bagnall Harris

I only knew Bagnall Harris briefly in the winter of 1959 . Bagnall Harris designed beautiful stage sets at the Old Vic during the 1930s . In 1959 , newly graduated from The Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art , I was given a job as an ASM at The Guildford Repertory . It was just before Christmas and the up and coming production was the Christmas Pantomime Cinderella . I was detailed to help the scenic artist Bagnall Harris , assembling flats and and painting them with size . Bagnall Harris was a quiet , kind , friendly whom it was a pleasure to assist , even more so to watch him paint, he painted the prettiest of sets for the Pantomime that included lots of glitter on trees. Our pantomime was beautiful visually , as a story and musically , not least that Patricia Routledge played Prince charming and could sing most beautifully . It was clear to all the cast that Pat , as we called her , was destined for greater things . Bagnall Harris was a quiet reserved man , always behind the scenes , he was a vivacious painter with a great sense of colour and painted the most beautiful sets .

Past productions

Decor by, The Tree Surgeon, Barry O’Brien started 5^th June 1961, Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth (now Playhouse Theatre, Bournemouth).
Designer, Dear Charles, Barry O’Brien started 7^th June 1954, Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight.
Setting by, A Streetcar Named Desire 27^th August – 8^th September 1951, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne and Palace Pier Theatre, Brighton.
Designer, Polly with a Past, Barry O’Brien started October 1950, Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight.
Setting by, The White Cliffs, Melville, Miles and Piffard 24^th – 29^th January 1949, Richmond Theatre, London.
Designer, Dear Brutus, Howard & Wyndham Repertory Co. 20^th – 25^th March 1939, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
Designer, Painted Sparrows, Howard & Wyndham Repertory Co. 16^th – 21^st May 1938, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
Designer, Britannia of Billingsgate 11^th – 16^th April 1938, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
Scenery designed by, The Dominant Sex, Embassy Productions Ltd and Ronald Adam 3^rd December 1934 – 27^th June 1936, Aldwych Theatre, London, Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London, and other locations.
Designer 1, Ten Minute Alibi 8^th February 1933 – 1935, Phoenix Theatre, London and Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
Designer (room in Archdeacon Brandon's house), The Cathedral, Bronson Albery, Howard Wyndham, and Ronald Adams 21^st November 1932 – 4^th February 1933, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London, and other locations.
Settings by, Miracle at Verdun, Ronald Adams 21^st September – 3^rd December 1932, Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre, London) and Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Settings by, Precious Bane, Alec L Rea 27^th January – 7^th February 1931, Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.

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