Fogg Shows Theatre Settings and Costumes

More than 200 costume and set designs went on exhibit yesterday at Fogg Museum. The designs are the work of three Harvard graduates who have been active in the theatre--Robert Edmond Jones '10, Donald Oenslager '23, and Lee Simonson '09.

In conjunction with the exhibit there will be a series of talks in Fogg's Large Lecture Room on stage design, music in the theatre, and other aspects of the contemporary theatre. The first lecture of the series will be given October 20.

The earliest work in the exhibit is a model of Jones' seting for "A Man Who Married a Dumb Wife," which introduced a new concept of stagecraft to America in 1915. Other designs by Jones include sets for the John Barrymore "Hamlet" in 1923 and for several of Eugene O'Neill's plays, including "Mourning Becomes Electra" and "Ah, Wilderness."

Two larger-than-life puppets (left) designed by Jones for the Harvard Glee Club's "Oodipus Rex," are also displayed.

Simonson, one of the founders of the Theatre Guild, was associated with the group for many years. Among his designs for the Guild now on exhibition are "Back to Methuselah," "Liliom," "The Adding Machine," and "Amphytryon 38." Oenslager is represented by designs for 34 productions, including models for "Life With Mother" and "Born Yesterday."

All three designers were members of the Harvard Dramatic Club; Jones while a member of the Faculty, and Oeuslager and Simonson as undergraduates. In conjunction with the Fogg exhibition, the H.D.C. is presenting a reading of O'Neill's "He," a one act play, in Fogg Large Lecture Room on October 18 at 4 p.m.