For this 1969 production of The Tempest, Parkinson imagines Ariel, the mercurial spirit bound to Prospero’s service, as an elongated, skeletal figure poised between embodiment and disappearance. A fully rendered costume is accompanied by studies of its mask-like face, exposed structure, and alternate views, providing fabricators with detailed guidance while preserving a sense of supernatural movement. The design translates Ariel’s shifting, immaterial nature into a body that appears capable of transforming before the audience.
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