Ralph Koltai
Sue Lawley's castaway is associate designer of the RSC Ralph Koltai
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the stage designer Ralph Koltai. He says his work is not about art, but about ideas. His stage sets are a metaphor for the whole play. Thus he thrilled Ken Russell by building him four stages each resembling different parts of a woman's body. His aim? To represent the degradation of women in the 18th century.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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