Pericles, 1969, Royal Shakespeare Company.

Pericles: Director, Terry Hands; Designer, Timothy O'Brien; Photographer, Tom Holte: Royal Shakespeare Company, April 1969.

"So we have a play that has one foot in the world of the Renaissance and another in the world of Chaucer which we, as the modern texture of Timothy O'Brien's designs are constantly reminding us, are glimpsing through the twentieth century...Quite apart from the modern texture of the materials O'Brien has used, we have the omnipresent and fully clothed figure of Gower striking the attitudes of medieval statuary whilst the rest of the cast are scantily clad after the manner of Botticelli's Primavera, so as to maximise in visual terms on a contrast between Gower's medieval world and that of the Renaissance and also to capitalise on the expressiveness of the naked, or rather, semi-naked human form." Peter Roberts, Plays and Players 5.69 Opening Date: 8 April 1969 Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre. See also Pericles shots in Gallery 8.