Paul Shelving (1888–1968) was a British

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. He worked at the

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and for the Malvern Festival and at the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre soon after

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. He designed productions for over forty years. His designs covered many styles. In ''The Immortal Hour'' he produced a mysterious forest in the symbolist style, with patterned tree trunks and a misty atmosphere. For the 1923 production of ''

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'', Shelving's modern setting and dress was one of the first of its kind. His designs for '' The Tempest'' at Stratford in 1946 was "magical and fantastic with ranges of coloured crags. Shelving was a fine colourist who enjoyed blocking out broad masses in patterns."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelving, Paul 1888 births 1968 deaths Theatre designers