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In 1963 the newly formed National Theatre Company moved into the Old Vic and Annals joined them, having his first major success with his designs for Peter Shaffer's historical epic, <i>The Royal Hunt of the Sun</i> (1964). He went on to have an international career, designing for the theatre and for ballet, opera and film, but is most closely associated with the National Theatre, where he created notable settings for a range of productions, including O'Neill's <i>Long Day's Journey into Night</i> starring Laurence Olivier, Hecht and MacArthur's <i>The Front Page</i> and Shaw's <i>Heartbreak House</i>. Annals frequently worked in the United States and was Associate Professor of Scenic Design at Yale in 1966-1967. In 1984 he gave up the stage and took up photography and illustration.","physicalDescription":"Costume design for Constantin Treplev in Act IV of <i>The Seagull</i>. 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