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In Alan Bennett's <i>The </i><i>Wind in the Willows</i> at the National Theatre in 1990, all the characters, while recognisably animals, were also human types and Mark Thompson's witty costumes blended animal with human characteristics.  There was no use of 3-D heads; the animals were defined by make-up and evocative costumes. Young Billy and Tommy in their Norfolk jackets and lace up boots were Edwardian children, but their spiky hair and dark brown outfits were appropriate for hedgehogs. Portly the baby otter had a moustache to suggest an otter's whiskers while his 'fur' was an all-in-one swimming costume with buttons down the front. \n\nThe squaring of the top quarter of the design frames and focuses the characters.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Thompson, Mark","id":"A22246"},"association":{"text":"costume designers","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"},{"text":"crayon","id":"x30605"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing (image-making)","id":"AAT54196"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen and ink, watercolour and crayon on paper","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2011ET5091","2013GK4599"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SR002","id":"THES385144"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1990","earliest":"1990-01-01","latest":"1990-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Wind in the Willows / Billy & Tommy the hedgehogs and Portly the baby otter'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"pen and ink upper left"},{"content":"'Mark Thompson '90'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"pen and ink, vertically left hand side"}],"objectHistory":"The design was created by Mark Thompson for Alan Bennett's play The Wind in the Willows, after Kenneth Grahame, produced at the National Theatre in 1990.  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