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Carl Toms Biography (1927-)

Born May 27, 1927, in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England; son of Bernard and Edith (Mountain) Toms. Addresses: Office--Young Vic Theatre Company, NationalTheatre, South Bank, London SE1, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

May 27, 1927

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE WORK; SET DESIGNER,EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED The Apollo de Bellac, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957.
• Iphigenie en Tauride (opera), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1961.
• Ballet Imperial, Royal Opera House, 1963.
• Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, 1963.
• The Trojan Women, Pop Theatre, London, 1966.
• The Winter's Tale, Pop Theatre, 1966.
• The Tricks of Scapin, Pop Theatre, 1967.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pop Theatre, 1967.
• The Soldier's Tale, Pop Theatre, 1967.
• Costume designer, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Royal Opera House, 1967.
• Edward II, National Theatre, London, 1968.
• Love's Labour's Lost, National Theatre, 1968.
• The Magistrate, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1969.
• Antony and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1969.
• Vivat! Vivat Regina!, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1970.
• The Alchemist, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1970.
• Cyrano de Bergerac, National Theatre, 1970.
• Sleuth, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• The Rivals, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1971.
• Caesar and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1971.
• Reunion in Vienna, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1971.
• Fanfare for Europe, Royal Opera House, 1973.
• Peter Grimes, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA, 1973.
• Sherlock Holmes, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• Die Meistersinger von Nuernburg, New York City Opera, New York City, 1975.
• Norma, San Diego Opera Company, San Diego, CA, 1976.
• La Traviata, San Diego Opera Company, 1976.
• Thais, San Francisco Opera, 1976.
• The Merry Widow, San Diego Opera Company, 1977.
• The Marriage of Figaro, New York City Opera, 1977.
• The Voice of Ariadne, New York City Opera, 1977.
• Man and Superman, Malvern Theatre Festival, Malvern, England, 1977.
• The Queen's Silver Jubilee Gala, Royal Opera House, 1977.
• Travesties, Vienna Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria, 1977.
• She Stoops to Conquer, Vienna Burgtheater, 1978.
• Betrayal, Vienna Burgtheater, 1978.
• Look after Lulu, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1978.
• Thais, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1978.
• Hamlet, San Diego Opera Company, 1978.
• Night and Day, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1978, then Vienna Burgtheater, 1980.
• For Services Rendered, National Theatre, 1979.
• Stage Struck, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1979.
• The Guardsman, Vienna Burgtheater, 1979.
• Playbill, National Theatre, 1980.
• The Provok'd Wife, National Theatre, 1980.
• The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, National Theatre, 1981.
• On the Razzle, National Theatre, 1981.
• Der Freischutz, New York City Opera, 1981.
• Windy City, Victoria Palace, 1982.
• The Real Thing, Strand Theatre, London, 1982.
• Swan Lake, London Festival Ballet, London, 1982.
• Macbeth, Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 1982.
• Romeo and Juliet, San Diego Opera Company, 1982.
• The Winslow Boy, Lyric Theatre, London, 1983.
• Jeeves Takes Charge, City Center Theatre, then Roundabout Theatre, both New York City, 1983.
• The Hothouse, Vienna Burgtheatre, 1983.
• Hay Fever, Queen's Theatre, London, 1983.
• A Patriot for Me, Chichester Festival Theatre and Haymarket Theatre, London, 1983, then Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1985.
• Rough Crossing, National Theatre, 1984.
• The Happiest Days of Your Life, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), 1984.
• Jumpers, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1985.
• The Dragon's Tale, Apollo Theatre, London, 1985.
• Faust, Vienna State Opera, 1985.
• Costume designer, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cologne Opera, Cologne, Germany, 1985.
• Jeeves Takes Charge, Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1986.
• Blithe Spirit, Vaudeville Theatre, 1986.
• Wildfire, Phoenix Theatre, 1986.
• Fanfare for Elizabeth, Royal Opera House, 1986.
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, National Theatre, 1986.
• Dalliance, National Theatre, 1986.
• The Magistrate, National Theatre, 1986.
• Oberon, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986.
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Royalty Theatre, London, then Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, both 1987.
• Six Characters in Search of an Author, National Theatre, 1987.
• Fathers and Sons, National Theatre, 1987.
• The Ting Tang Mine, National Theatre, 1987.
• Hapgood, Aldwych Theatre, 1988.
• The Browning Version, Royalty Theatre, 1988.
• Artist Descending a Staircase, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1988.
• Richard II, Phoenix Theatre, 1988.
• Rigoletto, New York City Opera, 1988.
• Richard III, Phoenix Theatre, 1989.
• Thark, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1989.
• The Man Who Came to Dinner, RSC, 1989.
• Noel and Gertie, Comedy Theatre, London, 1989, then Duke of York's Theatre, 1991-92.
• Look Look!, Aldwych Theatre, 1990.
• The Silver King, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1990.
• Private Lives, Aldwych Theatre, 1990.
• Painting Churches, Playhouse Theatre, London, 1991.
• Preserving Mr. Panure, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1991.
• It's Ralph, Comedy Theatre, 1991.
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, RSC, Barbican Theatre, London, 1991.
• Making It Better, Josephstadt Theatre, Vienna, 1991.
• Straight and Narrow, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1992.
• An Ideal Husband, Globe Theatre, London, 1992-93.
• Separate Tables, Albery Theatre, London, 1993.
• She Stoops to Conquer, Queen's Theatre, 1993.
• Also set designer for Beth and Something to Hide, produced in London, 1958; The Complaisant Lover and The Merry Wives of Windsor, London, 1959; The Seashell, Edinburgh, 1959; No Bed for Bacon, Bristol, England, 1959; New Cranksand A Midsummer Night's Dream, London, 1960; Write Me a Murder and A Time toLaugh, London, 1962; Who'll Save the Plowboy?, London, 1963; The Importanceof Being Earnest, Nottingham, England, 1963; A Singular Man and Public Mischief, London, 1965; The Burglar and Fallen Angels, London, 1967; The Magistrate, London, 1969; Sleuth, London and Paris, 1970; Vivat! Vivat Regina!, London,1970; Reunion in Vienna and The Beheading, London, 1972; Dear Love and Section Nine, London, 1973; Sherlock Holmes, The Waltz of the Torreadors, and Travesties, London, 1974; Murderer, London, 1975; Travesties and Habeas Corpus, New York City, 1975; Long Day's Journey into Night, Los Angeles, 1977; Man andSuperman, London, 1977; The Devil's Disciple, Los Angeles, 1978; Look AfterLulu, London, 1978; Night and Day, New York City, 1979; The Aspern Papers, 1984; Oberon, Frankfurt, Germany, 1986; and Hapgood, Los Angeles, 1989. Set designer for Arcadia, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993; costume designer for The Italian Girl in Algiers, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984. Set designer for touring productions of Camille, Old Vic Company, international cities, 1961; The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream, both British Council of the Arts, British cities, 1964. Designer for ballets in Sadler's Wells, England, includingCenerentola, 1959, The Barber of Seville, 1960, and Our Man in Havana, 1963.Also designed sets for Old Vic Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, Welsh National Opera, and New York State Opera.
• FILM WORK; COSTUME DESIGNER,EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED She, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
• One Million Years, B.C., Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967.
• Prehistoric Women (also known as Slave Girls), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967.
• Those Fantastic Flying Fools (also known as Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon and Blast Off), American International, 1967.
• The Lost Continent, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• The Vengeance of She (also known as The Return of She), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• Moon Zero Two, Warner Bros., 1970.
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Warner Bros., 1971.
• Production designer for The Winter's Tale, 1968.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; EPISODIC
• Production designer, "On the Razzle," Great Performances, PBS, 1986.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION WORK
• Designer of Boule de Suif, The Sandcastle, and Twelfth Night.
• Writings
• Author of Winter's Tale and Scapino, books of stage designs, both published in 1975.