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Oliver Bayldon
Born
Richard Oliver Maxwell Bayldon

(1938-09-12)12 September 1938[1]
Leicester
Died23 December 2019(2019-12-23) (aged 81)[1]
London
OccupationProduction designer
Years active1961–1997

Oliver Bayldon FRSA, FCSD (12 September 1938 – 23 December 2019) was a London-based, British production designer best known for his work with the BBC and Royal Academy of Music to create environments for the stage and the screen. He is related to the actor Geoffrey Bayldon.

Early life

  • Ref for Stamford Mercury; 15 Jan. 1954; p. 1; col.3–6[2]
  • Ref for Leicester Evening Mail; 8 Dec. 1959; p. 11; col.1[3]
  • Ref for Leicester Evening Mail; 20 May 1960; p. 2; col.5.[4]
  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.14; col.2[5]
  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.15; col.2-4[6]
  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.25; col.1-4[7]

Career

During 1962 and 1963, Bayldon and John Page stood in for the theatre’s long-serving regular designer, Osbourne Robinson.[8]

Bayldon designed sets and costumes for Glyn Idris Jones's Cupid & Psyche, a play that was never staged.[9]

  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.14; col.2[5]
  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.15; col.2-4[6]
  • Ref for Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972; p.25; col.1-4[7]

Selected works

Stage

Television

Radio

Bayldon wrote the following short stories, read on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Morning Story:[10]

Exhibitions

  • 1959 – Paintings and Stage Designs. Bookshop, King Street, Leicester (August 1959)[11]
  • 1963 – Costume and Theatre Designs. Museum and Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton (23 February 1963 – 23 March 1963)[12]
  • 1972 – Stage and Television Designs. Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (25 August 1972 – 17 September 1972)[13][14][5]
  • 1995 – Oliver Bayldon at 195. The British Academy of Film & Television Arts, 195 Piccadilly, London W1 (9 October 1995 – 11 November 1995)[15][16]
  • 1996 – Arts in the Vaults. Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2 (26 April 1996 – 26 July 1996)[17]

Collections

Publications

Books

  • The Paper Makers Craft (1965)[18]
  • Acts of Defiance (2013)[19]
  • Darkly Blows the Harmattan: Short Stories (2015)[20]

Articles

  • Creating a Visual Style (2013); published in The Veteran[21][22]
  • Filming in Perspective (2014); published in The Veteran[23]

Awards and fellowships

Family connections

He is related to the actor Geoffrey Bayldon.

I don't really have a theatrical background, although I have a cousin Geoffrey Bayldon who's a well-known actor — but somehow the whole concept of creating sets appealed to me.

—Oliver Bayldon, in Man behind the scenes...behind the scenes by Pete Barraclough (1972)[6]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ The award nomination was shared with the Design Team.[27]
  2. ^ The award nomination was shared with Richard Morris, Bernard Lloyd-Jones, Sue Spence, and Peter Brachacki.[28]

Citations

  1. ^ a b BAFTA; In Memory.
  2. ^ Stamford Mercury; 15 Jan. 1954.
  3. ^ Leicester Evening Mail; 8 Dec. 1959.
  4. ^ Leicester Evening Mail; 20 May 1960.
  5. ^ a b c Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972, p. 14; col.2.
  6. ^ a b c Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972, p. 15; col.2-4.
  7. ^ a b Leicester Chronicle; 15 Sep. 1972, p. 25; col.1-4.
  8. ^ Foulkes 1992, p. 119.
  9. ^ Jones 2008, p. 103.
  10. ^ BBC Archive; R4.
  11. ^ Leicester Daily Mercury; 8 Aug. 1959.
  12. ^ Stamford Mercury; 25 Jan. 1963.
  13. ^ Coventry Evening Telegraph; 25 Aug. 1972.
  14. ^ Birmingham Daily Post; 2 Sep. 1972.
  15. ^ BAFTA News; Oct. 1995.
  16. ^ RSA Journal; Nov. 1995.
  17. ^ RSA Journal; Apr. 1996.
  18. ^ Bayldon 1965.
  19. ^ Bayldon 2013.
  20. ^ Bayldon 2015.
  21. ^ The Veteran; 2013.
  22. ^ a b CSD; 2014.
  23. ^ The Veteran; 2014.
  24. ^ RSA Journal; Apr. 1961.
  25. ^ RSA; Fellowship.
  26. ^ BAFTA; 1972.
  27. ^ a b BAFTA; 1973.
  28. ^ a b BAFTA; 1977.
  29. ^ RTS Archive; 1989.
  30. ^ BAFTA; 1993.

Sources

Books by Bayldon

  • Bayldon, Oliver (1965). The Paper Makers Craft (softcover) (1st ed.). London: Twelve by Eight Press.
  • Bayldon, Oliver (2013). Acts of Defiance (softcover) (1st ed.). London: Willow eBooks. ISBN 978-1-909473-00-3.
  • Bayldon, Oliver (2015). Darkly Blows the Harmattan: Short Stories (softcover) (1st ed.). London. ASIN B00WRGN6SS.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Books by other authors

  • Foulkes, Richard (1992). Repertory at The Royal. Sixty-Five Years of Theatre in Northampton 1927-92 (hardcover) (1st ed.). Northampton, UK: Northampton Repertory Players. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9505442-1-2. The theatre had been without the services of Osbourne Robinson during 1962–1963 when he was teaching at Vanderbilt University in the United Sates. Oliver Bayldon and John Page were scenic designers in his absence.
  • Jones, Glyn Idris (2008). No Official Umbrella (softcover) (1st ed.). Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland: DCG Publications. p. 103. ISBN 978-960-98418-0-1. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via books.google.co.uk. I tried a few years back (...) to get them interested in Cupid & Psyche, but they all thought it was too rude. Oliver Bayldon, a designer with the BBC, loved the idea and rendered some beautiful costumes and set designs.

Theatre programs/playbills

Magazines and newspapers

  • "BIRTH OF "MORCOTT DUSTBINS" - A Crazy Story About a Litter Basket". Stamford Mercury. No. 12, 599. Stamford, UK. 15 January 1954. p. 1; col.3–6. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. This unusual story began a few months ago, when, as a joke, Oliver [Bayldon] conjured up his "Morcott Dustbin Society." (... ) Said Oliver: "The village gets a bit untidy during the summer, what with ice cream papers and that sort of thing." (...) Oliver, besides being an artist of no mean ability—he hopes to become a scenery designer—is also keenly interested in theatricals. He has been staging children's shows since he was nine. "I was about to put on a show anyway," said Oliver, so I thought it would be a good idea to do one for a litter basket". The show was put on in the New Barn on Friday. "It seems to have been a great success," said Oliver. "We got £2 8s. and this will go towards a litter basket." (...) The young artistes had the benefit of costumes from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Recently, Oliver paid a visit to the theatre and was promised a batch of costumes which are no longer used. Later his father picked them up. The show, a variety entertainment, was given the title of To-night's the Night. It included ballet, sketches and songs (...).
  • "ONE-MAN SHOW". Leicester Daily Mercury. Leicester, UK. 8 August 1959. p. 6; col.3–5. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. A one-man exhibition of paintings and stage designs by a Leicester College of Art student, Mr. Oliver Bayldon, will be opened on Monday. [...] He has designed many of the sets for the Leicester University Drama Society and the French Circle. His exhibits at a bookshop in King's Street and Regent Road include many of the original model set designs. On display, too, will be drawings and paintings of characters for costumer purposes, paintings and monotones, with printed fabrics decorating the walls.
  • "Merry medieval moments". Leicester Evening Mail. No. 15, 267. Leicester, UK. 8 December 1959. p. 11; col.1. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. After spending weeks on what was to have been the pride of their Arts Ball at Leicester Palais last night, students found themselves in trouble with fire brigade authorities. They had constructed a huge dragon from tin and cardboard. Gaily painted, it was place inside the main entrance at the dancehall. Then a fire officer ordered them to take it away. He said it was obstructing a fire exit. The students argued that there were several fire exits around the hall and that it was not causing a troublesome obstruction. But the officer was adamant. The 30-feet long, 10-ft. high dragon had to be dismantled. Parts of it were used to decorate the corners of the hall. Theme of the ball, attended by about 800, was "Medieval", but many students either had a bad sense of history or could not find suitable costumes. (...) Organiser Mr. Oliver Bayldon, led the authentic array in magnificent knight's mailed armour, with plumed helmet. Knights of St. George, having no dragon to fight, did mock battle with Saracens, whose survivors were led to the gallows which formed a motif.
  • "Two poems". Leicester Evening Mail. No. 15, 405. Leicester, UK. 20 May 1960. p. 2; col.5. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Every few weeks something new and interesting comes from Leicester's private Press movement. There are two such interests now operating. (...) Another St. Anthony Press publication, also devoted to one poem, is entitled "Morning". This is a poem by Oliver Bayldon, illustrated by Chris Shorten. Mr Bayldon is a young Leicester student who has had poems broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, and who is likely to have a successful career as a stage designer.
  • "Twice a year now". Leicester Evening Mail. No. 15, 481. Leicester, UK. 17 August 1960. p. 2; col.4–5. Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Leicester's two privately published magazines—one devoted to the arts and general topics, the other to poetry—are to appear less frequently. When Crescent made its first appearance towards the end of last year, editor Brian de L'Throat wanted to bring it out every two months. Now he has decided it shall appear only twice a year. (...) The current issue of Crescent, first to be printed professionally, is well illustrated and has some lively articles. Writers discuss the artist's place in modern society, and there is a plea from John S. Clarke to poets with formal education not to be overcome by technique. Oliver Bayldon, an articulate and perceptive writer, whose work has found favour with the BBC, tries to define art and says society must come to terms with it.
  • "Industrial Art Bursaries: 1960 Competition" (PDF). RSA Journal. 109 (5057). London: Royal Society of Arts: 328–338, 330. April 1961. JSTOR 41366885. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via JSTOR. FILM, STAGE AND TELEVISION SETTINGS. Bursaries: Richard Bayldon (Leicester College of Art: age 22).
  • "About people". Stamford Mercury. No. 13, 070. Northampton, UK. 25 January 1963. p. 12; col.2. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Mr. Bayldon is employed as co-designer at the Theatre and is to have an exhibition of stage and costume designs at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery starting on February 23.
  • Guitar, Nick (25 August 1972). "Elaborate elegance". Coventry Evening Telegraph. No. 25, 229. Coventry, UK. p. 27; col.2–3. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. Also starting at the Herbert this week is a show of particularly interesting pieces by the television and stage designer Oliver Bayldon.
  • Everitt, Anthony (2 September 1972). "Oliver Bayldon exhibition... at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 35, 508. Birmingham, UK. p. 28; col.2–3. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. ... These illustrations were on show at a recent exhibition of Bayldon's work in Coventry.
  • Barraclough, Pete (15 September 1972). "Man behind the scenes...behind the scenes". Leicester Chronicle. No. 2, 979. Leicester, UK. p. 14; col.2. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. ... These illustrations were on show at a recent exhibition of Bayldon's work in Coventry.
  • Burn, Gordon (2 October 1977). "All his own work - Ollie's living room sets the scene for the TV viewers". The Sunday Times Magazine. London. p. 41.
  • "Making a scene". House & Garden (UK ed.). London: Condé Nast. September 1992. pp. 102–103. (...) I was handed a box of the possessions which Edith Cavell, the nurse shot as a spy in the First World War, had on her the day she died.
  • "Oliver Bayldon at 195". BAFTA News. Vol. 6, no. 9. London: The British Academy of Film & Television Arts. October 1995. p. 3. An exhibition of the work of Production Designer Oliver Bayldon will be held at 195 Piccadilly in October and November.
  • "Exhibitions by Fellows". RSA Journal. 143 (5464). London: Royal Society of Arts: 66. November 1995. JSTOR 41376911. Retrieved 27 September 2023 – via JSTOR. Oliver Bayldon [at] BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1. 9 October – 11 November 1995. Design visuals and illustrations for television and film.
  • Dunn, John (April 1996). "General News". RSA Journal. 144 (5468). London: Royal Society of Arts: Front Matter & 10–13. JSTOR 41377035. Retrieved 27 September 2023 – via JSTOR. Oliver Bayldon's exhibition shows from 26 April – 26 July 1996 in the Fellows' restaurant in the vaults.
  • Bayldon, Oliver (Winter 2013). "Creating a Visual Style". The Veteran (141, Winter 2013). London: British Cinema and Television Veterans: 4–10, 28 (back cover).
  • Bayldon, Oliver (Winter 2014). "Filming in Perspective". The Veteran (145, Winter 2014). London: British Cinema and Television Veterans: 4–9.

Websites

Further reading

  • Rossini, Lauren, ed. (1999). Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers and Film Editors Directory (softcover). First Edition by Kate Bales. Cover design by Carla Green. (7th ed.). Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-58065-017-5. Oliver Bayldon: Poldark (MS) BBC, Lionheart Television Int'l (1977); Memento Mori (TF) BBC 1992
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