Hurry was a friend of Bob Parsons and I inherited a
collection of works by Hurry. At 16 Hurry went to the
local Art School, in St John's Wood and later went to
the Royal Academy School of Painting he left the school
in 1931 at the age of 22.
One-man Exhibitions:
1937 Wertheim Balleries
1941 Redfern Gallery
1942 Redfern Gallery
1945 Redfern Gallery
1946 Roland Browse and Delbanco-Theatre designs and drawings.
1950 Roland Browse and Delbanco
1964 Arts Council-Theatre designs
Works in Public Collections:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Birmingham City Art Gallery
Whitworth Art Gallery
Brighton Art Gallery
Melbourne Art Gallery, Australia
National Portrait Gallery
Tate Modern
Principal Stage Productions:
1942 Hamlet-Sadler's Wells, Robert Helpmann
1943 Le Lac des Cygnes-Sadler's Wells
1944 Hamlet- New Theatre
1944 Richard III-Old Vic
1948 Le Lac des Cygnes-Sadler's Wells
1951 Tamburlaine-Old Vic
1951 Venice Preserved-Lyric, Hammersmith, Peter Brook
1951 King Lear-R.S.C, Stratford, John Gielgud
1954 The Tempest- Old Vic, Robert Helpmann
1956 Richard II-Old Vic
1957 Henry VI -Old Vic
1958 King Lear-Old Vic
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Comedy Theatre, Peter Brook
1958 Mary Stuart-Edinburgh Festival, Peter Wood
1961 Becket-R.S.C., Aldwych, Peter Hall
1962 Troilus and Cressida-R.s.c., Stratford, Peter Hall
1962 The Tempest-Old Vic, John Neville
1963 The Beggars' Opera- R.S.C., Aldwych, Peter Wood
1965 Fidelio-Sadlers' Wells Opera
1969 Hamlet-Royal Opera House
In addition productions for Glyndebourne Opera, Stratford,
Ontario and
other principal companies.
