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'''Susan Margaret Blane''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MBE|RDI}} (born 23 April 1949) is an English [[costume design]]er. She is best known for her costume designs for both ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' and ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.<ref name="MBE" /> With her designs for ''Rocky Horror'', Blane is credited for creating the look that became the template for [[punk fashion|punk rock fashion]].<ref name="punkblane">{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qx6GDAAAQBAJ&q=Sue+blane%2C+punk+rock&pg=PA1785 |title= The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Campy Cult Classic|publisher = Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2016-02-01 | page = 1785|isbn= 978-1495007477|last= Thompson | first=Dave }}</ref>
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'''Susan Margaret "Sue" Blane''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] is best known for her [[costume design]]s for both ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' and ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Blane studied costume design at [[University of Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton College of Art]] and [[Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design|Central School of Art and Design]], finishing in 1971.
Blane studied costume design at [[University of Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton College of Art]] and at the [[Central School of Art and Design]] in London, finishing in 1971.<ref name="MBE" />
[[File:NYCC 2014 - Rocky Horror Picture Show (15314366648).jpg|thumb|Fashion influenced by ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'']]
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Before ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' in 1972, Blane had already met [[Tim Curry]] in 1971 at the [[Citizen's Theatre]] in [[Glasgow]], where they were both involved in a production of [[Jean Genet]]'s ''[[The Maids]]''. Blane also designed the costumes for other ''Rocky Horror'' productions, including the 1975 Broadway production and film, and created the costume designs for the sequel, ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarp.org.uk/lab/sueblane.htm |title= Information about Blane's design credits | work = TimeWarp fan club | accessdate = 2007-09-28}}</ref>


Since ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' was released, fans have been recreating the designs as part of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following#Audience Participation|screenings audience participation]]. A common audience "callback" at ''Rocky Horror'' showings plays off the similarity of the name "Blane" to the word "blame." When a character in the film says someone – or something – is "to blame," audience members shout, "No, ''Sue's'' to Blane!" It is also common for audience members to shout out Blane's name during "[[Rose Tint My World|Don't Dream It]]", making the character Frank N. Furter seem to say, "I wanted to be dressed ''by Sue Blane''" (instead of "dressed just the same," as written).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockymusic.org/showdoc/SueBlane-1979Interview.php | title = Interview with Blane | work = Rocky Music | first = Patricia | last = Morrisroe | accessdate = 2006-12-08}}</ref>
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Before ''Rocky'' in 1972, Blane had already met [[Tim Curry]] in 1971 at the Citizen's Theatre in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], where they were both involved in a production of [[Jean Genet]]'s ''The Maids''. Blane also designed the costumes for other ''Rocky'' productions, including the 1975 Broadway production and film. Blane also created the costume designs for the sequel, ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' (1981). Since the ''Rocky'' film was released, fans have been recreating the designs as part of the cult audience participation. Also, any time any character in the film says the word "blame," audience members shout, "No, Sue's to Blane!"


Blane also created the costume designs for [[Jonathan Miller]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' for the [[English National Opera]]. Other opera credits include [[David McVicar]]'s ''[[Carmen]]'' for Glyndebourne, [[Keith Warner]]'s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' for the [[Bayreuth Festival]], ''Lulu'' at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, [[Disney]]'s ''Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (Berlin): ''Love for Three Oranges'' (Opera North/ENO); ''Three Musketeers'' (Young Vic); ''Capriccio'' (Staatsoper, Berlin); ''Guys and Dolls'' (RNT); ''Into the Woods'' (Old Vic / West End); ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' (Glyndebourne) and ''La Fanciula del West'', with [[Placido Domingo]] (La Scala, Milan).
Blane also created the costume designs for [[Jonathan Miller]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' for the [[English National Opera]]. Other opera credits include [[David McVicar]]'s ''[[Carmen]]'' for Glyndebourne, [[Keith Warner]]'s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' for the [[Bayreuth Festival]], ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, [[Disney]]'s ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)|The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'' (Berlin): ''[[The Love for Three Oranges]]'' (Opera North/ENO); ''The Three Musketeers'' (Young Vic); ''Capriccio'' (Staatsoper, Berlin); ''Guys and Dolls'' (RNT); ''Into the Woods'' (Old Vic / West End); ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' (Glyndebourne) and ''La Fanciula del West'', with [[Plácido Domingo]] (La Scala, Milan).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockymusic.org/tags/Sue+Blane.php |title= Photo of Blane | work = Rocky Music | accessdate = 2018-08-21}}</ref>


Sue's many production design credits include ''The Relapse'', voted Best Design by What's On readers, (RNT), ''The Nutcracker'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'' for the [[English National Ballet]]; ''[[Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Royal Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm and RSC; ''Cabaret'' (Donmar Warehouse); ''Sylvia'' (Birmingham Royal Ballet); ''King John, The Learned Ladies'', and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' all for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]; ''Barber of Seville'' (Scottish Opera); ''The Duenna'' and ''Thieving Magpie'' (Opera North); ''Christmas Eve'' (ENO) and ''Lee Miller'' (Minerva Chichester). Her designs also feature in a new ballet for English National Ballet based on [[Oscar Wilde]]'s novella of ''The Canterville Ghost'' conceived and choreographed by [[Will Tuckett]].
Sue's many production design credits include ''The Relapse'', voted Best Design by What's On readers, (RNT), ''The Nutcracker'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'' for the [[English National Ballet]]; ''[[Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Royal Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm and RSC; ''Cabaret'' (Donmar Warehouse); ''Sylvia'' (Birmingham Royal Ballet); ''King John, The Learned Ladies'', and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' all for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]; ''Barber of Seville'' (Scottish Opera); ''The Duenna'' and ''Thieving Magpie'' (Opera North); ''Christmas Eve'' (ENO) and ''Lee Miller'' (Minerva Chichester). Her designs also feature in a new ballet for English National Ballet based on [[Oscar Wilde]]'s novella of ''The Canterville Ghost'' conceived and choreographed by [[Will Tuckett]].


==Honors==
==Honours==
She was nominated for a 1997 [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her design of [[English National Ballet]]'s ''Alice in Wonderland'' and a [[BAFTA]] nomination for [[Peter Greenaway]]'s ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]''. Her current designs can be seen in ''[[Dance of the Vampires]]'' in Vienna, directed by [[Roman Polanski]].
She was nominated for a 1997 [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her design of [[English National Ballet]]'s ''Alice in Wonderland'' and a [[BAFTA]] nomination for [[Peter Greenaway]]'s ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]'' (1982). Her current designs can be seen in ''[[Dance of the Vampires (musical)|Dance of the Vampires]]'' in Vienna, directed by [[Roman Polanski]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmosfactory.org/actor_sue_blane.shtml | work = Cosmo's Factory | title= Profile of Blane | accessdate = 2003-11-21}}</ref>


Blane received an [[MBE]] (Members of the [[Order of the British Empire]]) in 2006.[http://www.rockynews.org/articles/2007/01/01/sue-blane-gets-mbe-from-queen-elizabeth]
Blane received an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (Members of the [[Order of the British Empire]]) in 2006.<ref name="MBE">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockynews.org/articles/2007/01/01/sue-blane-gets-mbe-from-queen-elizabeth | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070604182921/http://www.rockynews.org/articles/2007/01/01/sue-blane-gets-mbe-from-queen-elizabeth | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-06-04 |title= Sue Blane Gets MBE from Queen Elizabeth | work = The Rocky Horror Preservation Foundation | accessdate = 2007-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockyhorrorarchives.org/orlando2001/sueblane.htm |title= Information about Blane | work = Rocky Horror Vacations: Orlando |publisher = Midnight Madness ORG | date = October 2001 | accessdate = 2004-08-19}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.timewarp.org.uk/lab/sueblane.htm Information about Blane's design credits]
*[http://www.rockynews.org/articles/2007/01/01/sue-blane-gets-mbe-from-queen-elizabeth Article about Blane and her receipt of an MBE]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087436/bio Biography at IMDB site]
*[http://www.cosmosfactory.org/actor_sue_blane.shtml Profile of Blane]


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0087436}}
*{{IMDb name|0087436}}
*{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6217117.stm | title = MBE for 80-year-old shoe shiner | date = 2006-12-30 |quote=MBE: Susan Blane - costume and set designer - for services to drama | accessdate = 2007-01-21}}
*[http://www.rockymusic.org/showdoc/SueBlane-1979Interview.php Interview with Blane]
*{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-year-honours-in-full-5339316.html | title = New Year Honours in full | website = [[Independent.co.uk]] | date = 2006-12-30 |quote=MBE: Blane, Ms Susan Margaret, Costume and Set Designer. For serv Drama. | accessdate = 2019-02-11 }}
*[http://www.rockymusic.org/tags/Sue+Blane.php Photo of Blane]

*[http://www.rockyhorrorarchives.org/orlando2001/sueblane.htm Information about Blane]
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 26 May 2023

Sue Blane
Born
Susan Margaret Blane

(1949-04-23) 23 April 1949 (age 75)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationCostume designer
Known forThe Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Susan Margaret Blane, MBE, RDI (born 23 April 1949) is an English costume designer. She is best known for her costume designs for both The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[1] With her designs for Rocky Horror, Blane is credited for creating the look that became the template for punk rock fashion.[2]

Life and career[edit]

Blane studied costume design at Wolverhampton College of Art and at the Central School of Art and Design in London, finishing in 1971.[1]

Fashion influenced by The Rocky Horror Show

Before The Rocky Horror Show in 1972, Blane had already met Tim Curry in 1971 at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow, where they were both involved in a production of Jean Genet's The Maids. Blane also designed the costumes for other Rocky Horror productions, including the 1975 Broadway production and film, and created the costume designs for the sequel, Shock Treatment (1981).[3]

Since The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released, fans have been recreating the designs as part of screenings audience participation. A common audience "callback" at Rocky Horror showings plays off the similarity of the name "Blane" to the word "blame." When a character in the film says someone – or something – is "to blame," audience members shout, "No, Sue's to Blane!" It is also common for audience members to shout out Blane's name during "Don't Dream It", making the character Frank N. Furter seem to say, "I wanted to be dressed by Sue Blane" (instead of "dressed just the same," as written).[4]

Blane also created the costume designs for Jonathan Miller's The Mikado for the English National Opera. Other opera credits include David McVicar's Carmen for Glyndebourne, Keith Warner's Lohengrin for the Bayreuth Festival, Lulu at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, Disney's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Berlin): The Love for Three Oranges (Opera North/ENO); The Three Musketeers (Young Vic); Capriccio (Staatsoper, Berlin); Guys and Dolls (RNT); Into the Woods (Old Vic / West End); Porgy and Bess (Glyndebourne) and La Fanciula del West, with Plácido Domingo (La Scala, Milan).[5]

Sue's many production design credits include The Relapse, voted Best Design by What's On readers, (RNT), The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland for the English National Ballet; Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm and RSC; Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse); Sylvia (Birmingham Royal Ballet); King John, The Learned Ladies, and Antony and Cleopatra all for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Barber of Seville (Scottish Opera); The Duenna and Thieving Magpie (Opera North); Christmas Eve (ENO) and Lee Miller (Minerva Chichester). Her designs also feature in a new ballet for English National Ballet based on Oscar Wilde's novella of The Canterville Ghost conceived and choreographed by Will Tuckett.

Honours[edit]

She was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her design of English National Ballet's Alice in Wonderland and a BAFTA nomination for Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982). Her current designs can be seen in Dance of the Vampires in Vienna, directed by Roman Polanski.[6]

Blane received an MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire) in 2006.[1][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Sue Blane Gets MBE from Queen Elizabeth". The Rocky Horror Preservation Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (1 February 2016). The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Campy Cult Classic. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 1785. ISBN 978-1495007477.
  3. ^ "Information about Blane's design credits". TimeWarp fan club. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  4. ^ Morrisroe, Patricia. "Interview with Blane". Rocky Music. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
  5. ^ "Photo of Blane". Rocky Music. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Profile of Blane". Cosmo's Factory. Retrieved 21 November 2003.
  7. ^ "Information about Blane". Rocky Horror Vacations: Orlando. Midnight Madness ORG. October 2001. Retrieved 19 August 2004.

External links[edit]

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