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Piper claims he first got into theatre design almost by accident. He had wanted to be a biologist and was studying natural sciences at
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169:(MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to theatre and First World War commemorations. He is the father of five daughters.
53:(1918–90) and novelist and playwright Lady Anne Piper (1920–2017), and the younger brother of three sisters. He was educated at
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to read biology, but in mid-course switched to art history. From 1988 to 1990 he attended the
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262:"Tom Piper - Designing for Plays and Actors, Not Himself"
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438:"NY Honours for poppy duo, Joan Collins and John Hurt"
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728:People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford
471:"Speeches: And the Laurence Olivier Winners Said"
236:"Michael Boyd: the modest man who saved the RSC"
287:OBITUARY: Lady Anne Piper, who has died aged 96
524:Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
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65:postgraduate course in theatre design.
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733:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
234:Sarah Crompton (14 September 2012).
16:British theatre designer (born 1964)
743:Alumni of University College London
473:. WhatsonStage.com. Archived from
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151:Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
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360:"Tom Piper - Associate Designer"
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177:In 2009, Piper collected the
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338:"Staging coup - Tom Piper"
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20:Thomas Stephen Towry Piper
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31:Royal Shakespeare Company
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173:Achievements and awards
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469:Staff (8 March 2009).
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160:World War I
131:The Tempest
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75:Peter Brook
51:David Piper
702:Categories
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189:References
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581:Tom Piper
566:Es Devlin
316:The Stage
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