Anyway being Us, we dressed up. Noone however thought to bring a camera!! Quelle fromage! It is such a cute theatre! We did make a bit of a stir, and I was asked where I bought my hat and goggles by a woman who is holding a steampunk party. I took great delight in saying, oh, Glastonbury, but you can get them in the Camden market too! She didn't invite us either. Pah.
Here I am, a little worse for wear, afterwards back at home:
As for the show itself, it was fun. I love this play. I can't find any photos from Act One online, however I was struck by how similar Gwendolyn's costume in the show was like my interpretation, as above, back in 2006. Annette Thomson shown, and Margaret Thomson as Lady Bracknell :) Yes, they are mother and daughter also!
Those were the days...
Dear Mrs. C.,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun, insouciant photo of you after the play. Wow, such costumes in the play itself. The version I saw here in the States was drab by comparison.
Very best,
Natalie
It was very colourful! Gwen wore a particularly virulent cyclamen mauve and white lace dress in Act 2-3 that reminded me more of 1960's lingerie, and Cecily's costume was execrably cut, and only Miss Prism and Gwen wore corsets, which is a mistake in any peiod show, where corsets maketh the costume And the character.
ReplyDeleteThe ones above are from a production I worked on and the only instruction the Director gave us was, no reds. How mean to say that to moi! So we used a pallet of mauves, greens, browns, blues, burgundy and pink. Margaret was particularly pleased with her olive green and gold sari turned into dress as it is among her favourite colours.
Oooh! I like your costumes so much better than the Roundabout Theatre ones! Your costume does look a LOT like the one my colleague designed in 2003 though.
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