Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Design

1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for Mollie Malloy in The Front Page. Full length female figure wearing a grey 1920s style knee-length dress, an oxblood-coloured cloche hat and a similarly coloured feather boa. Annotated by the artist with the theatre company, the date, the play title and the name of the character.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, crayon, pencil and ink on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Michael Annals for Maureen Lipman as Mollie Malloy in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's play, The Front Page, National Theatre Company, Old Vic, 1972
Physical description
Costume design for Mollie Malloy in The Front Page. Full length female figure wearing a grey 1920s style knee-length dress, an oxblood-coloured cloche hat and a similarly coloured feather boa. Annotated by the artist with the theatre company, the date, the play title and the name of the character.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.2cm
  • Width: 39.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Annals
Collection
Accession number
S.475-1991

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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