Patience
Wig
ca. 1920s
ca. 1920s
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| Place of origin |
Wig for the character of Bunthorne in W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's operetta Patience, 1920s. First performed in 1881, Patience was Gilbert and Sullivan's sixth collaboration. The comic opera is a satire of the popular "aesthetic movement" of the 1870s and 1880s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Patience (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Human hair on silk gauze |
| Brief description | Wig for Bunthorne in Arthur Sullivan's opera Patience, 1920s |
| Physical description | Wig of mid-length brown human hair with a white streak at the front. The hair has been stitched into a cap of silk gauze. The gauze over the forehead has been covered by flesh-coloured stage make-up. At some point the wig was re-lined with a second layer of gauze, stitched over the original cap. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W Clarkson, 45' |
| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Bridget D'Oyly Carte in November 1966. |
| Summary | Wig for the character of Bunthorne in W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's operetta Patience, 1920s. First performed in 1881, Patience was Gilbert and Sullivan's sixth collaboration. The comic opera is a satire of the popular "aesthetic movement" of the 1870s and 1880s. |
| Other number | 1966/A/224 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1421-1984 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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