Emile Littler Archive
Costume Design
1916 (drawn)
1916 (drawn)
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Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Brigand in The Maid of the Mountains at Daly's Theatre, 1916.
The Maid of the Mountains is an operetta by Frederick Lonsdale, Harry Graham, F. Clifford Harris, Valentine, Harold Fraser-Simson and J.W. Tate. It follows the story of Teresa and Baldassare, the bandit maid and the bandit chief of a group of thieves living in the mountains. This costume design is from the first production of the operetta which opened at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester in 1916 before transferring to Daly's in 1917.
The Maid of the Mountains is an operetta by Frederick Lonsdale, Harry Graham, F. Clifford Harris, Valentine, Harold Fraser-Simson and J.W. Tate. It follows the story of Teresa and Baldassare, the bandit maid and the bandit chief of a group of thieves living in the mountains. This costume design is from the first production of the operetta which opened at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester in 1916 before transferring to Daly's in 1917.
Object details
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| Title | Emile Littler Archive (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Brigand in The Maid of the Mountains at Daly's Theatre, 1916. Emile Littler Archive. |
| Physical description | Costume design for a Brigand in The Maid of the Mountains at Daly's Theatre. Male figure in a grey, green, black and white outfit, with a black hat, carrying a gun over one shoulder. Signed. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler |
| Literary reference | The Maid of the Mountains |
| Summary | Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Brigand in The Maid of the Mountains at Daly's Theatre, 1916. The Maid of the Mountains is an operetta by Frederick Lonsdale, Harry Graham, F. Clifford Harris, Valentine, Harold Fraser-Simson and J.W. Tate. It follows the story of Teresa and Baldassare, the bandit maid and the bandit chief of a group of thieves living in the mountains. This costume design is from the first production of the operetta which opened at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester in 1916 before transferring to Daly's in 1917. |
| Associated object | THM/144 (Series) |
| Other number | THM/144 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.2468-2010 |
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| Record created | October 14, 2010 |
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