Emile Littler Archive
Costume Design
1921 (drawn)
1921 (drawn)
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Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a chorus girl in Sybil at Daly's Theatre, 1921.
Sybil, or Szibill in the original Hungarian, is an operetta with music by Victor Jacobi. The story follows Sybil, a singer from Paris, who arrives in Russia and meets an officer, Petrov who falls in love with her. There follows a case of mistaken identity in which Sybil is thought to be the wife of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke goes along with this deception and his wife pretends to be Sybil. The Grand Duchess then becomes attracted to Petrov and the Grand Duke tries to attack him. After much confusion everyone's true identity is revealed and the play ends happily.
This production of the play opened at Daly's Theatre, London on 19th February 1921.
Sybil, or Szibill in the original Hungarian, is an operetta with music by Victor Jacobi. The story follows Sybil, a singer from Paris, who arrives in Russia and meets an officer, Petrov who falls in love with her. There follows a case of mistaken identity in which Sybil is thought to be the wife of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke goes along with this deception and his wife pretends to be Sybil. The Grand Duchess then becomes attracted to Petrov and the Grand Duke tries to attack him. After much confusion everyone's true identity is revealed and the play ends happily.
This production of the play opened at Daly's Theatre, London on 19th February 1921.
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 chorus girl in Sybil at Daly's Theatre, 1921. Emile Littler Archive. |
| Physical description | Costume design for a chorus girl in Sybil at Daly's Theatre. Female figure in a green dress with white and gold details and matching headdress. Signed. A length of gauze is pinned around the edge of the millboard framing the image. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler |
| Literary reference | Sybil |
| Summary | Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a chorus girl in Sybil at Daly's Theatre, 1921. Sybil, or Szibill in the original Hungarian, is an operetta with music by Victor Jacobi. The story follows Sybil, a singer from Paris, who arrives in Russia and meets an officer, Petrov who falls in love with her. There follows a case of mistaken identity in which Sybil is thought to be the wife of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke goes along with this deception and his wife pretends to be Sybil. The Grand Duchess then becomes attracted to Petrov and the Grand Duke tries to attack him. After much confusion everyone's true identity is revealed and the play ends happily. This production of the play opened at Daly's Theatre, London on 19th February 1921. |
| Associated object | THM/144 (Series) |
| Other number | THM/144 - Archive number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.2676-2010 |
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| Record created | November 2, 2010 |
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