Costume Design
1943 (drawn)
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Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, 1943. Gladys Calthrop Design Collection.
This stage version of Lewis Carroll's novel opened on 24 December 1943 at the Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London. It was dramatised by Clemence Dane, with music by Richard Addinsell. The director was Esme Church.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, she married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
This stage version of Lewis Carroll's novel opened on 24 December 1943 at the Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London. It was dramatised by Clemence Dane, with music by Richard Addinsell. The director was Esme Church.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, she married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, pencil and pen drawing on paper backed on card |
| Brief description | Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, 1943. Gladys Calthrop Design Collection |
| Physical description | Costume design for The Red Queen. The design is attached to a sheet of thin card and covered with transparent plastic held in place by adhesive tape. On the left hand side are two punched holes. Signed by the artist, lower right. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Red Queen' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right hand corner) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gladys Calthrop |
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| Literary reference | Alice in Wonderland |
| Summary | Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, 1943. Gladys Calthrop Design Collection. This stage version of Lewis Carroll's novel opened on 24 December 1943 at the Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London. It was dramatised by Clemence Dane, with music by Richard Addinsell. The director was Esme Church. Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, she married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York. |
| Other number | THM/52 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.558-2012 |
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| Record created | May 17, 2012 |
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