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Puss in Boots
Reading, Charles, born 1911 - died 1999 - Enlarge image
Puss in Boots
- Object:
Set design
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (designed)
- Date:
1949 (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Reading, Charles, born 1911 - died 1999 (designers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Gouache and watercolour on card
- Credit Line:
Given by Roger Fox
- Museum number:
S.90-2015
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Set model piece for 'The Story of the Three Wishes: The Thicket' scene in pantomime Puss in Boots, London Palladium, 1949.
Puss in Boots starred comedian Tommy Trinder as Miffins and American double act George and Bert Bernard as Dandelion and Buttercup. The show’s scenery was designed by Charles Reading, with costumes for the Cat Ballet designed by Erte.
The Times described the show as “very pretty” and “the most spectacular of the three big London pantomimes” that year.
The production also featured a speciality act called Al Gordon’s Dogs.
