Costume Design
1972 (made)
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Design for Nurse Bunty Biddle in Babes in the Wood, showing a full length female figure wearing an ankle length, high waisted, wide sleeved dress in mauve with blue undersleeves, the scalloped cuffs edged in white with pink bobble fringe, the skirt of five tiers, the four upper tiers with scalloped edges trimmed with pink flowers with blue centres, the fourth tier also edged with white bows and blue bobbles, the lower tier of pink pleated material. Nurse Bunty wears an enormous medieval style horned headdress in white, decorated with swags of pink ribbon and bows, a swag of pink petalled, blue centred flowers between the horns and hanging pink ribbons and a white veil decorated with similar pink flowers The background is painted in grey gouache. The design is signed and dated and on the reverse is inscribed with the name of the actor, the character and the pantomime.
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Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and gouache on paper |
Brief description | Design by Cynthia Tingey for Nurse Bunty Biddle in Babes in the Wood, London Palladium, 1972 |
Physical description | Design for Nurse Bunty Biddle in Babes in the Wood, showing a full length female figure wearing an ankle length, high waisted, wide sleeved dress in mauve with blue undersleeves, the scalloped cuffs edged in white with pink bobble fringe, the skirt of five tiers, the four upper tiers with scalloped edges trimmed with pink flowers with blue centres, the fourth tier also edged with white bows and blue bobbles, the lower tier of pink pleated material. Nurse Bunty wears an enormous medieval style horned headdress in white, decorated with swags of pink ribbon and bows, a swag of pink petalled, blue centred flowers between the horns and hanging pink ribbons and a white veil decorated with similar pink flowers The background is painted in grey gouache. The design is signed and dated and on the reverse is inscribed with the name of the actor, the character and the pantomime. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Credit line | Given by the artist |
Object history | This is one of a collection of designs for pantomime and cabaret, given to the Theatre Museum by the designer, Cynthia Tingey, who created the costumes for 15 of the annual London Palladium pantomimes. This design was made for the pantomime, Babes in the Wood, at the London Palladium, 19 December 1972. The production was directed by Albert J. Knight. Julian Orchard played Nurse Bunty Biddle. Historical significance: An example of pantomime costume design of the second half of the 20th century and of the work of a designer who specialised in pantomime and variety design. It is also an example of a design for a pantomime dame. |
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Literary reference | Babes in the Wood |
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Accession number | S.48-1999 |
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Record created | April 4, 2000 |
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