Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Design
1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for Rose Grant in Bye Bye Birdie, showing a full length female figure, wearing a knee length, three-quarter sleeved day dress in orange with a wrap-over fastening, a necklace of five strands of white beads and white gloves. The design is signed and dated and inscribed with the name of the production, the character, the production company and the scene. A small orange fabric swatch is attached by a pin to the upper left hand corner.


Object details

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Object type
Title
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and gouache on paper, with attached fabric swatch
Brief description
Design by Cynthia Tingey for Rose Grant in Act I, scene 1, of Bye Bye Birdie, Her Majesty's Theatre, 1961
Physical description
Design for Rose Grant in Bye Bye Birdie, showing a full length female figure, wearing a knee length, three-quarter sleeved day dress in orange with a wrap-over fastening, a necklace of five strands of white beads and white gloves. The design is signed and dated and inscribed with the name of the production, the character, the production company and the scene. A small orange fabric swatch is attached by a pin to the upper left hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 376mm
  • Width: 274mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cynthia Tingey -'61' (Signature; Lower right hand corner; Handwriting; Ballpoint pen)
  • '"Bye Bye Birdie" / Rose Grant - / H.M. Tennants.' (Textual information; Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Ballpoint pen)
  • 'ACT I ALMACLOU OFFICE / SCENE I' (Textual information; Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Pencil)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
This is one of a collection of designs given to the Theatre Museum by the designer, Cynthia Tingey, who created costumes for musicals, cabaret and pantomime, including 15 of the annual London Palladium pantomimes. This design was made for the musical, Bye Bye Birdie, by Charles Strouse (music), Lee Adams (lyrics) and Michael Stewart (book), staged at Her Majesty's Theatre, 15 June 1961. This was a recreation of the New York production, originally directed and choreographed by Gower Champion. Chita Rivera played Rose Grant.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceBye Bye Birdie
Collection
Accession number
S.62-1999

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Record createdApril 11, 2000
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