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Costume Design

1971 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a dancer or possibly for Anita Harris in To See Such Fun, showing a full length female figure, wearing a full length, purple dress, with, at the waist, a belt of linked white squares, the bodice and skirt decorated with narrow bands of white forming a v-shape to the bodice and running vertically down the length of the dress, the wide sleeves randomly patterned with spots or sequins and ending in wide feather edged cuff. She wears a white choker with a large purple stone to the front. The background is painted in grey-brown gouache. The whole is framed within a rectangle drawn in ink. The design is signed and dated and inscribed with the name of the scene.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, pencil and gouache on paper
Brief description
Design by Cynthia Tingey for a dancer, or for Anita Harris, in the Finale of To See Such Fun, London Palladium, 1971
Physical description
Design for a dancer or possibly for Anita Harris in To See Such Fun, showing a full length female figure, wearing a full length, purple dress, with, at the waist, a belt of linked white squares, the bodice and skirt decorated with narrow bands of white forming a v-shape to the bodice and running vertically down the length of the dress, the wide sleeves randomly patterned with spots or sequins and ending in wide feather edged cuff. She wears a white choker with a large purple stone to the front. The background is painted in grey-brown gouache. The whole is framed within a rectangle drawn in ink. The design is signed and dated and inscribed with the name of the scene.
Dimensions
  • Height: 374mm
  • Width: 270mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cynthia Tingey -'71' (Signature; Lower right hand corner; Handwriting; Ink)
  • 'FINALE -' (Textual information; Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Gouache)
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 either for a dancer or for the singer, Anita Harris, in the revue, To See Such Fun, London Palladium, 26 April 1971. The production was directed by Albert J. Knight.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceTo See Such Fun
Collection
Accession number
S.161-1999

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Record createdJuly 19, 2000
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