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Theatre Costume

1973 (Made)
Artist/Maker

Costume worn by Alan Bates as Petruchio in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1973.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Theatre Costume
  • Trunk Hose
  • Theatre Costume
  • Doublet
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Costume worn by Alan Bates as Petruchio in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1973.
Dimensions
  • Jacket, shoulder width, laid flat width: 62cm
  • Jacket, collar to hem, laid flat length: 77cm
  • Trunk hose, hip width, laid flat width: 44cm
  • Trunk hose, waist to crotch, laid flat length: 52cm
  • Doublet and trunkhose weight: 2.4kg
Style
Production typeUnique
Object history
The costume was designed by Farrah for Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1973, directed by Clifford Williams, in which Alan Bates played Petruchio.

Historical significance: Acquired as an example of a theatrical period costume, reflecting the pared-down, plain style of the 1960s and 1970s.
Association
Literary referenceThe Taming of the Shrew
Collection
Accession number
S.371:1, 2-2001

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2001
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