Costume Design
1958 (Painted, drawn)
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Costume design for Brenda Haydn as a Committee Woman. The design depicts a full length female figure wearing a black dress with tight bodice and sleeves, puffed skirt, and large fur or feather collar. The figure also wears white gloves; an orange headscarf; and a blue and purple sash worn over the right shoulder.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gouache and pencil, on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Desmond Heeley for Brenda Haydn as a Committee Woman in "Keep Your Hair On!", Apollo Theatre, 1958. |
| Physical description | Costume design for Brenda Haydn as a Committee Woman. The design depicts a full length female figure wearing a black dress with tight bodice and sleeves, puffed skirt, and large fur or feather collar. The figure also wears white gloves; an orange headscarf; and a blue and purple sash worn over the right shoulder. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Given by Jeremy Lawrence |
| Object history | This costume design by Desmond Heeley is part of a collection of 15 designs and other items donated to the Theatre Museum by Mr Jeremy Lawrence in 1991. The design was executed for a production of John Cranko's musical "Keep Your Hair On!", which opened at the Apollo Theatre on February 13th 1958. The music was composed by John Addison, and the lighting was by Michael Northern. Heeley also designed the settings in collaboration with Tony Armstrong Jones. The cast included Betty Marsden, John Turner, Gilbert Vernon, Erik Mork, Rachel Roberts, and Barbara Windsor. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Literary reference | Keep Your Hair On! |
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| Accession number | S.662-2001 |
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| Record created | October 12, 2001 |
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