Costume worn by Sara Kestelman as Titania/Hippolyta in Peter Brook's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" designed by Sally Jacobs, 1970.

Full length bright green synthetic Japanese silk full A-line robe, gathered into a wide boat neck with shaped sleeves cut on a curve at the lower edge with the cuff to the top edge.

Given by Sara Kestelman

The costume for Titania/Hippolyta was designed by Sally Jacobs and worn by Sara Kestelman in Peter Brook's legendary 1970 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The production, with its white box, bright primary colours, trapezes and unequivocal sexual approach was a seminal production that proved a huge hit with audiences first at Stratford and London and on subsequent tours around the world.

Historical significance: The dress is of considerable importance as Kestelman was the original Titania and wore the dress for the performances in Stratford, London and New York and on the subsequent US tour. The Museum already owns the design for the costume, along with the designs for several other characters, and various properties, including the famous spinning plate that was the magic flower.

S.236-2002