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Costume Design

1996 (Painted, drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for a female Holidaymaker. The design depicts a full length female figure wearing an 1880's style costume adapted for ballet performance. The costume consists of a tight fitting yellow and green striped bodice and skirt with bustle, and yellow underskirt. Attached to the right of the figure are two photocopies of contemporary fashions illustrations of the 1880's. Unsigned by the artist.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen & ink, felt-tip pen, photocopy paper collage, crayon, and watercolour, on paper.
Brief description
Costume design by Lez Brotherston for a female Holidaymaker in the ballet "Dracula", Northern Ballet Theatre, Bradford Alhambra Theatre, September 16th 1996.
Physical description
Costume design for a female Holidaymaker. The design depicts a full length female figure wearing an 1880's style costume adapted for ballet performance. The costume consists of a tight fitting yellow and green striped bodice and skirt with bustle, and yellow underskirt. Attached to the right of the figure are two photocopies of contemporary fashions illustrations of the 1880's. Unsigned by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 306mm
  • Width: 405mm
The sheet has been torn out of a spiral bound sketch book.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' Holiday Couple ' (Textual information; Vertically in the lower right hand side; handwriting; ink; Brotherston, Lez)
  • ' Bonnet ' (Textual information; Upper right hand side; handwriting; ink; Brotherston, Lez)
  • ' lycra / panel ' (Textual information; Middle right hand side; handwriting; pencil; Brotherston, Lez)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
This costume design by Lez Brotherston is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 2002. The design was executed for a production of Michael Pink's ballet "Dracula" performed by Northern Ballet Theatre at the Bradford Alhambra Theatre on September 16th, 1996. The production, based on an original idea by Ken Russell after Bram Stoker's novel of the same name, was directed by Christopher Gable, composed by Philip Feeney, and lit by Paul Pyant. The production toured the country extensively, and was performed at Sadler's Wells in March 1999. The ballet has also entered the repertoire of the Atlanta Ballet, the Colorado Ballet, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and the Norwegian National Ballet.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Associations
Literary referenceDracula
Collection
Accession number
S.323-2002

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Record createdJanuary 24, 2003
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