Gladys Calthrop costume design for Twelfth Night
Costume Design
ca. 1926 (drawn)
ca. 1926 (drawn)
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Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for the character of Feste in <i>Twelfth Night</i>, for a production at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York, 1926. The actor Alan Birmingham played the role of Feste in this production, and his name is handwritten at the top of the page.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She also designed the set and costumes for several other productions, other than Coward's plays, including Shakespeare's plays. She worked in both London and New York.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She also designed the set and costumes for several other productions, other than Coward's plays, including Shakespeare's plays. She worked in both London and New York.
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| Title | Gladys Calthrop costume design for Twelfth Night (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil drawing |
| Brief description | Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for the character of Feste in Twelfth Night, for a production at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York, 1926, Gladys Calthrop Design Collection. |
| Physical description | Recto features full-length drawing of the character, wearing a yellow bodice with green, red and yellow sleeves and red and green tights. Also wearing a red and green pointed hat and holding a stick. A small balloon features at the top left. Verso features pencil sketch of full-length figure wearing a helmet. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gladys Calthrop |
| Literary reference | Twelfth Night |
| Summary | Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for the character of Feste in <i>Twelfth Night</i>, for a production at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York, 1926. The actor Alan Birmingham played the role of Feste in this production, and his name is handwritten at the top of the page. Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She also designed the set and costumes for several other productions, other than Coward's plays, including Shakespeare's plays. She worked in both London and New York. |
| Other number | THM/52 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.475-2012 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2012 |
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