Theatre Costume
Theatre Costume
ca.1920-1960 (made)
ca.1920-1960 (made)
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Floorlength dark claret dress with matching belt, from an unidentified production, associated with the actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1892-1991).
Born in 1891, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies enjoyed an illustrious theatrical career, which saw her working with some of the UK’s leading actors and companies throughout the twentieth century. She is perhaps best known as performing with John Gielgud in Shakespeare’s plays and also starred alongside Ivor Novello, Alan Bates and Peggy Ashcroft. Furthermore she performed in works by many leading playwrights including Noel Coward, Eugene O’Neill, Terence Rattigan, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov, T.S. Eliot and G.B. Shaw. Retiring from the stage in the 1970s, she continued to occasionally appear on radio and television, with her final appearance at the age of 100. She died in 1992 aged 101.
Born in 1891, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies enjoyed an illustrious theatrical career, which saw her working with some of the UK’s leading actors and companies throughout the twentieth century. She is perhaps best known as performing with John Gielgud in Shakespeare’s plays and also starred alongside Ivor Novello, Alan Bates and Peggy Ashcroft. Furthermore she performed in works by many leading playwrights including Noel Coward, Eugene O’Neill, Terence Rattigan, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov, T.S. Eliot and G.B. Shaw. Retiring from the stage in the 1970s, she continued to occasionally appear on radio and television, with her final appearance at the age of 100. She died in 1992 aged 101.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Theatre Costume (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Synthetic shot silk, silk velvet, lined with calico and silk, with metal hooking and eye fastenings and decorated with imitation gold metal buttons. |
| Brief description | Floor length dark claret dress with matching belt, from an unidentified production, associated with the actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1892-1991) |
| Physical description | Floorlength dark claret dress from an unidentified production, associated with the actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1892-1991). There is no maker's label. |
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| Credit line | Acquired with the assistance of Friends of the National Libraries |
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| Summary | Floorlength dark claret dress with matching belt, from an unidentified production, associated with the actress Dame Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1892-1991). Born in 1891, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies enjoyed an illustrious theatrical career, which saw her working with some of the UK’s leading actors and companies throughout the twentieth century. She is perhaps best known as performing with John Gielgud in Shakespeare’s plays and also starred alongside Ivor Novello, Alan Bates and Peggy Ashcroft. Furthermore she performed in works by many leading playwrights including Noel Coward, Eugene O’Neill, Terence Rattigan, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov, T.S. Eliot and G.B. Shaw. Retiring from the stage in the 1970s, she continued to occasionally appear on radio and television, with her final appearance at the age of 100. She died in 1992 aged 101. |
| Associated object | THM/448 (Archive record) |
| Other number | THM/448 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.528:1 to 2-2015 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2015 |
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