Costume design for Berwick Kaler as Hattie Hood dressed as the Olympics in Robin Hood and his Merry Mam
Costume Design
2012 (made)
2012 (made)
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Berwick Kaler played the Dame in all the hugely popular pantomimes that he wrote for the York Theatre Royal, wearing a series of increasingly inventive and witty costumes. Many of them celebrated or referred to topical events. The inspiration for this 2012 costume, designed by Charles Cusick Smith for the character Hattie Hood in Robin Hood and his Merry Mam, was the summer Olympics that took place in the UK that year.
Berwick Kaler never wore make-up for his Dames, who he always wanted to be patently a man in a frock. To this end he also wore brown workman's boots, as can be seen in this design. Their laces were their only flamboyant note - one yellow and one red - worn to contrast with the socks, with one red leg and one yellow.
Berwick Kaler never wore make-up for his Dames, who he always wanted to be patently a man in a frock. To this end he also wore brown workman's boots, as can be seen in this design. Their laces were their only flamboyant note - one yellow and one red - worn to contrast with the socks, with one red leg and one yellow.
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| Title | Costume design for Berwick Kaler as Hattie Hood dressed as the Olympics in<i> Robin Hood and his Merry Mam</i> (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen on card with attached fabric swatches |
| Brief description | Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for Berwick Kaler as Hattie Hood as the Olympics in Robin Hood and his Merry Mam at the York Theatre Royal (13 December 2012 - 2 February 2013) |
| Physical description | Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for Berwick Kaler as Hattie Hood, dressed to represent the Olympics in Robin Hood and his Merry Mam. Full length figure of a Pantomime Dame, wearing a gold strapless 'leotard' decorated with Olympic symbols, a headdress shaped like an Olympic torch and five large hoops (the Olympic rings). She has heavy boots, worn with one yellow sock and one red sock, and holds an Olympic torch in her left hand. With a line drawing of the figure, lower right, and three attached fabric swatches, upper right. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Summary | Berwick Kaler played the Dame in all the hugely popular pantomimes that he wrote for the York Theatre Royal, wearing a series of increasingly inventive and witty costumes. Many of them celebrated or referred to topical events. The inspiration for this 2012 costume, designed by Charles Cusick Smith for the character Hattie Hood in Robin Hood and his Merry Mam, was the summer Olympics that took place in the UK that year. Berwick Kaler never wore make-up for his Dames, who he always wanted to be patently a man in a frock. To this end he also wore brown workman's boots, as can be seen in this design. Their laces were their only flamboyant note - one yellow and one red - worn to contrast with the socks, with one red leg and one yellow. |
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| Accession number | S.994-2017 |
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| Record created | October 24, 2016 |
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