Costume design by Ronald Cobb
Costume Design
1946 (designed)
1946 (designed)
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This design is for a show-girl's costume in Glamour of the Veils, a revue produced by ENSA, or the Entertainments National Service Association, in 1946. Glamorous numbers with exotic dancers were a popular aspect of the light-hearted wartime revues frequently produced at the time at London's Windmill Theatre, in West End theatres, and around the country. Ronald Cobb was something of a specialist in witty designs for show-girls' costumes, and in the early 1950s produced even more elaborate designs for costumes at the London nightclubs Eve's and Murray's Cabaret Club.
Glamour of the Veils starred Marqueez, the stage name of Marqueez Alkin, an exotic dancer who had previously appeared in several large West End revues including Strike a New Note1943, Strike It Again!,1944, The Night and the Music1945, and Fine Feathers, 1945. The show was produced by John C. Mather, who devised his first show to entertain the Kinross Home Guards in his home town of Kinross, near Perth, Scotland, in 1941.
Glamour of the Veils starred Marqueez, the stage name of Marqueez Alkin, an exotic dancer who had previously appeared in several large West End revues including Strike a New Note1943, Strike It Again!,1944, The Night and the Music1945, and Fine Feathers, 1945. The show was produced by John C. Mather, who devised his first show to entertain the Kinross Home Guards in his home town of Kinross, near Perth, Scotland, in 1941.
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| Title | Costume design by Ronald Cobb (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour on cartridge paper |
| Brief description | Costume design for one of five girls in scene 2 of Glamour of the Veils, 'The Wonder Show' produced by John C. Mather for ENSA, 1946. Signed and dated Ronald Cobb 46. Watercolour and pencil on card. Given by Rose-Mary McClory. |
| Physical description | Costume design by Ronald Cobb for one of five girls in scene 2 of Glamour of the Veils of a dark-haired girl standing, full-length, wearing baggy white harem pants slashed at the thighs, a white bra with wide pink sleeves gathered beneath the elbow into black cuffs, a bare midriff, pink briefs and a brown and pink pagoda-style headdress. Designed for 'The Wonder Show', 'the Finest Dressed Show on Tour', produced by John C. Mather for ENSA, 1946. Inscribed in paint: 'SCENE 2. 5 GIRLS' 'Original Design GLAMOUR OF THE VEILS WITH MARQUEEZ THE FINEST DRESSED SHOW ON TOUR'. Inscribed in ink: 'A JOHN C. MATHER PRODUCTION'. Signed and dated in paint 'RONALD COBB 46'. With a slight pencil sketch of a tripartite screen verso and inscribed in pencil: 'The Best I've Worn in - The Best D- Show.' |
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| Credit line | Given by Rose-Mary McClory |
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| Summary | This design is for a show-girl's costume in Glamour of the Veils, a revue produced by ENSA, or the Entertainments National Service Association, in 1946. Glamorous numbers with exotic dancers were a popular aspect of the light-hearted wartime revues frequently produced at the time at London's Windmill Theatre, in West End theatres, and around the country. Ronald Cobb was something of a specialist in witty designs for show-girls' costumes, and in the early 1950s produced even more elaborate designs for costumes at the London nightclubs Eve's and Murray's Cabaret Club. Glamour of the Veils starred Marqueez, the stage name of Marqueez Alkin, an exotic dancer who had previously appeared in several large West End revues including Strike a New Note1943, Strike It Again!,1944, The Night and the Music1945, and Fine Feathers, 1945. The show was produced by John C. Mather, who devised his first show to entertain the Kinross Home Guards in his home town of Kinross, near Perth, Scotland, in 1941. |
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| Accession number | S.168-2007 |
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| Record created | October 17, 2007 |
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