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The Stage Costume Sourcebook (Hardcover) by Jack Cassin-Scott (Author)
This wide-ranging sourcebook, with designs from period plays to high opera to pantomime, has something to suit every need. You'll find clothing, accessory, and hairstyle ideas for favorite roles like Cleopatra, Fagin, Madame Butterfly, and Falstaff; and costumes in the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Elizabethan, and Victorian styles.
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Book Description
They have to be bigger, bolder, and
brighter than anything you'll see in real life--stage costumes must
define the character in a glance and grab the audience's attention.
This wide-ranging sourcebook, with designs from period plays to high
opera to pantomime, has something to suit every need. You'll find
clothing, accessory, and hairstyle ideas for favorite roles like
Cleopatra, Fagin, Madame Butterfly, and Falstaff; and costumes in the
Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Elizabethan, and Victorian styles. Bonus:
general staging suggestions, including backcloths and flats. 128 pages
(all in color), 7 1/4 x 9 1/2.
It describes the stage costumes from the Roman age to the Shakespearean
age. The Stage Costume Sourcebook is an outstanding book that teaches
you everything about what actors and actresses wore in plays and
sketches. It tells you what the showgirls wore, what the kids wore, and
what people wore in Chinese plays. The book also describes the clothes
that people wore in their daily lives. The author, Jack Cassin-Scott,
has a lifetime's experience in theatre.
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