First Oberon Attendant
Description
| Image Title | First Oberon Attendant |
| Performance Title | Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Opening Performance Date | 1954 |
| Theater | Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) |
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
| Associated People (Director) | Devine, George, 1910-1966 |
| Associated People (Actor) | Turner, John, 1932- |
| Object | Costume design |
| Type | Image |
| Material/Techniques | Gouache Paper |
| Support | Swatched |
| Dimensions | 12 7/8 x 18 1/2 |
| Description | Costume rendering for First Oberon Attendant in Midsummer Night's Dream: orange mask covers head, nose, eyes, and neck black on nose orange with white dots on head and neck orange and blue feathers atop head. Brown sleeves with white, covering hands. Brown tights with white, covering feet. Bright blue chest plate with white. Entire costume has scale pattern. Accompanied by rendering of back of costume, five color and three fabric swatches. Archaic Greek with Eastern influence c. 500 B.C. Assyria, Persia, Phrygia |
| Inscription | A Midsummer Nights Dream 1st Oberon Attendant John Turner, in manuscript hand, upper right corner. |
| Style or Period | Archaic Greek with Eastern influence c. 500 B.C. Assyria, Persia, Phrygia |
| Production notes | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/motley/prodnote/prodmid.htm |
| Subject I (AAT) | costume design costumes (character dress) gouaches (paintings) face masks creepers scale pattern |
| Subject II (TGMI) | Theatrical productions Costume Design drawings |
| Subject III (LCSH) | Theater--History |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For questions regarding these materials, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Physical Location | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| Inventory Number | 540323-022 |
| JPEG URL | http://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/motley/jpg/540323_022.jpg |
| Collection Title | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) |
| RDF | http://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/jsonld/6887.json |