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Helena

Image TitleHelena
Performance TitleMidsummer Night's Dream
Opening Performance Date1954
TheaterRoyal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)
AuthorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Associated People (Director)Devine, George, 1910-1966
Associated People (Actor)Jefford, Barbara, 1930-
ObjectCostume rendering
TypeImage
Material/TechniquesWatercolor
SupportPaper
Dimensions13 1/4 x 18
DescriptionCostume design for Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream: lacy white short-sleeved under dress under pink dress with black designs. Pink dress over right shoulder only. Black sash around waist pulls pink dress up at right side. Brown earrings
black bracelets and sandals
InscriptionA Midsummer Nights Dream
Helena
Barbara Jefford, in manuscript hand, upper right corner.
Style or PeriodArchaic Greek with Eastern influence
c. 500 B.C.
Assyria, Persia, Phrygia
Production noteshttp://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/motley/prodnote/prodmid.htm
Subject I (AAT)costume design
costumes (character dress)
underdresses
white (color)
dresses (garments)
pink (color)
black (color)
sashes (costume accessories)
bracelets (jewelry)
sandals
earrings (jewelry)
brown (color)
Subject II (TGMI)Theatrical productions
Costume Design drawings
Subject III (LCSH)Theater--History
RightsRare 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 LocationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Inventory Number540323-003
JPEG URLhttp://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/motley/jpg/540323_003.jpg
Collection TitleMotley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
RDFhttp://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/jsonld/6878.json