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Starveling as the Moon

Image TitleStarveling as the Moon
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)Duguid, Peter, 1923-2009
ObjectCostume rendering
TypeImage
Material/TechniquesWatercolor
SupportPaper
Dimensions13 3/8 x 18 3/8
DescriptionCostume rendering for Starvling as Moon in Midsummer Night's Dream: two long white cloths, one in front and one in back, tied together at shoulders. Purplish blue shirt with circles
black tights with blue dots
black sandals. Wearing eyeglasses and gold-colored neckwear. Holding small gray and black dog in left hand
holding tree branch from which lantern hangs in right hand.
InscriptionA Midsummer Nights Dream
Starvling, Play costume, Moon
Peter Duguid, 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)
cloth
white (color)
shirts (main garments)
purplish blue
circles (plane figures)
tights (opaque stockings)
black (color)
blue (color)
dots
sandals
eyeglasses
gray (color)
lanterns (lighting devices)
neckwear
moderate yellow
Subject II (TGMI)Theatrical productions
Costume Design drawings
Dogs
Tree limbs
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 Number540323-016
JPEG URLhttp://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/motley/jpg/540323_016.jpg
Collection TitleMotley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
RDFhttp://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/jsonld/6896.json