Synopses & Reviews
Costumes for the Stage is essential for anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges, or amateur, semi-professional, or professional groups. This second edition features expanded text and new illustrations.Beginning with a basic introduction to the changing shape of clothes, the book provides practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work. It includes sections on Greek plays, medieval miracles and mysteries, Shakespeare, seventeenth-century, eighteenth-century, Victorian, and Edwardian costume. Each section covers the details of men's and women's clothes and accessories, as well as methods for adapting and simplifying the style of the period.
Synopsis
This classic reference provides practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams, and patterns from which to work. Included are sections on Greek Plays, medieval miracles and mysteries, Shakespeare, 17th and 18th century Victorian and Edwardian costume, as well as costumes of the modern era.