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Drawings: G1177
Title
Design of costume for Troilus from 'Troilus and Cressida'
Dimensions
height: 17.8cm
width: 11.5cm
width: 11.5cm
Other materials
Pen, Ink, gouache and watercolour.
Inscription/signature
'Troilus & Cressida/ Troilus/ In battle scenes/ a sword is worn/ slung over right/ shoulder on a chain./ The scabbard is Rose pink to match boots/ fillings hit & chain gold. See "Aeneas"/ White tunic. Pale pink, felt cuirasse embossed/ silver./ Silver helmet with pale/ pnk Cock's feathers./ Pink felt boots bordered &/ turned down with silver'
Provenance
Donated to the Club by Donald Sinden in 2012. See works of art minutes for 2012.
Tissue paper wrapper around the designs has written on it : " With Love, Jack and Winif". According to Sinden's memoirs 'A Touch of the Memoirs' Jack and Winifred Keates were friends he made in his early years of acting at MESA. Jack Keates was the manager of Brighton Theatre Royal for twenty-eight years and Winifred was his wife and an actress and director. They became friends with Donald Sinden and were Godparents to his first born son. They amassed an archive of material relating to the Theatre Royal in Brighton.
One of a group of designs for costumes for various plays, donated by Donald Sinden in 2012. This depicts a man in pink Roman armour with plumed helmet and pink felt boots
