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G1181
Drawings: G1181
Title
Design of costume for Mephistopheles from 'Faust'
Dimensions
height: 25.4cm
width: 17.3cm
width: 17.3cm
Other materials
Pen, Ink, gouache and watercolour.
Inscription/signature
'FAUST/ Mephistopheles/ Scene 1./ The reversible cloak can be/ worn the way about in/ Acts 3 & 4'
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 a full length red cape with black hood. Sleeves emerge from the cape with pink detail (which match the shoes) and white ruff at the wrist.
