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Drawings: G1184
Title
Design of costume for the Smuggler Chief in 'Carmen'
Dimensions
height: 22.7cm
width: 17.7cm
width: 17.7cm
Other materials
Pen, Ink, gouache and watercolour.
Inscription/signature
'CARMEN/ Smuggler Chief/ Acts II & III/ Light Brown Cloth,/ Braided dark brown & green,/ head scarf & sash green,/ fringed rust red/ Drak brown cloak and stique/ Rust, Greens & old gold./ Brown hat, Belt, &/ leggings./ A long knife or dagger/ should be stuck through/ the sash.'
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 brown costume with green detailing, a cloak in matching colours, a head scarf and brown hat, a gold hoop earing and a sash tied around the waist. In one hand he carries a stique.
