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Drawings: G1185
Title
Design of costume for a chorus girl in 'Carmen'
Dimensions
height: 22.7cm
width: 17.7cm
width: 17.7cm
Other materials
Pen, Ink, gouache and watercolour.
Inscription/signature
'CARMEN/ Chorus Girl Act II/ Wine red satin with black/ chenille netting & pompoms./ White shawl ebridered black./ Black fan, shoes, Red Camelias (sic) in/ hair & on shoulder./ This can be worn also/ in Act IV with a black/ lace mantilla.'
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 woman in a red satin dress with black detailing and a white shawl. The woman wears Camellias in her hair and on her shoulder, and carried a black fan in her hand.
