theatrical costume - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture: A Reference Guide

Book by Valerie Burnham Oliver; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Costume--United States--Bibliography

Collections: History, Entire Library

Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of ...
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Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference literature and provides information on periodicals, research centers, and costume museums and collections. It also provides a new way of looking at the literature through a database of 58 Library of Congress subject headings. It covers topics from jeans to wedding dresses and features "popular" examples of how clothing is used and reflected in our culture through the literature discussed. Of interest to scholars, students, and anyone curious about the unique power clothing holds in our lives.
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Drama: Its Costume & Decor

Book by James Laver; Studio Publications, 1951

Subjects:

Costume, Theaters--Decoration, Theaters--Stage-Setting And Scenery

Collections: Entire Library

...113-18 Designs for theatrical costumes: from the original drawings...119-22 Designs for theatrical costumes: French, second half of seventeenth...135 Design for theatrical costume, French, first half of eighteenth...
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Costume Design on Broadway: Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1985

Book by Bobbi Owen; Greenwood Press, 1987

Subjects:

Costume Designers--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Entire Library

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Designers and their Credits Appendixes: Tony Award, Marharam Award, Donaldson Award Illustrations Index of Plays
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The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music

Book by Barbara Ravelhofer; Oxford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Dance Costume--England--History--17th Century, Dance--England--History--17th Century, Masques With Music--17th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...material one of theatrical fashion. In the...expenditure went on costumes. Performance accounts...understanding of theatrical costume. Even so, no study...play. An expert theatrical designer, Romano devised the costumes for a moresca...
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Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary

Book by John W. Frick, Stephen M. Vallillo; Greenwood, 1994

Subjects:

Theatrical Producers And Directors--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Entire Library

""This book should be impressive to aspiring theater arts students as well as to those who simply love theater. Highly recommended for most collections." Library Journal

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Daniel O'Quinn. Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800

Journal article by Betsy Bolton; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800. (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...work pays off not only in detailed readings of scenery and costume, but also in his tracking of the pantomimes altered staging...gender: women appear in this section both as political and theatrical critics of the trial and as part of the prosecutions oratorical...
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Glorious Spangs and Rich Embroidery: Costume in the Masque of Blackness and Hymenaei

Journal article by Lesley Mickel; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 36, 2003

Subjects:

Jones, Inigo, Literature--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...court. The mutual theatricality of both monarch...raided for masque costumes (Jones and Stallybrass...and below the costume, allowing tantalising...magical disguise. Theatrical deceptions were...kingdom. The monarchs theatrical magic must retain...masques eroticised costumes were to its viewers...
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A Reasonable Woman's Desire: The Private Theatrical and Joanna Baillie's the Tryal

Journal article by Catherine B. Burroughs; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 38, 1996

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism, Philology

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...much of womens drama and theatrical art has actually been produced...neoclassical poses and manipulating costume pieces as in the case of...in all matters relative to costume and other little etceteras...at Richmond Houses private theatricals in 1787-88, "the most fashionable...
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Fine Word, Legitimate!: Toward a Theatrical History of Romanticism

Journal article by Jane Moody; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 38, 1996

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism, Philology

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Shakespeares own text, as well as reintroducing historical costume. 41 To interpret Coriolanus as the production of an austere...machine, as well as to neglect the conflicting political and theatrical currents which met at Drury Lane in 1819. Despite his extraordinary...
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Theatrical Fielding

Journal article by Thomas Lockwood; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 32, 1999

Subjects:

Authors, English--Conduct of life, English drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Fielding, Henry--Conduct of life, Theater--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...this character (as in the theatrical sense of originating the part...here again the flattering costume of polite discourse that Wild...he was a court politician costumed as a highwayman, not a highwayman...very reason of his ideally theatrical but literally unstageable...

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How to Choose, Coordinate, and Care for Your Costume

Magazine article by Marian Horosko; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, November 1999

Subjects:

Costume--Appreciation, Dancers--Equipment and supplies, Fashion design--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

...durable cotton-Lycra opaque tights in a variety of colors and sizes. Need a wig? Lacey Costume Wig can provide a fifty-six page catalog of historical, theatrical, stage, TV, clown, and other wig styles. They are at 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY...
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Beyond Lysistrata: Real Women Confront the Vestiges of War in a Theatrical Project in Atlanta

Magazine article by Mollie Wilson; American Theatre, Vol. 22, September 2005

Subjects:

May, Rachel--Authorship, May, Rachel--Works, Mirlis, Hope--Authorship, Mirlis, Hope--Works, Pearce, Michele--Authorship, Pearce, Michele--Works, Women + War (Play)--Authorship, Women + War (Play)--Performances, Women theatrical directors--Works, Women theatrical producers and directors--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Confront the Vestiges of War in a Theatrical Project in Atlanta. by...non-Western cultures; the costume designer had some ideas for...titles. On the contrary, as costume designer Sydney Roberts tells...and Pearce to the idea of a theatrical investigation of how war touches...
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Dress Codes: From the Inside out, Two Design Books Take Measure of the Very Social Art of Costume

Magazine article by Elizabeth Hope Clancy; American Theatre, Vol. 22, February 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-By-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers (Book)--Book reviews, The Ingenue in White: Reflections of a Costume Designer (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...costume and makeup design) and Central Washington University. The art of the costume sketch has perhaps never been treated in such depth before, and drawing theatrical characters is quite a different process than doing idealized fashion illustrations...
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Costume, Period Rooms, and Donors: Dangerous Liaisons in the Art Museum

Magazine article by Ivan Gaskell; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Fall 2004

Subjects:

Clothing and dress--Exhibitions, Clothing--Exhibitions, Costume--Exhibitions, Exhibitions--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Liaisons by the entrance motif of a mannequin drawing aside a theatrical curtain; nor did the facelessness of the mannequins suffice...seemingly promised by both the furnished period room and its costumed human stand-ins, was most clearly signaled by a smashed artwork...
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Broadway Babies: Seven Young Dancers Step into Our Top Costume Picks from Musicals Past and Present and Salute the Performers Who Made Their Roles Famous

Magazine article by Kristin Maxwell; Dance Magazine, Vol. 79, October 2005

Subjects:

Beach, David--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Dancers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Foster, Sutton--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Grey, Joel--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Musical theater--Personalities, Rivera, Chita--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Theatrical actors--Performances, Yates, Deborah--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Entire Library

...Seven Young Dancers Step into Our Top Costume Picks from Musicals Past and Present and...glamour and spectacle count. It is the costume designers job to reflect a shows era and...many winning routines and the choice of costume can tip the balance in your favor. DANCE...

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Curtain Up on a Feast of Fashion; MAIN FEATURE SALLY HOBAN Takes a Trip through Past Productions in the Crescent Theatre's Aladdin's Cave of Costume Storage

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 16, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Crescent Theatres Aladdins Cave of Costume Storage. Byline: SALLY...is one of Birminghams hidden theatrical gems. The Crescent is home...company and it has a fantastic costume collection to match. As vintage...presume this is the entire costume collection. "Oh no," says Stuart...
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Costume Drama to a Japanese Dream

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 18, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...presenter Caryn Franklin, will transform four lucky Open Day visitors. As the volunteers don theatrical attire, the audience will discover how costume and fashion influence each other, and how clothes affect the way we look, move and feel...
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Construction Reaches Theatrical Proportions; Venues Make a Production of Renovation

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 12, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Construction reaches theatrical proportions; Venues...spaces and ample room for costume and scenery shops and...levels - intimate and theatrical, sort of like a boxing...It all started in the costume and scenery shop...for the scenery and costume shops. "Weve been...
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Romping through a Theatrical World of Cross-Dressing and Bawdy Jokes

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 3, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Romping through a Theatrical World of Cross-Dressing...to life in this bawdy costume romp with heaving bosoms...and skulduggery in the theatrical set, seasoned with saucy...served with gorgeous costumes and make-up. Crudup...
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Opera Hits High Note with Costume Sale

Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, October 9, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Ms. LeBoeuf, 46, felt early on she was destined for a theatrical career as an undergraduate at the University of New Orleans...back in the audition line I was getting back tenfold in the costume shop." She went on to graduate school in costume design...

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Costume

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COSTUME distinctive forms of clothing...robes, academic gowns, armor , and theatrical dress. The use of ornament preceded...the evolution of dress. The term costume also includes accessories, such...ornaments to the body. Ancient Costume The ancient Egyptian costume for...
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Wig

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

WIG arrangement of artificial or human hair worn to conceal baldness, as a disguise, or as part of a costume, either theatrical, ceremonial, or fashionable. In ancient Egypt the wig was worn to protect the head from the sun; short-haired...
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Modern Dance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MODERN DANCE serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct...Experimenting with stage lighting and costume, she created illusionistic...religion. She relied on elaborate costumes and sinuous improvised movements...and all but the most austere costumes and simplest stage effects...
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Masque

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...writer of the masque was Ben Jonson . However, it was his collaborator Inigo Jones , the theatrical architect, famous for his elaborate costume designs, settings, and scenic effects, who gave the masque its greatest popularity. Some of their...
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Theater

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...actors performed in masks and stylized costumes (see mask ). The chorus remained...social outcast. Until the 10th cent., theatrical performances were restricted to traveling...portray. Similarly, realism in scenery and costumes was not popular until well into the 19th...

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