Costumes for the stage : a complete handbook for every kind of play / by Sheila Jackson.
"Costumes for the Stage is essential for anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
New Amsterdam Books,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | "Costumes for the Stage is essential for anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups."--BOOK JACKET. "Costumes for the Stage is essential for anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges, or amateur, semi-professional, or professional groups. This second edition features expanded text and new illustrations." "Beginning with a basic introduction to the changing shape of clothes, the book provides practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work. It includes sections on Greek plays, medieval miracles and mysteries, Shakespeare, seventeenth-century, eighteenth-century, Victorian, and Edwardian costume. Each section covers the details of men's and women's clothes and accessories, as well as methods for adapting and simplifying the style of the period."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1561310689 9781561310685 |