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| Image Title | First Oberon Attendant |
| Performance Title | Midsummer Night's Dream
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| Author / Composer | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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| Theater | Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)
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| Opening Performance Date | 1954 |
| Object | Costume design drawings |
| Type | Image |
| Material/Techniques | Gouache; Paper |
| Support | Swatched |
| Dimensions | 12 7/8 x 18 1/2 |
| Associated People | Devine, George, 1910-1966 (director); Turner, James |
| Style or Period | Archaic Greek with Eastern influence
c. 500 B.C.
Assyria, Persia, Phrygia
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| Production notes | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/motley/prodnote/prodmid.htm |
| Inscriptions | A Midsummer Nights Dream; 1st Oberon Attendant; John Turner, in manuscript hand, upper right corner. |
| Description | Costume rendering for First Oberon Attendant in Midsummer Night's Dream: orange mask covers head, nose, eyes, and neck; black on nose; orange with white dots on head and neck; orange and blue feathers atop head. Brown sleeves with white, covering hands. Brown tights with white, covering feet. Bright blue chest plate with white. Entire costume has scale pattern. Accompanied by rendering of back of costume, five color and three fabric swatches. Archaic Greek with Eastern influence; c. 500 B.C.; Assyria, Persia, Phrygia |
| Subject I (AAT) | costume design
costumes (character dress)
gouaches (paintings)
face masks
creepers
scale pattern
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| Subject II (TGMI) | Theatrical productions
Costume design drawings
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| Subject (LCSH) | Theater--History |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For questions regarding these materials, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| Collection | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) |
| Inventory Number | 540323-022 |
| JPEG2000 URL | http://varuna.grainger.illinois.edu/motley/jp2/540323_022.jp2 |
