Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute

Costume design for The Beggar's Opera: "Robert Waldpole [aka Lockitt]"; "Lockitt"

Public Deposited
Resource type
Creator
Description
  • In pencil, upper left: "as Robert Waldpole; brown velvet coat". In pencil, upper right: "Lockitt; Mr Michael Aldridge; pigtail?, waistcoat?". In pencil, mid right: "apron for chores about the house; green".
  • Chichester Festival Theatre
  • Performer and Role: Michael Aldridge as Robert Waldpole, Lockitt
Subject
Rights statement
Language
Date created
  • 1972
Last modified
  • December 06, 2023
Identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.0362
Summary
  • Drawing depicts two men. On left, man wears an open coat with large cuffed sleeves, a waistcoat, neckwear, breeches, knee-high stockings, and buckled shoes. He wears a plumed tricorn hat over a wig tied with a bow in the back. He holds up a slender object (magnifying glass?) in one hand. The end of a sword is visible behind him. On right, man wears coat with cuffed sleeves buttoned only at the waist, long-sleeved shirt, breeches, knee-high stockings, and shoes. He wears a tricorn hat, holds keys in one hand, and holds a pair of prisoner shackles in the other hand. The pencil drawing is tinted with watercolor washes.
Source Collection
Collection identifier
  • SPEC.TRI.DD
Repository
  • Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
File Format
Related finding aid
Rights note
  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Medium
  • paper (fiber product)
  • watercolor (paint)
  • pencil (marking material)
Permanent link
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)
Genre
Extent
  • 30 x 42 cm
Credit line: Daphne Dare Papers, The Ohio State University, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute

Relationships

In Digital Collection:
In Unit:

Items

Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
file details Costume design for The Beggar's Opera: "Robert Waldpole [aka Lockitt]"; "Lockitt" 2022-11-18 Public