Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

Costume design for The Beggar's Opera: "Dolly Trull"

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  • Daphne Dare Papers, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University

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Title
  • Costume design for The Beggar's Opera: "Dolly Trull"
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Date Created
  • 1972
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Summary
  • Drawing depicts a woman wearing a bright orange ankle-length dress with a full skirt. The dress has a very low-cut bodice that is laced-up with orange laces and tightly fitted. The sleeves of the dress extend to elbow length with white ruffles and adorned with orange bows. The underskirt is a lighter orange. She wears orange heels and holds an orange fan in one hand. The woman's hair is brown and pulled back into a frilly white cap with an orange bow. The pencil drawing is reinforced with black ink and tinted with watercolor washes.
Description
  • Performer and Role: Myfanny Jenn as Dolly Trull
  • Chichester Festival Theatre
  • In pencil, upper right: "Dolly Trull; Miss Myfanny Jenn". In pencil, bottom left: "Beggar's Opera; Chichester 72". In pencil, bottom center: "Daphne Dare".
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)

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  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.0341
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  • SPEC.TRI.DD
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  • 42 x 30 cm
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  • ink
  • pencil (marking material)
  • watercolor (paint)
  • paper (fiber product)
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