Costumes for the stage : a complete handbook for every kind of play

Containing more than 700 detailed line drawings, this book offers a guide to anyone producing costumes for the stage on a small budget - whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups. For anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work. It includes sections onm Greek plays, medieval miracles and mysteries, Shakespeare, 17th-century, 18th-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