Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Eliza (Davis) 1866- · London Macmillan · leaf 301
gold had peculiar slits orpockets for weapons, and her sleeves hung wing-likein exact copy of the Albanian costume, a happyidea, since the Illyria of Shakespeare is the Albaniaof to-day. Desdemona, as played by Miss Gertrude Elliotin Forbes Robertsons production of Othello at theLyceum Theatre, was… … MISS GERTRUDE ELLIOT AS DESDEMONA. 254 COSTUME CHAP. XX Veroniqiie, the first of a new series of comicoperas with a plot, was remarkable altogether forits exquisite frocks. No prettier harmony couldhave been imagined than the chrysoprase-greenand white of the first act, unless it be the…
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