For sale: codpieces of the stars
For sale: codpieces of the stars – Times Online
Today 40 years’ worth of costumes produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and formerly inhabited by some of Britain’s finest actors go on sale to the public at Stratford-upon-Avon.
The range is nothing if not dramatic: 10,000 garments from every period, doublets that were once filled by Derek Jacobi, David Suchet and David Tennant, a fat-suit worn by Simon Callow, along with all the accoutrements of Shakespeare’s stage – royal robes, bloodied soldiers’ tunics, horses’ heads and several very distinguished and well-travelled codpieces. Everything must go.
I would kill to be at this sale. I love Shakespeare and the theatre so a sale at the RSC must be heaven. Here is a sampling:
Simon Callow’s fat-suit, from The Merry Wives of Windsor – £20
The White Witch’s coat from the 1998 production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – £50
Velvet coats from Peter Brook’s 1970 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – £30
Josie Lawrence’s wedding dress from The Taming of the Shrew – £20
Swords – £20/Daggers – £15
Bargain prices!
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