In August Squeakydoor Theatre Company presented William Shakespeare's The Tempest at The Niddry in Edinburgh as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival. All the costumes for the show were designed and made by Louise Wilson and myself. You can read a review of the show by the Edinburgh Spotlight here.
This Costume was for Miranda, Prospero's Daughter, played by Rebecca Denmark. This version of the play is set in the 1860s so Miranda's costume was imagined as if created from the items a young girl may have been given in 1850 when sent into exile. The corset was made as if for a young girl and then parts were broken down, widened, added to and repaired to show the wear and tear of island life as well as adapting the child's corset to Miranda's now more adult body.
The costume was intended to be practical for running around the warm island and pretty to a girl who had never seen a ball gown, hence it being adorned with scraps of ribbon and shells from the beach. However the costume also shows a lot of skin, helping to make her even more mysterious and irresistibly sexy to Ferdinand, who has never seen so much of a woman's skin before.
Click on any of the images to view them full size. Further information about the play can be found at www.squeakydoor.co.uk. Makeup by Hilary Knight.
Also from The Tempest: Prospero and The Sprites
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