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A history of the theatre costume business : creators of character / Triffin and Gregory Morris with Rachel Pollock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Triffin (Triffin I.), author.
- Morris, Gregory (Gregory DL), author.
- Pollock, Rachel (Rachel E.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Costume--History.
- Costume.
- Costume design--History.
- Costume design.
- Costume designers--History.
- Costume designers.
- Clothing trade--History.
- Clothing trade.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (colour
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Actors and designers on the costume process
- Orientation : how costumes became a business, and how it works
- A stitch in time : the early designer-drapers
- Thread & circuses : the rise and fall of the rental shops in New York
- Coming of the continentals : light hands for ballet and opera
- Broadway as a business : The Syndicate, and the Shuberts, and the unions
- British invasion : the legacy of Ray Diffen
- A leading lady herself : Barbara Matera
- Nights (and weekends) on Broadway : current commercial shops
- Thoroughly modern milliners & makers : the modern atelier system
- Angel wings & dancing candlesticks : craft and specialty shops
- Tinkers & tailors
- West of 12th Avenue : commercial shops across North America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Morris, Triffin. History of the theatre costume business
- ISBN:
- 9781351052337
- 1351052330
- Publisher Number:
- 40030713989
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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