The Fairie Queene (Elizabeth and Essex)
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The Fairie Queene (Elizabeth and Essex)

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The Fairie Queene (Elizabeth and Essex)
Production: May 27th, 1967, Purcell Festival, Kansas
Music: Purcell
Choreography:
Design:
Character: Queen Elizabeth I

A ballet costume, the three-quarter length dress of sugar pink chiffon, decorated at the neckline and high waist with a band of rose pink velvet, the bodice embroidered with white and imitation pearl beads, the skirt with handkerchief hem line and integral body of flesh-coloured fine tulle; and a tudor 'style' headdress, the imitation pearl and pink rhinestone tiara decorated with flowerhead clusters and branch connections, the central cluster with triple drop decoration; and an impressive crown design headdress, the arched black gauze and bronze cellulose ribbon frame supporting a gilt braid, rhinestone and imitation pearl crown (3)
Literature
MONEY, Keith Fonteyn - The Making Of A Legend, Zurich: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1973, p.255 (illus.)
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