Catherine Chan Costumier

Hamlet & Twelfth Night

Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre
Malton, York, UK
(2019)

Costume designer: Sara Perks
Photography: Charlotte Graham
Role: workroom assistant (work placement), dresser

Two week work placement under the instruction of 3 cutters. Pieces worked on include:

Hamlet:
constructing Rosencrantz’s doublet and trim for 1st fitting, and trousers; tacking the layers of Gertrude’s dress together; and transferring the pattern of Horatio’s doublet to leather for cutting.

Twelfth Night:
constructing Sir Andrew’s yellow jacket for 1st fitting.

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