OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR C.B.COCHRAN'S PLAY TOUGH AT THE TOP:Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)
A costume design for 'The Princess for the Boxing Scene' for C.B.Cochran's musical play 'Tough at the Top', 1949
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OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR C.B.COCHRAN'S PLAY TOUGH AT THE TOP:Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)
A costume design for 'The Princess for the Boxing Scene' for C.B.Cochran's musical play 'Tough at the Top', 1949
Messel designed various Edwardian and costumes and related settings for the musical play Tough at the Top, C.B.Cochran's 127th production. Playing for four months at the Adelphi Theatre in 1949, the story of star-crossed lovers was met with success, the librettist A. P. Herbert writing in The Times, 16 July 1949 that Messel's ornate sets were 'quickened by costumes which constantly fling new and unexpected patterns across the stage'.
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A costume design for 'The Princess for the Boxing Scene' for C.B.Cochran's musical play 'Tough at the Top', 1949OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR C.B.COCHRAN'S PLAY TOUGH AT THE TOP:Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)Estimate: GBP 800 - 1,200
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Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white on grey paper. Some overall minor cockling and creasing to sheet. Minor discolouration to the sheet overall. Pigments are strong and vivid. Unexamined out of frame. Presents well.
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A costume design for 'The Princess for the Boxing Scene' for C.B.Cochran's musical play 'Tough at the Top', 1949OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR C.B.COCHRAN'S PLAY TOUGH AT THE TOP:Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)Estimate: GBP 800 - 1,200
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