Theatre Symposium, Vol. 26

A substantive exploration of theatrical costume



Stage costumes reveal character. They tell audiences who the character is or how a character functions within the world of the play, among other things. Theatrical costuming, however, along with other forms of theatre design, has often been considered merely a craft, rather than part of the deeply systemic creation of meaning onstage. In what ways do our clothes shape and reveal our habits of behavior? How do stage costumes work to reveal one kind of habit via the manipulation of another? How might theatre practitioners learn to most effectively exploit this dynamic? Theatre Symposium, Volume 26 analyzes the ways in which meaning is conveyed through costuming for the stage and explores the underlying assumptions embedded in theatrical practice and costume production.

THEATRE SYMPOSIUM, VOLUME 26

MICHELE MAJER

Plus que Reine The Napoleonic Revival in Belle Epoque Theatre and Fashion

CAITLIN QUINN

Creating a Realistic Rendering Pedagogy: The Fashion Illustration Problem

ALY RENEE AMIDEI

Where'd I Put My Character?: The Costume Character Body and Essential Costuming for the Ensemble Actor

KYLA KAZUSCHYK

Embracing the Chaos: Creating Costumes for Devised Work

DAVID S. THOMPSON

Dressing the Image: Costumes in Printed Theatrical Advertising

LEAH LOWE

Costuming the Audience: Gentility, Consumption, and the Lady's Theatre Hat in Gilded Age America

JORGE SANDOVAL

The RuPaul Effect: The Exploration of the Costuming Rituals of Drag Culture in Social Media and the Theatrical Performativity of the Male Body in the Ambit of the Everyday

GREGORY S. CARR

A Brand New Day on Broadway: The Genius of Geoffrey Holder's Artistry and His Intentional Evocation of the African Diaspora

ANDREW GIBB

On the Historical] Sublime: J. R. Planch 's King John and the Romantic Ideal of the Past