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Both began their careers as designers and were responsible for executing the costumes after their own designs. The Bonn and Mackenzie costume designs for The Crazy Gang are the Theatre Museum's only Crazy Gang designs, though many of the shows are recorded photographically in the Houston Rogers collection.  The Gang dominated comedy at the London Palladium in the 1930s, switching to the Victoria Palace in 1947.  Their final show was Young in Heart which opened in 1960.  The Gang were actually three different double acts (Flanagan and Allen, Naughton and Gold, Nervo and Knox), though by the time they moved to the Victoria Palace, Chesney Allen had retired.  In 1956 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray rejoined the Gang (he had been with them in the 1930s). From 1951 they were also assisted by Peter Glaze. The designs show costumes for Peter Glaze as an understudy Debutante and Flower Seller, and for his role as the Mayoress (before and after an unfortunate accident) in the Do It Yourself Kitbag scene. Associated production: Clown Jewels. Designer: Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie. Producer: Jack Hylton. Performer: Peter Glaze. Victoria Palace, London, 5.3.1959. Performance category: Revue, Female Impersonation & Drag.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sheet of costume designs by Carl Bonn and Colin Mackenzie for Peter Glaze in Scene 6, 'Disappointed Debs', Scene 8(c), 'In the Shadow of Eros (London Rhapsody)', and Scene 10, 'Do It Yourself Kitbag' (two designs), of the revue, Clown Jewels, Victoria Palace, 1959","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"The Crazy Gang","id":"N13279"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"costume","id":"AAT178802"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.820-1997"],"accessionNumberNum":"820","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1997,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-08","recordCreationDate":"2010-10-07","availableToBook":true}}