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The story follows Sybil, a singer from Paris, who arrives in Russia and meets an officer, Petrov who falls in love with her. There follows a case of mistaken identity in which Sybil is thought to be the wife of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke goes along with this deception and his wife pretends to be Sybil. The Grand Duchess then becomes attracted to Petrov and the Grand Duke tries to attack him. After much confusion everyone's true identity is revealed and the play ends happily.\r\n\r\nComelli (1858-1925) was the house designer of the Royal Opera House from the late 1880s to the early 1920s. During this period he also worked for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.\r\n\r\nThis production of the play opened at Daly's Theatre, London on 19th February 1921.","physicalDescription":"Costume design for a member of the chorus in <i>Sybil</i> at Daly's Theatre. It shows a full length image of a woman in a costume inspired by Russian 'dress'. It consists of a loose dull gold underdress with wide, puffed and gathered sleeves, trimmed with dark fur at the cuffs. Over this she wears a deep red, sleeveless dress which fastens down the front in on a vertical band of gold and is trimmed with a band of dark fur at the shoulders and hem. She also wears a stiff upstanding black hat, trimmed with a band of gold embroidery at the brim and with two hanging strips of cloth, (again trimmed with bands of gold), on either side. The design is signed Comelli and dated 1921. \r\nThe borders of design are bound in a transparent gauze which is pinned in place. Beneath this gauze are two scraps of deep red  fabric, one a silk ground woven with floral motifs, the other a scrap of silk velvet. 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