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It premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1931.\r\n\r\nGladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on <i>The Vortex</i> in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.","physicalDescription":"Costume design depicting a satin underdress slit and draped in front. The overdress is of tinned salmon chiffon and has a velvet sash. Costume includes a bandeau for the hair. There are notes written around the page including  2 swatches of fabric.\n\nOne reverse, there is a pencil sketch and inscribed Titanic scene 1912. 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