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To the back of the costume is a high-collared diaphaneous cloak decorated with a pattern of gold rings. The character is richly adorned with jewellery and wears a headdress in the form of a gold and emerad tiara with a large central emerald to the top, a gold and emerald jewelled collar and bracelets of gold set with sapphires on the right wrist and left upper arm. She carries a gold 'sceptre' set with a large emerals.  The background is painted in bold stokes of dark browny-grey gouache. 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This design was made for the pantomime, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, at the London Palladium, 22 December 1964. The production was directed by Albert J. 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