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On his feet are Turkish slippers with exaggerated curling toes and on his head he wears a large turban, striped in brown, grey and orange, with a high richly decorated crown patterned in white and gold and trimmed with a gold jewel and peacocks' feathers. The background is painted in brown gouache with the outline of an Eastern city with minarets. 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This design was made for the pantomime, Aladdin, at the London Palladium, 22 December 1970. The production was directed by Albert J. Knight. 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