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He hides his face behind his right hand. The right hand figure wears a purple, high necked, long sleeved tunic fastened with white buttons at the front, a similar belt, dagger and breeches, and a green Robin Hood hat with a straight yellow feather. His right hand is on his companion's left shoulder. The background is painted in dark browny-grey gouache. 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This design was made for the pantomime, Babes in the Wood, at the London Palladium, 21 December 1965. The production was directed by Albert J. Knight. Sid James and Kenneth Connor played the Robbers.\n\nHistorical significance: An example of pantomime costume design of the second half of the 20th century and of the work of a designer who specialised in pantomime and variety design.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design by Cynthia Tingey for The Robbers in Babes in the Wood, London Palladium, 1965","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Costume","id":"AAT209261"},{"text":"Pantomime","id":"x33686"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Babes in the Wood"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.40-1999"],"accessionNumberNum":"40","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1999,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-08","recordCreationDate":"2000-03-31","availableToBook":true}}