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She wears an elaborate, richly jewelled necklace and a ornate headdress in the form of a double tiara. To the right, a small male figure in a 19th century style military coat and trousers in reddish-brown, the knee length coat with gold edging and heavy gold frogging to the upper front and, at the waist, a wide sash striped diagonally in white decorated with gold tassels.  The background is painted in grey-brown gouache. 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This design was made for the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, at the London Palladium, 18 December 1973. The production was directed by Albert J. Knight. 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