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The elderly male figure on the left wears a multicoloured cloak and an elaborately plumed helmet.  He holds a sword in his right hand and a spear in his left hand.  The boy figure on the right wears a pair of white trousers; a fake lion skin over his left shoulder; and a fake snake twined around his torso, neck and right arm.  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The production was produced by Hugh Hunt, the music was composed by Herbert Menges, and the dances were arranged by Robert Helpmann.  Alix Stone made stage jewellery for the production.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Costume design by Berkeley Sutcliffe for Baliol Holloway as Don Adriano de Armado & Brian Smith as Moth in \"Love's Labours Lost\", New Theatre, 1949.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Reason For Production: Commission","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Shakespeare, William","id":"N15"},{"text":"Helpmann, Robert Murray (Sir)","id":"N1153"},{"text":"Stone, Alix","id":"N1321"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"play","id":"AAT201028"},{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Love's Labours Lost"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.108-2002"],"accessionNumberNum":"108","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2002,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-04","recordCreationDate":"2002-01-24","availableToBook":true}}