Frocks And Costumes To Be Worn in Play, Robert's Wife"

Wanganui Chronicle, 31 May 1949, Page 9

Frocks And Costumes To Be Worn in Play, Robert's Wife"

Ample scope for attractive gowning is given in tiie tiuee-act comeuy ' Kuwei t's Wile,'' by St J oiin Irvine, rc be staged at tiie Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday nights by the R.S.A. Kittle Tneatre. Sanchia Carson (Roberts's wife), tu be played by iris Aitken, will wear several charming nocks and suits. In the first act she win make her appearance wearing a navy boucle ensemble with pale blue accssones, and will then auii a black kmie-picateu ciuizon dinner gown. Later in the play she will wear a suit of green wool georgette with ermine trimming, and aiso a white slub linen frock witn biue motifs embroidered on shoulder anu pockets, in act three she is Lu oe gowned in an unusual ballet length frock ol nudiiignt biue supper sum., and lor the final scene a resida green jersey cloth irock trimmed with moire taffeta.

jean Grace, as Miss Orley will mane her appearance in a frock oi moss green wool georgette wnn brown accessories anu 'east-to-west hat. Her cense dinner gown will be worn with an erminette fur coat. Towards tiie end ol the play a smart brown tweed suit will be worn and in tiie last act sue will don a lightweight blue woollen cloth frock. For her part as June Harvey, Phyllis Barton s hocks wui include a black and white check linen with scarlet accessories, a smart cinnamon ano brown linen frock, a dinner frock of long blacK floral organoie skirt ana pin-spot blouse, anu a dainty green and white striped gingham. Molly Graves as the newly rich Mrs Armitage will wear a royal blue crepe-uu-chine gown, with leathered toque to match and lovely silver lox furs. As Mrs. Jones, a village woman Edith mtoera is to wear a black floral irock under an edge to edge coat. Atieen pen, as the maid, will appear ut conventional dress. As the Kev Robert Carson and the Rev. A. Jette,.' son, Leicester Aitken and George Robertson will be in clerical garb ano i’ red Parker, as the Bishop will be resplendent in a scarlet cassock, worn by virtue of his having been a King's Chaplain.

Careful consideration of the details of the dressing has been given by tn wardrobe mistress, Miss Eileen Warnock.