Excerpt from Mary Stuart: A Tragedy in Five Acts From the German of Schiller Descriptions furnished by the Hayden Costume Co., 243 Tremont St., Boston, Mass., to whom all interested persons are referred for further details. Queen Elizabeth. Act 1. - Grey velvet gown, open front, over underskirt of same color; waist high cut with puff sleeves to elbow and tight-fitting to wrist; ruff for neck; head-dress of pearls. Act 2. - Black and gold brocade open front gown, over white brocade underskirt; waist cut to a point; ruff ...
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Excerpt from Mary Stuart: A Tragedy in Five Acts From the German of Schiller Descriptions furnished by the Hayden Costume Co., 243 Tremont St., Boston, Mass., to whom all interested persons are referred for further details. Queen Elizabeth. Act 1. - Grey velvet gown, open front, over underskirt of same color; waist high cut with puff sleeves to elbow and tight-fitting to wrist; ruff for neck; head-dress of pearls. Act 2. - Black and gold brocade open front gown, over white brocade underskirt; waist cut to a point; ruff for neck. Red velvet robe, very long, lined with ermine; brilliant coronet with small crown in centre. Act 3. - Dark green velvet gown, full sleeves slashed with light green satin; underskirt of yellow brocade, and head-dress of green velvet trimmed with pearls. Act 4. - Yellow and white brocade gown, with slashed sleeves, and hanging sleeves of yellow; white satin front jewelled with stones and pearls; high ruching collar and coronet. Mary Stuart. Act 1. - Red velvet gown, with full sleeves slashed with white satin; yellow brocade front. Jewelled necklace, tiara of brilliants, and ruff for neck. Act 3. - Wine colored velvet gown, high neck, with full sleeves slashed with old gold satin; underskirt of old gold; and close fitting head-dress of wine colored velvet, trimmed with pearls. Act 5. - Royal blue velvet gown over yellow satin and embroidered front; sleeves slashed with yellow satin. Blue velvet robe with train trimmed with ermine; jewelled belt and cestus; small crown. Hannah Kennedy. Act 1. - Brown cashmere dress, full sleeves to elbow and tight fitting to wrist; linen collar and cuffs with lace edge. Act 3. - Wine colored cloth dress, pointed waist; skirt draped over black underskirt; sleeves puffed with white at shoulder; close fitting black velvet cap. Act 5. - Black cashmere dress, very full skirt; puffed sleeves and high neck; ruching collar, and linen cuffs with lace edge. Margaret Curl. Act 5. - Black velvet gown, low neck and pointed waist, with full sleeves slashed with purple satin; underskirt of purple satin; ruff for neck; pearl ornaments. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Act 2. - Dark blue velvet doublet, embroidered with gold; light blue satin sleeves, puffed at shoulders; short puffed trunks of dark blue velvet, with light blue satin puffs; short shoulder cloak; conical shape hat and plume; tights, shoes and rosettes, ruff for neck. Act 3. - Leather jerkin, with green velvet puffed sleeves; full trunks, tights, high russet boots, shoulder cloak, hat and plume, sword and belt. Act 4. - Wine colored velvet doublet trimmed with gilt lace, and old gold satin puffs in sleeves; cloak, and short puffed trunks of same; tights, shoes and rosettes; jewelled collar. Act 5. - Black velvet doublet trimmed with jet, and black satin puffs. Cloak and short puffed trunks of same; tights, shoes and rosettes. George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury. Act 2. - Yellow brocade doublet with white satin puffs, and trimmed with gold. Cloak, and short puffed trunks of same. Tights, shoes, rosettes and ruff. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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