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Posted by John
on 10/8/2009, 10:45 am, in reply to "Re: Dames costume"
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In Ali Baba (I played FATIMA)I worn 19 costumes. Including one change which was done with ONLY four (yes FOUR) lines of dialogue from "Fairy" introducing "British Empire" scene for end of act one, plus the music intro for my song. Stripped and dressed by 4 women in the wings, just to allow my PBoy to go into the dressing room to do her change.
The number of costumes was entirely up to me as I wrote, directed and played the dame.
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: Thank you Robbi for your reply. Thinking
: back since i posted here about the costume
: malfunctions that can acure involving quick
: or rather hurried changes. I recall on one
: accasion when our dame rushed off to get
: changed in the wings,any the change was
: going on time , when dissater struck and to
: this day they still say it wasnt on purpose,
: the two people on stage jump to the cue
: line. well luckly this time the dame was
: ready be fore time, so off he went. Because
: i had a scene change coming up i left my
: post, when i here a lot of laghter , im
: thinking that gag went down well, when i
: happened to at the moniter, the sight that
: greeted me was one of sheer horor. There
: stood the dame on stage only with the top
: half on and the skirk around his ankle
: now,if that wasnt bad emough,he was stood
: there in spakled pop socks and a jockstrap.
: well i shouted lights and we had a black
: out. i shant bore you with what was said
: backstage afertward somes not for public
: ears. What had happen was because of the
: jumped lines it was decide to forgo with the
: blloomers and get on with the dress on, in
: the panic not all the poppers where not
: faseened proply and because of the weight of
: theskirt something gave way and down it
: came. if any of you have any thing like this
: happen please tell.
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: hi all out there in pantoland.I cant belive
: its that time of the year again. I was
: wondering,is there no limit to the amount of
: costumes a dame can use in panto. I sure i
: read somewhere that tradition has it the the
: dame has a different costume for each scenes
: she/hes in and should never wear thesame
: costume more than once. It would be
: intresting to find out if there is a world
: record for the most costumes used by a dame
: in panto. I know for a fact in one panto at
: stevenage paul laidlaw had i think at least
: 20 costumes. So how many costumes is the
: norm. Also whats the quickest change anyones
: tried. Heres to a good season. Clive
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