Focussing on costume in performance, this reader brings together key texts, case studies and interviews. Exploring costume's role and function in a variety of theoretical, historical, conceptual and practical contexts, this exciting volume also reflects on the broader relationship between costume and visual culture throughout.
Introduction - Aoife Monks
1. Writing About Costume; Ali Maclaurin
Interview one: Jenny Tirimani
Interview two: Mark Thompson
2. The Stage Picture; Ali Maclaurin
Interview three: Simon Annand
Interview four: Alex Rigg
3. Virtuosity, Craft and Technique in the Work of Costume; Aoife Monks
Interview five: Lois Weaver
Interview six: Lez Brotherstone
4. Playing the Body: Costume, Stereotypes and Modernity in Performance; Aoife Monks
Interview seven: Tina Bicat
Interview eight: The salon project
5. Artists and the 'scenic body'; Ali Maclaurin
Bibliography
Index.
