Don John

Antonio

Antonio's costume is quite simple, but this is because he is quite a minor character. The only potentially complicated item may be his hat, as I have never seen one like it before (only as illustrations in the British Raj books I've been looking at) maybe we could make it? I'm not sure we'll have time though.
It's such a beautiful hat, and the simplicity of the costume really relies on the careful addition of the accessories such as the umbrella and the hat to make it work.

I'm sure we can find or make something fairly close to it, and I'm not too bothered if it means the colour of it has to change, as I'm still of two minds about the teal/turquoise.

Benedick's Second Costume...

Benedick's 'Dandy Daywear'.

Benedick changes costume mid-play, ditching his uniform and his beard, favouring instead 'the British Look' To try and impress Beatrice...
This outfit is intended to be fairly comical, including a beautiful pair of massively over-sized cream jodhpurs!!

 

Here comes Leonato!

Design for Leonato's base costume!

Plans for tomorrow: Benedick's Dandy Daywear and Antonio's base costume.... we'll see.

Also today, bid on a water-pump on ebay. 2 days left and if no-one else bids then I will get it for 99p. It's perfect, but maybe a bit on the small side, measuring 66cm tall.... I'm not sure.... but you can't go wrong with 99p, I thought the water pump mighht set me back up to £100! hooray!

The one on the left is the 66cm one I've bid on for 99p. The one on the right is my favourite, a bit taller at 83cm but a bit pricey at £66 inc. delivery. The middle one is at £12 (89cm) at the moment but we'd have to do something about the colour.....