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Fashions for men, and The swan

Chapter 11: COSTUME NOTES
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The volume presents two stage plays. One is a three-act comedy set largely in a small fashion shop, where merchants and patrons engage in witty exchanges, social posturing, and a series of misunderstandings that reveal vanity, aspiration, and everyday rivalries. The other piece is a shorter, more introspective drama that concentrates on intimate emotional conflicts, exploring longing, duty, and the fragile nature of beauty through compact scenes and understated stagecraft.

COSTUME NOTES

Hyacinth: A dark brown robe, like that of the Carmelites. Snow-white hair.

Albert: In the first and third acts the uniform of an Austrian general. In the second act an Austrian general’s full dress uniform, with many decorations, but without any insignia of rank.

Wunderlich: The uniform of a colonel of the Uhlans. Conspicuous shoulder straps on his tunic.

Cæsar: Full evening dress, black bow tie, white gloves. In the third act a Redingot, with a big, white cravat.

Luetzen: A light-colored sack suit in the first act. In the second act, evening dress, with decorations.

Alfred: Evening dress, black tie, white gloves.

Hussars: Short black boots; red trousers; dark blue tunics, richly trimmed; white gloves.