Once upon a Mattress Costume Plot Photo

IMPORTANT:  PLEASE NOTE -
This costume plot is a “suggested” design interpretation of your production and may differ greatly from the Costume World stock. To guarantee a costume selection that is in closest possible accordance with your specifications, our Designer/Costumer will advise you of the costume options currently available.

(In The castle of Queen Aggravain and King Sextimus, once upon a time.)

WINNEFRED: (A Princess of the Swamplands)
• Raspberry colored dress of dubious taste. (This dress can be soaked and will breakaway in three large sections)
• A nice dress, full in back with deep, full sleeves plus a modest undergarment of a slip type. (Undergarment is not true period)
• A “high fashion” overdress and underdress (surcoat, cotehardie) for the ball – definitely swamplands taste. Plus a little crown.
• A cutesy nightgown and nightcap with matching pantalets (Not true period)

PRINCE DAUNTLESS: (Handsome, but a sissified mouse)
• Short tunic, tights - looking very sissified
• A change of the above tunic
• An elegant change of short tunic and tights, plus crown

QUEEN AGGRAVAIN: (A pouncing hawk of a woman)
• An elaborate dress and headdress plus petticoat. Overdone, imposing and in the coat-of-arms style
• A change of the above gown and headdress
• Elaborate and imposing gown plus crown and train cape for the ball

KING SEXTIMUS: (Sweet but mute)
• Gown, robe, tights and crown. A slightly silly effect, though very royal
• A change of the above gown and robe
• A very rich gown, robe and train cape for the ball

A certain amount of effort will be made to color coordinate the king and queen.

LADY LARKIN: (A Maid in Waiting)
• A very lovely dress and headdress, petticoat (Dress should have a ribbon tie which detaches easily for a favor)
Short tunic, tights, large-brimmed hat, short cape (Disguised as a young man)
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• A change of the first costume (no ribbon necessary)

SIR HARRY: (Larkin’s Lover)
• Short tunic, tights. A reasonably dashing outfit
• Short tunic, tights, hat, long cape (Serviceable - he has been traveling)
• A very dressy short tunic and tights for the ball

MINSTREL:
• Short tunic, tights, cap, cape. Suitable for a traveling man of modest circumstances.

WIZARD:
• Wizard’s robe and hat, tights. (Not quite realistic - a bit more toward the get up of a stereotyped sorcerer)

JESTER:
• Short tunic, tights, hat. Parti-colored with bells. The usual

PRINCESS #12:
• A very pretty dress, petticoat, small crown

NIGHTINGALE OF SAMARKAND:
• Body suit with wings covered in colorful fabric feathers, headpiece which has a beak at forehead level and colored fabric feathers which engulf the head and neck, but leave the face bare, tights. (Blues - Greens in color)

CHORUS CHANGES:
• (Includes Rowana, Merrill, Lucille, H. Studley, Harold, Beatrice, Luce, Sally and Mabelle)
• Court ladies (each) attractive dresses, petticoats, headdresses
• Court Gentlemen (each) Short or long tunics, tights
• Female Servants: (each) Simple dresses (Cotehardie) with petticoats, aprons, head scarves
• Male Servants: (each) Belted simple short tunics, tights.