Designing and Making Stage Costumes

The work of "Motley," a group of set and costume designers who came to prominence in 1932, Designing and Making Stage Costumes, revised and updated, includes 16 pages of color illustration and covers several aspects of a costume designer's work, from preliminary sketches and discussions with a director to cutting and fitting them, from productions of Shakespeare to those of modern plays and musicals. Eleven chapters include advice on a wide variety of problems that face students, professionals and amateur dramatic societies.