So back to my 1950s Merry Wives of Windsor...at one point in the play Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page have to disguise Falstaff to hide him from Mr. Ford. Mrs. Ford happens to have a gown upstairs that belongs to her fat Aunt of Brentford. They also make him wear a hat and muffler. In my version the gown is a black, full-skirted, shirtwaist dress with a white lace collar and bow belt. The hat is a black pillbox (its a little early for the pillbox hat, but maybe the fat Aunt is fashion forward!) with black hat veiling and the muffler is a floral silk scarf with fringe. I think that I might keep going with this project...
I love spectators with a shirtwaist. Nothing says transgendered Shakespearean comedy like that.
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