Lady Windermere’s Fan
November 2010
Original Script by Oscar Wilde
Script Adaptation by David Eggebrecht and Jan (Nelson) Gompper
Music and Lyrics by Jan (Nelson) Gompper
Arrangement by Debra Tetzlaff
Orchestration by Kevin Becker
Costumes by Vincent Pelligrino
Hair and Makeup by Erica Ortenblad
Lady Windermere’s Fan was Oscar Wilde’s first comedy and first great stage success. With an uneasy mixture of Christian morality and glittering wit, Lady Windermere’s Fan satirizes the superficiality and hypocrisy of Victorian England. Gossip, intrigue, misunderstandings and deception whirl their way through London’s parlors and ballrooms until, in the end, true honor is found in one whom society considered the least honorable. This new musical adaptation is faithful to the play’s original story line, with script and lyrics that keep Wilde’s witty repartee in tact.
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Costume Closeup – The Maid of Lady Windermere’s Fan
Production Photos:
Maids
Maids of Lady Windermere Clean House
Agatha gets laced up into her corset
I ordered corsets from an Ebay seller in china. They were all pink; but some of them were custom painted and bejeweled. All of the undergarments were bedazzled for a fancy effect.
Maids and Servants - made by Vincent
Custom aprons with matching hats set apart different servants. Featured servants have colored garb. White aproned servants are the nameless, yet not forgotten chorus.
Cecil flirts with Lady Plymdale and Lady Jed
Perhaps the likeness or Oscar Wilde; Cecil shows his foppish side by wears a gold ornament on his lapel, and a green satin hat band. Bold pastels strike out the society stricken women.
suck it in!!
The ladies get forced into their undergarments by their maids. Lady Stutfield wears a custom black corset – (See Backstage Video) made by Vincent. It is black pleather with plastic boning and beige lace accents. Custom spats were created for all the women to give the appearance of period boots.
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