Dance Costume Gallery 1920 to 1936
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Pictures will be added as they are scanned
Last Updated
25/09/2008
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All the Artwork on
this page is courtesy of Gwen Tremayne and remain the property of her and her
family, copyright to TillerGirls.com
Gwen was born in 1909
and and is still very sprightly and living in Somerset, she first danced professionally in 1919. she kept a diary of every show she
appeared in until she married in 1936.
A page on
Gwen's dance history is under construction and will be on this site very soon.
Gwen is a very
accomplished artist and recorded in drawings nearly all the costumes she wore
during her career, these pictures give a great insight into the intricate
designs from this time.
Gwen's very first drawing from A Midsummer Nights Dream at the
Old Vic 1919 and a photo of the actual costume.
Babes In The Wood Pavilion Theatre Glasgow.
Fairy Doll costume from 1921 Review Rolling
Stones.
A drawing from 1930. The
Musical play "The Five O'Clock Girl" was a successful Broadway play starring
Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw. Marion Davies' Cosmopolitan Productions bought the
rights for the play and filmed it as a feature talkie. This stage show toured
the UK from July 1930 to December 1930
Gwen as Cinderella Blackpool December 1930
Jack and the Beanstalk, the Opera House
Belfast Christmas 1931 / 1932.
Wonders Revue.
Costumes
Wonders was
a lavish Revue from 1925 by Albert de Courville & J Alexandre Music by Chappell.
Wonders Olympia Shoreditch flyer.
The show
toured the UK from January 19th to May the 18th 1925 appearing at 18 Theatre
venues. Albert de Courville went on to be a very well known film director. The
cast also listed a Leslie Crowther in the cast, this is the father of the very
well know presenter by the same name who appeared with the Black and White
Minstrels and the Tiller Girls in the 1950's, and presented the children's
program Crackerjack in the 1960's.
Wonders Company Pendulum
Wonders Flower
Costumes
Orchid
 Sweet
Pea
Rose
Chrysanthemum
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