Research Catalog

Title

The robber bridegroom [graphic] / J. Button.

Author

Button, Jeanne.

Publication

1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Found In

Donald Saddler collection.

Description

1 drawing on bristol board : watercolor, ink, graphite, color; 43 x 32 cm.

Summary

Costume design for a female character, seen from the back. She wears a knee-length dress with long sleeves over a lacy petticoat, with stockings, boots, and a straw hat decorated with a ribbon.

Alternative Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Costume design drawings
• Waldman, Robert > Robber bridegroom

Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.

Note

• Signed and dated.
• Labeled: Rosamund #1.

Source (note)

• Donald Saddler

Biography (note)

• The robber bridegroom was a musical based on a novella by Eudora Welty, with music by Robert Waldman, book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry, sets by Douglas W. Schmidt, and costumes by Jeanne Button. Donald Saddler, the donor of this design, was its choreographer. Directed by Gerald Freedman and performed by The Acting Company (artistic director, John Houseman), the musical opened at the Harkness Theatre, New York, in Oct. 1975, and played a return engagement at the Biltmore Theatre beginning in Oct. 1976. The role of Rosamund, daughter of the wealthy Mississippi planter Clemment Musgrove, was played in 1975 by Patti LuPone, opposite Kevin Kline as the robber of the title.
• Jeanne Button was one of the first female professional costume designers. A graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and Yale University, she has designed costumes for Broadway, opera, film, television, and dance. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and Yale University Drama School, and is the co-author of A history of costume in slides, notes and commentaries (1978).
• Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Call Number

*MGZGD But J Rob 1

OCLC

824910385

Author

Button, Jeanne.

Title

The robber bridegroom [graphic] / J. Button.

Imprint

1976.

Biography

The robber bridegroom was a musical based on a novella by Eudora Welty, with music by Robert Waldman, book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry, sets by Douglas W. Schmidt, and costumes by Jeanne Button. Donald Saddler, the donor of this design, was its choreographer. Directed by Gerald Freedman and performed by The Acting Company (artistic director, John Houseman), the musical opened at the Harkness Theatre, New York, in Oct. 1975, and played a return engagement at the Biltmore Theatre beginning in Oct. 1976. The role of Rosamund, daughter of the wealthy Mississippi planter Clemment Musgrove, was played in 1975 by Patti LuPone, opposite Kevin Kline as the robber of the title.

Jeanne Button was one of the first female professional costume designers. A graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and Yale University, she has designed costumes for Broadway, opera, film, television, and dance. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and Yale University Drama School, and is the co-author of A history of costume in slides, notes and commentaries (1978).

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Donald Saddler, 2011.

Added Author

Saddler, Donald. Donor

Added Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Donald Saddler collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZGD But J Rob 1