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    • Warner Bros.

    The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone

    1961

    Costume seen on Vivien Leigh as Karen Stone

    • Universal Pictures
    • Hal Wallis Productions

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    1969

    Costume seen on extra as courtier

    • The Rank Organization

    Carry on Henry

    1971

    Costume seen on Barbara Windsor as Bettina

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This white costume with embroidery and beading on the front was created for Vivien Leigh to wear as Karen Stone in the 1961 adaptation of Tennessee William’s The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone. In the film, Stone is going onstage as Rosalind in As You Like It.

Gavin Lambert, the screenwriter for the film explained the costume’s history.

In order to establish that Karen Stone had begun to play roles in the theater for which she was too old, I had shown her as Viola in Twelfth Night, standing in the wings disguised as her twin brother Sebastian. The actor playing Sebastian, in an identical costume, came up to her, and as the camera moved closer it revealed how much older she looked than Sebastian. It wasn’t the aging that Vivien objected to, only the way the point was made. She confessed, with a sudden scream of laughter, that after the movie she planned to play Viola in Twelfth Night, and why give the critics free ammunition? She was right, of course”

The opening sequence was changed to show Vivien Leigh’s character, Karen Stone, playing Rosalind in As You Like It.

The costume went on to be worn by an extra in Anne of the Thousand Days in 1961, as well as by Barbara Windsor as Bettina in the 1971 Carry on Henry.

Can you imagine wearing a costume created for Vivien Leigh? Tell us what you would think in the comments below!

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This white costume with embroidery and beading on the front was created for Vivien Leigh to wear as Karen Stone in the 1961 adaptation of Tennessee William’s The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone. In the film, Stone is going onstage as Rosalind in As You Like It.

Gavin Lambert, the screenwriter for the film explained the costume’s history.

In order to establish that Karen Stone had begun to play roles in the theater for which she was too old, I had shown her as Viola in Twelfth Night, standing in the wings disguised as her twin brother Sebastian. The actor playing Sebastian, in an identical costume, came up to her, and as the camera moved closer it revealed how much older she looked than Sebastian. It wasn’t the aging that Vivien objected to, only the way the point was made. She confessed, with a sudden scream of laughter, that after the movie she planned to play Viola in Twelfth Night, and why give the critics free ammunition? She was right, of course”

The opening sequence was changed to show Vivien Leigh’s character, Karen Stone, playing Rosalind in As You Like It.

The costume went on to be worn by an extra in Anne of the Thousand Days in 1961, as well as by Barbara Windsor as Bettina in the 1971 Carry on Henry.

Can you imagine wearing a costume created for Vivien Leigh? Tell us what you would think in the comments below!

This white costume with embroidery and beading on the front was created for Vivien Leigh to wear as Karen Stone in the 1961 adaptation of Tennessee William’s The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone. In the film, Stone is going onstage as Rosalind in As You Like It.

Gavin Lambert, the screenwriter for the film explained the costume’s history.

In order to establish that Karen Stone had begun to play roles in the theater for which she was too old, I had shown her as Viola in Twelfth Night, standing in the wings disguised as her twin brother Sebastian. The actor playing Sebastian, in an identical costume, came up to her, and as the camera moved closer it revealed how much older she looked than Sebastian. It wasn’t the aging that Vivien objected to, only the way the point was made. She confessed, with a sudden scream of laughter, that after the movie she planned to play Viola in Twelfth Night, and why give the critics free ammunition? She was right, of course”

The opening sequence was changed to show Vivien Leigh’s character, Karen Stone, playing Rosalind in As You Like It.

The costume went on to be worn by an extra in Anne of the Thousand Days in 1961, as well as by Barbara Windsor as Bettina in the 1971 Carry on Henry.

Can you imagine wearing a costume created for Vivien Leigh? Tell us what you would think in the comments below!

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