Author: Paula D. Davis

Directed by Anjalee Deshpande Hutchinson
Costume Design by Paula D. Davis

Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is a funny and fun romp of a play with mistaken identities and and unexpected outcomes. It was originally produced in the 1960s and very much is of that time period. Even with all of the physical comedy of the play there were still important themes of 1960s England found in the tensions between generations and classes. I researched the period extensively and learned quite a lot about the “peacock” fashion moment for men centered around Carnaby St. that shows up in the younger men’s designs. We had a lot of fun building the yellow lace dress and coat, the striped bell bottom pants, and the op-art minidress.

Link to PDF of Costume Research PowerPoint.