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Costume sale at UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company
Around 10,000 items, including costumes, shoes, hats and accessories, are on offer
Around 10,000 items, including costumes, shoes, hats and accessories, are on offer at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s rehearsal rooms (Getty Images)
A top hat sits among the thousands of items on offer during the Royal Shakespeare Company’s public costume sale (Getty Images)
Among the items are a selection of shirts worn by Sir Ian McKellen in The Seagull and his over-robe from King Lear and numerous items worn by David Tennant (Getty Images)
Among the items are soldiers’ tabards and chain-mail from the RSC’s 1984 production of Henry V (Getty Images)
Costume hunters sift through hats and some other of the thousands of items on offer during the Royal Shakespeare Company’s public costume sale (Getty Images)
A dress worn by actress Wendy Craig in The Rivals as Mrs Malaprop, is one of the thousand items on offer during the costume sale (Getty Images)
Jane Hewson shows off the slippers worn by David Tennant which she will auction to raise money for charity (Getty Images)
A wine velvet regency cutaway coat worn by Sir Ben Kingsley (Getty Images)
An ornate mask is one of the thousands of items on offer during the Royal Shakespeare Company’s public costume sale (Getty Images)
A collection of mitres and crowns at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s public costume sale (Getty Images)
Costume hunters sift through the thousands of items for sale during the Royal Shakespeare Company’s public costume sale (Getty Images)
Stephanie Smith, Costume Door Manager at The Royal Shakespeare Company, poses in the costume of the Devil, worn by actor Pharmesh Patel (Getty Images)
