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Inspiration
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet set in Nothern India
Traditional Northern Indian clothes
Particular inspiration from Rajasthan, India
Fabrics: Indian Silk, Indian Cotton, Indian Linen, Silk Velvet
Textile Prints: Indian embroidery, Indian block printing, Indian hand printing, Indian screen printing, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
Setting
A Northern Indian Fort in Rajasthan
Winter: Cold, Bleak, full of Colour
Why Set a Shakespeare Play in India?
- Original idea (inspired by visit to Rajasthan, India)
- Similar setting to Shakespeare’s original English setting
- Same class structure as Shakespeare’s original English class structure
- Filled with colour
- Could bring Shakespeare to India?
A PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Costume Designs for Hamlet
October 2014 - January 2015
Cultural Colour
Colours dramatically affect moods, feelings and emotions, even raise blood pressure.
- The warm colours, red, orange, and yellow evoke comfort, passion, anger, and hostility.
- The cool colours blue, purple, and green bring calmness and sadness.
- In India colours play a very important role and have deep significance. They are used for deities.
Red
- Colour of purity, fertility, love, beauty
- Wealth, opulence, fear, fire, lust
- Sign of a married woman, wedding ceremonies
- Durga, who is brave, charitable, protective, and can destroy evil
Pink
- Colour of trust
Orange (Saffron)
- Auspicious & sacred
- Represents fire - impurities burnt by fire
Yellow
- Sacred & auspicious
- Knowledge and learning - Lord Vision
Green
- A festive colour, representation of nature
- Life and happiness, hope, harvest, virtue
Blue
- Lord Krishna - the creator
- Bravery, manliness, determination
Purple
- Sorrow, comforting
White
- Absence of colour
- Peace & purity
Black
Evil, negativity, darkness, anger
Hamlet Costume Designs
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