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COSTUME / FASHION. Soudeikine, Serge. Group of 3 Costume Designs for The Chinese Nightingale. Gouache and ink on wove paper. Each 355x278 mm; 14x10 7/8 inches, sheet. Two signed in pencil, lower right recto; all annotated in pencil, verso, and with the United Scenic Artists 93 Local 829 Union stamp, signed by Soudeikine in ink, below. [New York, 1934]
The Chinese Nightingale was a Broadway play produced by The American Children's Theatre that ran for 8 performances in October of 1934 at the Theatre of Young America. Written by Hans Schmiedel and Lasar Galpern, with music by Alan Shulman from a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Soudeikine was charged with creating costumes for its 23 characters. The three designs here are: First and Fifth Court Ladies (played by Vivian Giesen and Jacqueline Hoyt), signed "Bulien" lower recto (unknown name in the production); Second and Fourth Court Ladies (played by Frederica Going and Eugenia Tucker), signed by Soudeikine a male dancer, Signed in pencil below design by Soudeikine.
