Comments on: Costumes, We’ve Got Costumes, 1956

By: bekah

bekah — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:00:08 +0000

I distinctly remember wearing similar outfits in a Primary production circa 1982, where I had the priviledge to portray another strong female role model from the scriptures, Potiphar’s wife.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:16:12 +0000

Consider the pot stirred, Hunter! And don’t forget the harlots and servant girls and murmurers and other strong female role models.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:10:19 +0000

[stirring pot]

You’re incorrect, Ardis! There are plenty of important women characters in the Book of Mormon. There’s the wife of Nephi, and the wife of Laman, and the wife of what’s-his-name . . . and need I go on?

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:28:27 +0000

Well, Clark, that explains why there are girls in the picture — had this been a Book of Mormon play, there wouldn’t have been roles for the girls …

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:08:05 +0000

The shirt-clad, ermine-stole boy on the left is my father. He corrects me that this was not Book of Mormon related, but was a local version of “The Ten Commandments” The seated kid has egypian eye make-up (think Yul Brenner).

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:33:46 +0000

Poor guy (sitting on the ground) looks like he’s wearing eye makeup. Ha!

I would bet money that the shirtless ones were playing “savage” Lamanite types, while the kid who’s more covered up is one of the more “enlightened” Nephite-types . . .

(Speaking of which, having to wear a shirt and tie six days out of seven, I think I’d prefer a little more “savage” in my own life.)

By: Coffinberry

Coffinberry — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:36:19 +0000

Them boys be tanned… my guess is shirtless was the summer norm.

By: ellen

ellen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:34:33 +0000

yeah, but JonW, look at the ermine sewn on his stole. there’s some rank going on there! =)

By: JonW

JonW — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:16:05 +0000

Um the boy on the left must have felt bad being left out of the shirtless club. Especially when cursed with that get up.