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    • Tempter 4 Standing with His Arms Outstretched
    Date Created
    1960-11
    Resource Type
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      MSS_282_1611
    Note
    • Play/Playwright: Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot.
    • Irene Corey's Design Contribution: Costume, Makeup, and Set Design.
    • Characters: Tempter 4 (offer of calculated martyrdom).
    • Actors: Robert Shy.
    • Company: The Jongleurs of Centenary College.
    • Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.
    • Stamped on Original Slide: 000228, 00068808.
    • Curator Note: This image appears on page 53 of Irene Corey's book The Mask of Reality with the following caption: "Tempter IV lured Becket with the mocking offer of calculated martyrdom."
    • Curator Note: Tempter 4 is standing in the same position as in Irene Corey's costume rendering for the character.
    • Curator Note: The director of the production asked that the Tempters be abstracted into supernatural beings. In order to achieve this, Irene Corey chose to use symbolic color and the makeup mask.

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