In recent years, several Royal Shakespeare Company productions have used Elizabethan aesthetics to construct an idealised image of the past. This 2007 Love’s Labour’s Lost featured opulent fabrics and tightly-fitted garments to communicate an intentionally nostalgic (but stylish) setting for the play.

RSC Picture Collection - Photo by Ellie Kurttz © RSC

 

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