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1. A Cutter in a theatrical wardrobe needs special skills and training/experience.
True
False
2. The Milliner is the craftsperson with the skills to create historical wigs.
True
False
3. “Notes” in theatre refer to the small cards given on Opening Night to wish the participants a “Good Show!”
True
False
4. The Director is the person who makes the artistic decisions when a play is in rehearsal.
True
False
5. The First Hand directs how the Cutter will go about creating the costume pattern.
True
False
6. The shortest Quick Change on record is 59 seconds.
True
False
7. A theatre critic routinely sits in on dress rehearsals in preparation for writing the review.
True
False
8. Head of Wardrobe spends most of his or her time at the sewing machine.
True
False
9. A fabric swatch is the large roll of material from which the buyer purchases a number of metres.
True
False
10. You wouldn’t send an actor onstage in a costume that had been basted together.
True
False
11. If you are buying a large number of stockings, you could say that you were shopping for hose.
True
False
12. The “Preliminaries” in design refer to the first discussions between the Director and the Costume Designer.
True
False
13. A costume coming from stock is one that has been saved from another show to be reused.
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False
14. The Costume Plot is created by the costume designer as a means of tracking who wears what in any scene.
True
False
15. Breakdown is the process of taking the finished costume after it has been seen under theatre lights and making it look older, or more worn than it is.
True
False
