Period movement
This can be something that requires a lot of research and careful rehearsal. If a woman wears a whalebone corset, her ribcage will have to be held rigid even when she is seated. Wearing a A doublet is a tight-fitting jacket worn by men and a farthingale is a hooped skirt worn by women during Tudor times (1485-1603). or the huge skirt of the 18th-century court lady will have a significant impact movement. In the 1770s, noblewomen wearing the extremely wide dresses of the time had to come through the door sideways!
Maria de Medici dressed for her coronation as Queen of France in 1610 Credit: De Agostini/Getty Images
Men also have to learn to accommodate period dress, whether it鈥檚 wearing a sword, the tight coat of the early 19th century or the doublet and hose of Shakespeare鈥檚 time.
Credit: Tristram Kenton