Each character has a specific reason to why they wear a certain costume as it relates to their personality and relate to each other. They all mostly revolve around the count and his costume but they all have individual links and reasons.
Count-
The Count Wears black throughout the performance to show that he is dark, mysterious and evil. He slowly takes his clothes off during the performance to show that he doesn’t care about his appearance or his wealth any more due to the snow child dying but also to show that he has shed some of his mystery and evil as he has fallen in love.
Countess-
The first scene the Countess wears her wedding dress to show her innocence as it is white and has not yet been influenced by the Count as she has not yet married him. As the second scene starts she wears black to be similar to the count as he has moulded her into what he wants during this scene as she has her transition and a sexual awakening where she realises she is able to have power over the count so she is slowly turning into him. She wears black for the rest of the performance to represent that she turns dark and evil towards the end of the play.
Piano tuner-
The Piano Tuner will wear scruffy clothes to show that he is a peasant from the village but it trying to be smart by wearing a shirt, trousers and a waistcoat to live up to the expectations of the count and his wealth. He also wears theses colours to show he is neutral to what is going on within the play. It is important to show that he is not dark in any way but it just a good person who is trying to help the Countess. He is the neutral person who brings out love in the Countess but she is unable to let go of her obsession with the Count and the mysteries surrounding her about the Bloody chamber.
Snow child-
The Snow Child wears white to show she is pure and innocent as she is a child and has done no wrong in the world. She wears white to show she is not linked to any bad that is in the performance and this also links with the Counts white shirt when he slowly takes his clothes off which links them both together. It is slightly see through so the count is attracted to her as she looks slightly seductive without it being purposeful or over the top.
Housekeeper-
The Housekeeper wears typical clothing you would expect a Housekeeper to wear. She wears a blue dress as this represents softness which she is towards people at the beginning of the performance, if not a little pushy. We see this softness and up beat character change at the end of the performance where she is evil and this is represented though the black shoes which have always been there but no one really notices them on stage. This is to show that the Housekeeper wears blue to mostly live in the fairytale world but also has the black to show she is also in the corrupt world of the count.
Ex wife-
The Ex wife wears red to show danger and warning as this is what she experiences throughout the performance. She is a warning to the Countess about the bloody chamber. Her dress is also ripped, undone and tattered as this shows she has lived in the woods for a while and has not cared for herself. She also has slightly red and black eyes as she use to be with the count so has previously been under his spell and knows what he is capable of so the black around the eyes also links with his black eyes to show she was with him.
Angel-
The Angel is in black to show she is a dark angel and not one that is kind. She also has her face painted silver to represent a statue and to also link with the angels on stage.
Ex wives in chamber-
The wives wear masks to represent that they are no longer alive and have been used by the count. They wear red as a sign of danger and black to show they belong to the count as he also wears black.
Tree-
The trees wear all black as I don’t want the audience to see them as people and so the leaves and twigs stand out more to the audience.
Hannah Smith.
