1776 Costume Rental Plot

Description: 

This wardrobe plot indicates our interpretation of the costume needs of the production. It is intended to provide you with required costume changes and a feeling of the costume styles. Costumes as described will be used as size permits - extremely large or small sizes may not be available. Also, specific colors and fabrics are not described due to new designs and availability in our stock. Styles and accessories may vary.

Also Available for purchase: Men’s and ladies’ colonial style wigs, as well as the special style for Ben Franklin.

Cast & Costume: 

John Adams: Brown coat, moss green vest, brown breeches, white shirt with jabot, white hose, shoe buckles, cape, hat

Caesar Rodney: Dark coat, linen vest, black satin breeches, white shirt with jabot, boot tops, dark scarf, cloak

Edward Rutledge: Maroon coat, gray vest, gray breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Col. Thomas McKean: Blue coat, white brocade vest, blue breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Joseph Hewes: Colorful coat with trim, white vest, black breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Roger Sherman: Copper coat, copper and gold stripe vest, brown breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Stephen Hopkins: Dark coat, vest, tan breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles, Quaker hat

Robert Livingston: Earth tone coat, textured vest, green breeches, white shirt with jabot, stockings, shoe buckles

Dr. Lyman Hall: Black velvet with silver trim coat, black brocade vest, white breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Thomas Jefferson: Green coat, green and gold brocade vest, gray breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Benjamin Franklin: Purple wool coat, lavender brocade vest, purple breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Reverend Witherspoon: Black coat, black high vest, black breeches, white two tab clerical collar, hose, shoe buckles

Judge Wilson: Tan coat, black brocade vest, gray breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Samuel Chase: Green coat, brown print vest, brown breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Lewis Morris: Dark coat, gray vest, gray breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Richard Henry Lee: Rust brown coat, brocade vest, breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

John Hancock: Blue velvet with gold trim coat, blue vest, blue breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

John Dickinson: Elegant black coat, black vest, black breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Josiah Bartlett: Gray and black coat, black vest, black breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

George Read: Gold /green coat, vest, breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Andrew McNair: Dark coat, beige print vest, brown breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Courier: Distressed blue military coat, buff breeches, buff vest, white continental dickey, boot tops, black tricorn with gold trim

A Leather Apron: Colonial vest, brown breeches, tan collarless shirt, hose, shoe buckles, leather apron

Charles Thompson: Brown linen vest, blue breeches, white shirt with jabot, hose, shoe buckles

Abigail Adams: Antique satin gown with full period skirt, petticoats, white lace hat

Martha Jefferson: Colonial style gown, petticoats, light full cape

A Painter: Painter’s smock and beret over appropriate colonial attire. (Usually doubled by McNair)