"Lincoln green" Quotes from Famous Books
... splendour was much more considered than appropriateness of dress. Some care might be taken to provide Robin Hood with a suit of Lincoln green; to furnish hoods and frocks for friars and royal robes for kings; but otherwise actors, dramatists, and audience demanded only that costly and handsome apparel should appear upon the scene. Indeed, the desire for correctness ... — A Book of the Play - Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character • Dutton Cook |