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Nigel Ellacott and Peter Robbins as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella. Photograph by Alan Wood Photography, by Alan Wood, photographic, 1995

Nigel Ellacott and Peter Robbins as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella. Photograph by Alan Wood Photography

Alan Wood

1995

photographic

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Nigel Ellacott and Peter Robbins as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella. Photograph by Alan Wood Photography is a 1995 photographic by Alan Wood, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Alan Wood
When & what style?
1995
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A 1995 color photograph by Alan Wood depicts Nigel Ellacott and Peter Robbins in costume as the Ugly Sisters from *Cinderella*, taken outside the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre during a press call for the pantomime produced by Paul Elliott. Ellacott wears a blue dress with a tall mauve wig, while Robbins is dressed in a pink gown and a white wig. The two performers maintained their partnership in this role for over twenty-five years, potentially making them the longest-running Ugly Sisters in pantomime history.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Alan Wood

Alan Wood spent his career behind a camera, not in front of one. He captured glamour and grit with the same quiet eye—whether it was high-camp pantomime like *Cinderella*’s Ugly Sisters in 1995 or the unglamorous…

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