Costuming Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown: 

Almost always wears his yellow shirt with brown pants...

...Except for when he is in his jacket (usually with a cap)

which may be red or green

-In some of the older comics Charlie Brown's shirt is shown as more of an orangish color than yellow, he is also wearing blue pants instead of brown-

A Medieval Romance: Herald

-I know that it is an idea for the Herald to carry a different instruement with each entrance.  I thought it would be a great idea to play up the instruements.

For example:  

I would love to see either a title or  sarcastic phrase hanging on the banner off of the trumpet.  

OR

Each EXTRA LARGE (like as big as Francesca) with either the Family Crests painted on the sides, or Titles, or Jokes, etc.  

(I think it would be funny if before the wedding the Herald comes out with each family's crest painted on the inside of the cymbals-and then of course crashes them together. 

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown: Costuming Lucy

LUCY:  She actually doesn't wear the blue dress that often.

Trends: 

-Always: Black Hair, Black and White Sneakers

-Sometimes: Dress, or Pants and a Sweater

Color Tendencies: 

Dress: Pink, Hot Pink, Blue,  Red
Shirt: Grey, Green
Pants: Generally resemble Jeans
Socks: Almost Always match color of dress or coat
-*socks generally aren't showing when she wears jeans/pants
Coats: Pink or Red

  

A Medieval Romance: Costume Starting-Points

A Medieval Romance: Costume Starting-Points 

Conrade:

Constance: 

-innocent...but not too innocent 

 ((red top) I liked this because it was unique.. different than other medieval gowns)

Queen:

-a bit darker, hints of promiscuity, I like the idea of the large collar

 

Lord:

-dark tones (ideally complimenting his wive's)

                

Duke:

-He's quite old and a bit aloof, I would like to see him in lighter tones. 

-Perhaps a long robe- he's old! He wants to be comfortable!

    

Herald :

-I thought these were unique.. not as stereotypical.  

Peasant (male): 

Peasant (female):

*(right) I know there are some gowns similar to this left over from Oliver

Some sketches: 

-Im not sure if the costume designer is planning on making any of the costumes... but I thought these may be useful.  

Constance/ Peasant(female)

Constance/ Peasant (female)

First and Last Peanuts Comics

First Peanuts Comic: 1950






Final Peanuts Comic: 2000

Peanuts Comic Strip: Timeline

A Timeline of the Peanuts Comic Strip: 

Underlined: format related

• October 2, 1950: The first Peanutscomic strip, and the first timeCharlie Brown is called, "Good ol' Charlie Brown". The other characters in that day's strip areShermy and Patty.
• October 4, 1950: Snoopy's first appearance.
• December 21, 1950: Charlie Brown first appears with his signature shirt.
• February 7, 1951: Violet's first appearance.
• May 30, 1951: Schroeder's first appearance.
• August 16, 1951: Charlie Brown is first called a "blockhead".
• August 31, 1951: Schroeder appears in his striped shirt for the first time.
• September 4, 1951: First appearance of Snoopy's doghouse.
• September 24, 1951: Schroeder starts playing his piano
• November 14, 1951: The first time Charlie Brown falls for the football gag, with Violet pulling the football away from him first.
• January 6, 1952: The first Sunday strip.
• March 3, 1952: Lucy's first appearence.
• May 27, 1952: Snoopy's thoughts are shown in a thought balloon for the first time.
• June 6, 1952: First time someone says 'Good grief.'
• September 19, 1952: Linus's first appearance.
• November 16, 1952: The first time the football gag is pulled by Lucy.
• May 30, 1953: Lucy falls in love with Schroeder.
• December 16, 1953: The first time Schroeder celebrates Beethoven's birthday.
• January 31, 1954: Snoopy's doghouse is revealed to be larger on the inside than on the outside.
• June 1, 1954: Linus first appears with his security blanket.
• April 12, 1956: Charlie Brown first gets his kite stuck in the Kite-Eating Tree.
• August 25, 1958: Charlie Brown first writes a letter to his pen-pal.
• December 12, 1958: Snoopy first sleeps on top of his doghouse, rather than inside it.
• March 27, 1959: Lucy opens her psychiatry booth.
• May 26, 1959: Sally is born..
• August 23, 1959: Sally's first appearance.
• October 26, 1959: Linus first mentions the Great Pumpkin.
• March 21, 1960: Linus first mentions his blanket hating grandmother.
• April 25, 1960: After hugging Snoopy, Lucy says, "Happiness is a warm puppy". Peanuts merchandise bearing the phrase and variations on it became very popular in the 1960s.
• August 22, 1960: Sally falls in love with Linus.
• November 19, 1961: The Little Red-Haired Girl is first mentioned.
• February 5, 1962: Linus begins wearing glasses.
• July 17, 1962: Linus is told he does not need to wear glasses all the time.
• September 5, 1962: Sally's first day of school.
• October 10, 1965: Snoopy first appears as the World War I Flying Ace.
• March 4, 1966: Woodstock's first apperence.
• February 16, 1970: Snoopy becomes the Head Beagle (a few weeks later, on March 9, he is replaced).
• June 22, 1970: Woodstock is named.
• May 27, 1971: The first appearance of Snoopy's alter-ego Joe Cool.
• August 31, 1974: Sally first talks to the school building.
• September 6, 1974: Sally and the school building fall in love.
• January 27, 1977: Sally first calls Linus, her "sweet babboo".
• December 16, 1984: Schroeder kisses Lucy.
• October 13, 1986: Sally states her first philosophy.
• February 29, 1988: The format of the Peanuts comic strip changes from four frames in each daily strip to three frames.
• October 9, 1989: The notes start to fall off of Schroeder's piano.
• October 26, 1989: Charlie Brown decides to quit school, and devote the rest of his life to make Snoopy happy.
• March 30, 1993: Charlie Brown finally leads his baseball team to victory.
• September 27, 1994: Charlie Brown learns his pen-pal is a Scottish girl named Morag.
• May 25, 1998: The Little Red-Haired Girl is seen in silhouette.
• September 12, 1999: Schroeder's last appearance.
• December 13, 1999: Lucy's last appearance.
• January 1, 2000: Linus' last appearence.
• January 3, 2000: The last weekday strip
• January 16, 2000: Woodstock's last appearance.
• February 6, 2000: Sally's last appearance.
• February 13, 2000: The last Peanuts comic strip, and the last appearance of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Lucy, Linus, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Rerun, and Woodstock appear in flashback.

Just a few Charlie Brown Sets