Profile: Madeline Gorrill

Loft credits (click a play title to view details)

• Wardrobe, Charley’s Aunt (2003)
• Wardrobe, When We Are Married (2002)
• Wardrobe, Wild Honey (2001)
• Medieval Lady, The Fantastic Fairground (1978)
• Mrs Cowper-Cowper, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1977)
• Mrs Kirbridge, For Love of Love (1975)
• Mary Livingston, Mary Stuart (1961)
• Company, New Clothes for the Emperor (1960)
• Countess of Basildon, An Ideal Husband (1959)
• Seven of Spades, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (1958)

Notes

Madeline Gorrill was for many years the Loft’s Wardrobe Mistress. She began as an assistant in the wardrobe department in 1957, and took over as its sole head in 1965. She retired in 1987, but remained involved with the Loft and worked on the occasional play to help out.

Madeline passed away on 30 January 2021.

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