Cabaret: Costume Plot
Time: 1929-30 Before The Start Of The Third Reich
Place: Berlin, Germany
ACT 1, SCENE 1: KIT KAT CLUB
EMCEE:
Period Tails
CABARET GIRLS
Short chorus costumes (tawdry and in bad taste)
GIRL ORCHESTRA:
Short dresses with hats suggesting a band, also in bad taste
WAITERS & BUSBOYS:
Uniformed according to station
ENTERTAINERS:
In a variety of European music hall and night club performers costumes. (Ventriloquist, Magician, etc.)
ACT 1, SCENE 2: A COMPARTMENT OF A EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAIN
CLIFF BRADSHAW:
Sport jacket with sleeveless sweater, slacks or suit of period
ERNST:
Suit, hat and trenchcoat
CUSTOMS OFFICERS:
Uniform, cape and hat
ACT 1, SCENE 3: A ROOM AT FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER’S
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER:
Bathrobe type dressing gown and slippers
CLIFF:
Repeat 1-2
FRAULEIN HOST:
Tarty day dress
GERMAN SAILOR:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket and sailor cap
HERR SCHULTZ:
Ill fitting suit
A GIRL:
Evening gown of the 20’s
ACT I, SCENE 4: KIT KAT CLUB
ACT I, SCENE 5:
A GIRL:
Repeat I-3
CLIFF:
Repeat I-2, I-3
EMCEE:
Repeat I-1. Quick change to Father Time gown, wig and beard underdress infant New Year
SALLY:
Sexy evening gown, slit to thigh, lacy pants
CABARET GIRLS:
Vulgur short cabaret costumes, headpieces
GIRL ORCHESTRA:
Repeat I-1
MAX:
Period tuxedo
GUESTS/MEN:
Assortment of period tuxedo/dark suits
GUESTS/WOMEN:
Assortment of evening gown/flapper dress
ACT I, SCENE 6: CLIFF’S ROOM
CLIFF:
Slacks, sweater and shirt
ERNST:
Another suit, add trenchcoat and hat
FRAULEIN SCHNDEIDER:
Old fashioned shirtwaist, long skirt
GERMAN SAILOR:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket, sailor cap
HERR SCHULTZ:
Repeat I-3
ACT I, SCENE 9: KIT KAT CLUB
WAITERS:
In uniforms repeat I-1, I-4, I-5
EMCEE:
Repeat I-1, I-4, I-7
ACT I, SCENE 10: CLIFF’S ROOM
SALLY:
Repeat fur coat I – 6, tailored flapper dress
CLIFF:
Repeat slacks, sweater, shirt I-6
ERNST:
Repeat suit, trenchcoat, hat I-6
EMCEE:
Tails, add top hat and long ascot (covered in sequins)
RUSSIAN GIRL/JAPANESE GIRL/FRENCH GIRL/AMERICAN GIRL/GERMAN GIRL:
All dressed in night club bare version of the National Costume. German girl wears a gong dangling from her belt.
ACT I, SCENE 12: FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER’S LIVING ROOM
FRAULEIN KOST:
Repeat dress I-8
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER:
Repeat dress I-8
HERR SCHULTZ:
Repeat suit I-8
3 GERMAN SAILORS:
Uniform jumper, pants, short jacket, sailor cap – Repeat I-8
ACT 1, SCENE 13: HERR SCHULTZ’S FRUIT SHOP
GUESTS AND PERFORMERS:
Including girl band and Kit Kat Club – All in street clothes
CLIFF:
Repeat suit I-2, overcoat
SALLY:
Party dress (pretty)
FRAULEIN SSCHNEIDER:
Long dress, dated, but with a touch of elegance
FRAULEIN KOST:
Another tarty dress, coat and hat
GERMAN SAILORS:
Repeat uniforms
ERNST:
Repeat suit, hat, trenchcoat, I-6, I-10, add swastika armband
EMCEE:
Repeat rails I-1, I-9, I-11
ACT II, SCENE 1: KIT KAT CLUB
GIRL BAND:
Short costumes, band caps
GIRLS AND EMCEE:
Short semi-military costumes, hat (Emcee is dressed like a girl)
ACT II, SCENE 2:
HERR SCHULTZ:
In shirt sleeves with previous vest and trousers I-13, add apron
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER:
Dark dress or suit, hat, overcoat, gloves and bag
ACT II, SCENE 3: KIT KAT CLUB
EMCEE:
Checked suit, derby
GORILLA:
Gorilla costume, tutu, hat and handbag
ACT II, SCENE 4: CLIFF’S ROOM
SALLY:
Street dress, repeat fur coat I-6
CLIFF:
Repeat suit, overcoat I-13
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER:
Period blouse, skirt
Act II, SCENE 5: KIT KAT CLUB
GUESTS:
Repeat I-4
CLIFF:
Repeat II – 4
SALLY:
Flashy flapper dress, quick change to a long gown
ERNST:
Dark suit
EMCEE:
Repeat tails, I-1, etc.
2 MEN:
Dark suits, Swastika armbands
ACT II, SCENE 6: CLIFF’S ROOM
CLIFF:
Slacks, sweater
HERR SCHULTZ:
Repeat a suit, coat and hat
SALLY:
Street dress
ACT II, SCENE 7: THE RAILROAD COMPARTMENT
CLIFF:
Repeat a suit or sport jacket and slacks
OFFICERS:
Repeat I-2
EMCEE:
Repeat tails
GIRLS:
Repeat I-1
GIRL BAND:
Repeat I-1
OTHER CHARACTERS:
Some in street clothes with swastika armbands, some in brown shirts, pants and swastikas
HERR SCHULTZ:
Repeat II – 6
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER:
Repeat period blouse and skirt, II – 4