Hello the list:
Getting ready to open The Importance of Being Earnest (I am director,
costumer, and props person) and still have not settled on what Cecily
cuts and serves a large piece of to Gwendolen during the tea scene:
Cecily. [Severely.] Cake or bread and butter?
Gwendolen. [In a bored manner.] Bread and butter, please. Cake is
rarely seen at the best houses nowadays.
Cecily. [Cuts a very large slice of cake, and puts it on the tray.]
Hand that to Miss Fairfax.
I have looked at people's Tea Party pages, cookbooks, and photos that
come up on Google Image search, but I have not found what I consider
a reliable image for the prop for this scene. Things come up anywhere
from fancy cookies to huge decorated cakes reminiscent of diner
dessert displays.
I would welcome advice from any of the knowledgeable people on this
list, particularly those who participate in Victorian tea parties or
similar events. Earnest is 1895; Cecily Cardew is a wealthy young
woman living in a manor house in the English countryside.
Thanks in advance!
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
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