Ⓔ  illustration] Beard adapted Morgan le Fay’s dress and crown from a famous costume of Sarah Bernhardt’s (“Dan Beard Tells,” p. 5). Worn by Bernhardt in the title role in Théodora, a smash hit in Paris and London in 1884 and 1885, the gemencrusted dress was said to be the most expensive costume ever worn on the stage (Gneiting, “Picture and Text,” p. 252).