Designer to recreate Lost Colony costumes burned in fire
February 15, 2008 07:32 EST
MANTEO, N.C. (AP) -- Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long says he plans to recreate more than one thousand costumes that were lost in the September fire at "The Lost Colony."The fire in Manteo caused nearly 3 million dollars damage.Long was happy to see one item yesterday that he thought had burned. Andy Griffith brought a sword that he used in 1949 while portraying Sir Walter Raleigh in the historical drama. The sword had been at the actor's Manteo home. A previous costume director had given the sword to Griffith in 1983.
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