A girl is applied with makeup before training at a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China on Aug. 14, 2012. The two-day course is held to attract public interest in the traditional Chinese performance.

A girl is applied with makeup before training at a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

A kid wears a monkey mask during a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

School children learn traditional Chinese Peking Opera during a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

Participants watch a performer during a Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

Costume hunters sift through the thousands of items for sale during the Royal Shakespeare Company's public costume sale on February 12, 2011 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Around 10,000 items including costumes, shoes, hats and accessories are on offer to members of the public at the Royal Shakespeare Company rehearsal rooms in Stratford-upon-Avon. Amongst the items were soldiers' tabards and chain-mail from the RSC's 1984 production of Henry V (with Kenneth Branagh), a wine velvet regency cutaway coat worn by Sir Ben Kingsley, a selection of shirts worn by Sir Ian McKellen in The Seagull and his over-robe from King Lear and numerous items worn by David Tennant.

Stephanie Smith, Costume Door Manager at The Royal Shakespeare Company, poses in the costume of the Devil, worn by actor Pharmesh Patel in Morte D'Arthur, one of the thousands for sale during the RSC's public costume sale on February 12, 2011 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

A jacket worn by actor Sir Ben Kingsley on sale for £250 GBP, one of the thousands for sale during the RSC's public costume sale on Feb. 12 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.