Hurst said he was baffled as to what value the costume would serve anyone else as it was tailored to fit him exactly and isn't exactly in today's fashion.
"It's a black, Elizabethan, Shakesperean outfit made of really heavy, embossed velvet and it's completely useless to anyone, unless they're going to be something like I do," Hurst said.
"It's all been handmade for me, that's why it's important and it's got a hand-worked leather belt and buckles that were especially made and we got the material in Britain."
Hurst estimated the costume's value was about $4000.
And what's worse, he needs the costume for a performance in Northland today.
He's currently trying to pull together another costume, but it won't be the same.
"My costume had to be made to be incredibly sturdy because it's an incredibly taxing sort of show."
He said he's continuously been checking Trade Me in case someone lists it, but so far he hasn't had any luck.
Hurst asked anyone who has the costume or knows where it is to return it to the Basement Theatre on Greys Ave in Auckland's CBD. No questions asked.