The Gates of Summer
Design
1956 (made)
1956 (made)
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Design for a set created by Leslie Hurry for the touring production The Gates of Summer, 1956.
The Gates of Summer, a comedy set in Greece immediately before the outbreak of the First World War, by John Whiting was directed by Peter Hall. It was created for a regional tour in 1956 and opened at the New Theatre, Oxford on 11 September 1956.
The action of the play is set over two days and takes place in, and around, a country house in the Greece in the early summer of 1913. The three acts take place in the morning, evening and night. No lighting designer is credited in the programmes by the designer, Leslie Hurry, thanks Disley Jones ‘for technical advice’. The scenery was built by Brunskill and Loveday and painted by Alick Johnston.
The Gates of Summer, a comedy set in Greece immediately before the outbreak of the First World War, by John Whiting was directed by Peter Hall. It was created for a regional tour in 1956 and opened at the New Theatre, Oxford on 11 September 1956.
The action of the play is set over two days and takes place in, and around, a country house in the Greece in the early summer of 1913. The three acts take place in the morning, evening and night. No lighting designer is credited in the programmes by the designer, Leslie Hurry, thanks Disley Jones ‘for technical advice’. The scenery was built by Brunskill and Loveday and painted by Alick Johnston.
Object details
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Title | The Gates of Summer (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Black ink, watercolour and pencil drawing |
Brief description | Design for a set created by Leslie Hurry for the touring production The Gates of Summer, 1956 |
Physical description | Design for a set created by Leslie Hurry for the touring production <i>Gates of Summer</i>, 1956. Landscape design showing a house, the front cutaway to reveal part of the interior, and the landscape and garden within which it is situated. The house is cream, with ionic columns running across the front. The roof and furnishings of the house are a deep crimson. The sky outside the building is a deep blue and the stylised landscape is executed in graduated shades of green. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Caro Rathbone |
Literary reference | The Gates of Summer |
Summary | Design for a set created by Leslie Hurry for the touring production The Gates of Summer, 1956. The Gates of Summer, a comedy set in Greece immediately before the outbreak of the First World War, by John Whiting was directed by Peter Hall. It was created for a regional tour in 1956 and opened at the New Theatre, Oxford on 11 September 1956. The action of the play is set over two days and takes place in, and around, a country house in the Greece in the early summer of 1913. The three acts take place in the morning, evening and night. No lighting designer is credited in the programmes by the designer, Leslie Hurry, thanks Disley Jones ‘for technical advice’. The scenery was built by Brunskill and Loveday and painted by Alick Johnston. |
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Accession number | S.1743-2014 |
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Record created | July 29, 2014 |
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