Design
1955 (designed)
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Framed and mounted card and paper collage representing a stage setting of a grey wall with four black arches, each outlined in yellow; one black rectangular opening also outlined in yellow, above which are four irregularly shaped windows or shutters, each painted with eyes and lips. To either side of the wall is a blue column. The collage, in poster paint and gouache, is mounted on a loose-weave hessian backing to which three cut-out grey clouds are also attached. This in turn is mounted on grey cartridge paper.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Painted paper and card collage on hessian |
Brief description | Set design by John Piper (1903-1992) for Cranks, an entertainment devised by John Cranko with music by John Addison, New Watergate Theatre, 19 December 1955, transferring to St. Martin's. 1 March 1956. |
Physical description | Framed and mounted card and paper collage representing a stage setting of a grey wall with four black arches, each outlined in yellow; one black rectangular opening also outlined in yellow, above which are four irregularly shaped windows or shutters, each painted with eyes and lips. To either side of the wall is a blue column. The collage, in poster paint and gouache, is mounted on a loose-weave hessian backing to which three cut-out grey clouds are also attached. This in turn is mounted on grey cartridge paper. |
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Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Theatre Museum, 2002 |
Object history | Original design by John Piper for the entertainment Cranks, written and devised by John Cranko with music by John Addison and designs by John Piper, New Watergate Theatre, 19 December 1955, featuring Gordon Heath, Marcia Ashton, Anthony Newley and Gilbert Vernon, transferring to St. Martin's Theatre, 1 March 1956, and later to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. |
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Accession number | S.53-2003 |
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Record created | October 8, 2003 |
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