Theseus' Courtyard
Description
| Image Title | Theseus' Courtyard |
| Performance Title | Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Opening Performance Date | 1954 |
| Theater | Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) |
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
| Associated People (Director) | Devine, George, 1910-1966 |
| Object | Set design |
| Type | Image |
| Material/Techniques | Pencil |
| Support | Paper |
| Dimensions | 17 5/8 x 11 1/4 |
| Description | Set design for Theseus' Courtyard in Midsummer Night's Dream (mechanical): ornamental pavilion off to stage right. Tall trees behind pavilion. Short bushy trees along border of courtyard. Buildings in distant background. Theseus standing in pavilion three soldiers facing Theseus, two with shields. Accompanied of color thumbnail sketch of Theseus' Courtyard. |
| Style or Period | Archaic Greek with Eastern influence c. 500 B.C. Assyria, Persia, Phrygia |
| Production notes | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/motley/prodnote/prodmid.htm |
| Subject I (AAT) | scenography (discipline) courtyards trees buildings (structures) preliminary sketches (sketches) |
| Subject II (TGMI) | Theatrical productions Set Design drawings |
| Subject III (LCSH) | Theater--History |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For questions regarding these materials, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Physical Location | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| Inventory Number | 540323-027 |
| JPEG URL | http://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/motley/jpg/540323_027.jpg |
| Collection Title | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) |
| RDF | http://imagesearch-test1.library.illinois.edu/jsonld/6890.json |