Chris Beetles Gallery

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Super-Colossal Brecht – But it still leaves us wondering

Emmwood (John Musgrave-Wood) (1915-1999)

Price

£450

Signed

Signed

Medium

Ink with zippatone

Dimensions

3 x 4 ½ inches

Illustrated

Evening Standard, 1 November 1956, 'At the Theatre' by Milton Shulman

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1791-2024', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2024-January 2025, no 148

Bertold Brecht’s play The Good Woman of Setzuan directed and produced by George Devine for the English Stage Company opened at The Royal Court Theatre on 31October 1956. It starred Peggy Ashcroft as Shen Te and Peter Wyngarde as Yang Sun.
Milton Shulman wrote that ‘Peggy Ashcroft manages some rare moments of modulated beauty as the girl with a heart as big as China ... (but) ... could not quite conceal hints of Kensington propriety’.

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