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[Cover design for the programme to Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen], 1953
Record number
cm000017
Title
[Cover design for the programme to Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen]
Date
1953
Medium
brush
Support
paper
Dimensions
225 x 148 mm
Inscriptions
McCahon (inverted, pen and ink, l.r.)
Credit line
Given by Mr R.E. Kennedy, Dunedin, 1977.
Accession number
77/34 a
Extended inscriptions
"PEER GYNT" (t.l.-t.r.); by / HENRIK IBSEN (l.l.-l.r.)
Notes
The Hocken Collections include three designs by McCahon for the cover of the programme for a 1953 performance of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. McCahon also designed the sets and acted as stage manager. The play, with music by Edvard Grieg, was performed by the Christchurch Theatre Arts Guild at the Repertory Theatre, 26 May-2 June 1953. (See also the other designs.)