Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 301
Title
1975 Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir in St. Stephen's Green by Bill Doyle
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Photographic paper, ink. 24 x 30 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
13/07/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A print of a black and white photograph of Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, the founders of the Gate Theatre, walking in St. Stephen’s Green in 1975 taken by Bill Doyle.
Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir were romantic and business partners who opened the Gate Theatre together in 1928. Both were born in England. The photograph is by Bill Doyle, ‘Ireland’s Cartier-Bresson.’