Wilkinson, Norman

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Wilkinson, Norman (1882–1934), English artist, designer of some outstanding settings and costumes for the theatre. He was usually referred to as ‘Norman Wilkinson of Four Oaks’, to distinguish him from a contemporary marine artist of the same name. He first worked for Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1910, but came into prominence with his designs for Granville-Barker's seasons at the Savoy, his permanent set for Twelfth Night in 1912 being much admired. Particularly memorable were his designs for A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1914, with its gilded fairies and iridescent forest. He was later with Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, worked for C. B. Cochran and for the Phoenix Societies and Stage Societies, and in 1932 designed A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, of which he was a governor.

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