The Playboy of the Western World - Image Research

Once again, this image research predates the process sketches for Playboy that I already posted, but I thought it important to post this anyway.

This collage contains a variety of imagery that make up our approach for the play, including work by Jack B. Yeats, an Irish expressionist who was friends with J. M. Synge. Other artists that influenced the design were Sean Keating, Walter Frederick Osborne, Frank Mckelvy. I've also included some photos I took, as well as selections from the various stock photography agencies (listed below).

The image that most influenced the design process on this show is "Returning from the Bathe, Mid-Day," by Jack B. Yeats, and you can find more information about the artist at
The Crawford Art Gallery

Note: I do not own the copyrights to some of these images, which come from iStockphoto, Getty Images, Corbis, Google Images, and various online galleries and museums. They are for research and in no way am I representing them as my own work.This constitutes fair use. If any trouble comes about because of this, I will simply take the images down.