Using texts from poems by Yeats, Ledwidge, MacDonagh and others, A Terrible Beauty is Born was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, receiving its first performance at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in April 1966.
Show lessRead more
Details
Title: A terrible beauty is born, op. 59
Creator: Brian Boydell
Date Created: 1965
Location: Dublin
Collection: Brian Boydell: A Centenary Display
Catalogue Number: MS 11128/
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more