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“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos…” Yes, Stephen Sondheim. Bring on the art; this world needs it. In a double dose of chaos-quelling art: how have remarkable painters captured the world of theatre on canvas?

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Antoine Watteau. The Italian Comedians. 1720

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William Hogarth. David Garrick as Richard III. 1745

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Benjamin West +. Romeo and Juliet. 1778

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Johann Zoffany. David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Vanbrugh’s ‘The Provoked Wife.’ 1763-65

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Thomas Beech. Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble, in Macbeth. 1786

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John Singer Sargent. Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth 1889

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Pierre Auguste Renoir.  La Première Sortie. 1876/77

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Mary Cassatt. In the Loge. 1878

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Mary Cassatt. Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge. 1879

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Gustav Klimt. Auditorium of the Old Burgtheater. 1888

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Edward Hopper. Two on the Aisle. 1927

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Joan Miró. The Harlequin’s Carnival. 1924-25

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Edward Hopper. Sheridan Theatre. 1937

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Edward Hopper. First Row Orchestra. 1951

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Header Art: Prudence Howard. At the Theatre. 1928