All's Well That Ends Well
Poster
1981 (designed)
1981 (designed)
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Poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, designed by Ginni Moo-Young, 1981.
This art-nouveau inspired poster was produced purely for sale in the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatres in Stratford and at the Barbican Centre. Trevor Nunn, the director, said that the poster needed to inform the public that the production was going to take place in the society of the 'Belle Epoque', and that since the play challenged the traditional social roles of men and women, the ritual and sexuality of the dance was an important visual image in the staging.
Ginni Moo-Young's design reflects John Gunter's arching white-pillared, glass-roofed set which became the Countess de Rossillon's conservatory where she took tea, a gymnasium and ballroom at court, and the Florence railway station round which battle rages. Trevor Nunn added: 'RSC posters must be informative, decorative and evocative, and as souvenirs they must capture the essence of the production they advertise; but have little or nothing to do with selling.'
This art-nouveau inspired poster was produced purely for sale in the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatres in Stratford and at the Barbican Centre. Trevor Nunn, the director, said that the poster needed to inform the public that the production was going to take place in the society of the 'Belle Epoque', and that since the play challenged the traditional social roles of men and women, the ritual and sexuality of the dance was an important visual image in the staging.
Ginni Moo-Young's design reflects John Gunter's arching white-pillared, glass-roofed set which became the Countess de Rossillon's conservatory where she took tea, a gymnasium and ballroom at court, and the Florence railway station round which battle rages. Trevor Nunn added: 'RSC posters must be informative, decorative and evocative, and as souvenirs they must capture the essence of the production they advertise; but have little or nothing to do with selling.'
Object details
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| Title | All's Well That Ends Well (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silkscreen printing |
| Brief description | Poster issued by the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with their production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 17 November 1981. Silk-screen designed by Ginni Moo-Young, 1981 |
| Physical description | Poster printed in dark and light blue on cream paper featuring a couple dancing in the foreground, probably Bertram and Helena, he in uniform and she in an Edwardian-style striped dress, with mounted cavalry officers bearing flags in the far distance. Featuring the name of the play ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL in blue below the image, left, with details of the cast and production team, and the Royal Shakespeare logo and note of sponsorship by the Arts Council bottom right. |
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| Literary reference | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Summary | Poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, designed by Ginni Moo-Young, 1981. This art-nouveau inspired poster was produced purely for sale in the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatres in Stratford and at the Barbican Centre. Trevor Nunn, the director, said that the poster needed to inform the public that the production was going to take place in the society of the 'Belle Epoque', and that since the play challenged the traditional social roles of men and women, the ritual and sexuality of the dance was an important visual image in the staging. Ginni Moo-Young's design reflects John Gunter's arching white-pillared, glass-roofed set which became the Countess de Rossillon's conservatory where she took tea, a gymnasium and ballroom at court, and the Florence railway station round which battle rages. Trevor Nunn added: 'RSC posters must be informative, decorative and evocative, and as souvenirs they must capture the essence of the production they advertise; but have little or nothing to do with selling.' |
| Bibliographic reference | Theatre Posters by Catherine Haill |
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| Accession number | S.28-1983 |
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