Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Photographic, pictorial and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Rocking the Town at the London Palladium, 1956
Physical description
Photographic, pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.8cm
  • Poster width: 31.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Rocking the Town. Choreographer: George Carden. Performers: Harry Secombe, Alma Cogan, Beryl Reid, Rudy Horn, Charles Henry, George Carden Dancers. London Palladium, Oxford Circus . 17.5.1956. Performance category: comedy, variety.
Subjects depicted
Secombe, Harry
Cogan, Alma
Reid, Beryl
Atwell, Winnie
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3196-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1163905/poster-unknown/
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