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Poster

Poster
1962 (printed)
Artist/Maker
A. E. King & Jackson Ltd. (printers (people))
Wrigley, Denis (artist)
Place of origin
Ealing (made)
Great Britain (made)

Poster advertising a production of Semi-Detached starring Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and presented at the Saville Theatre, London, 1962.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePoster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising a production of Semi-Detached starring Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and presented at the Saville Theatre, London, 1962
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic poster advertising a production of Semi-Detached starring Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and presented at the Saville Theatre, London, 1962. It has a blue ground and features and geometric image of a house with the text enclosed with a large plume of smoke which is emerging from the chimney.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.5cm
  • Poster width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Semi-Detached. Playwright: David Turner. Director: Tony Richardson. Designer: Loudon Sainthill. Actors: Laurence Olivier, James Bolam, Patsy Rowlands, Mona Washbourne. Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 5.12.1962. Performance category: drama.
Summary
Poster advertising a production of Semi-Detached starring Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and presented at the Saville Theatre, London, 1962.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.4047-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1164745/poster-poster-wrigley-denis/
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