Poster
1986 (made)
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Pictorial and typographic. The cartoon shows George Bernard Shaw as an acrobat wearing leotard and tights, standing on one toe spinning a plate with his left hand and balancing a glass of water on his head and an oil lamp on his left foot. With his right hand he is juggling four balls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Programme poster advertising the Royal Shakespeare Company's season at the Barbican Theatre, 1 October 1986 to 3 January 1987 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic. The cartoon shows George Bernard Shaw as an acrobat wearing leotard and tights, standing on one toe spinning a plate with his left hand and balancing a glass of water on his head and an oil lamp on his left foot. With his right hand he is juggling four balls. |
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| Object history | Associated Production: Misalliance (playwright: George Bernard Shaw), Scenes From a Marriage (playwright: Georges Feydeau), A Penny For a Song (playwright: John Whiting), Principia Scriptoriae (playwright: Richard Nelson), The Dead Monkey (playwright: Nick Darke), The Archbishop's Ceiling (playwright: Arthur Miller), Heresies (playwright: Deborah Levy). Royal Shakespeare Company. Barbican Centre, London. 1.10.1986 - 3.1.1987. |
| Production | The caricature on this poster was originally by a 'Punch' magazine artist and taken from 'Pinch' |
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| Accession number | S.588-1995 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2010 |
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