Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & P. Atchison (printers (people))
Bird, Richard (designers)
Picasso, Pablo (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Don Quixote at the National Theatre, Olivier, 1982
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.5cm
  • Poster width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Don Quixote. Playwright: Keith Dewhurst. Author: Miguel de Cervantes. Composer: John Tams. Choreographer: David Busby. Director: Bill Bryden. Set designer: William Dudley. Costume designer: Deirdre Clancy. Actors: C.J. Allen, Martin Carthy, Robert Flemyng, Brian Glover. Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, South Bank, London. 18.6.1982. Performance category: comedy.
Production
The poster design was based on a drawing of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Pablo Picasso.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1505-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166522/poster-bird-richard/
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