Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & P. Atchison (printers (people))
Bird, Richard (designers)
Mayhew, Michael (designers)
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 The Playboy of the Western World at The National Theatre - Old Vic, 1975
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.5cm
  • Poster width: 50.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: The Playboy of the Western World. Playwright: John Millington Synge. Director: Bill Bryden. Set designer: Geoffrey Scott. Costume designer: Deirdre Clancy. Actors: J.G. Devlin, Susan Fleetwood, Jim Norton, Stephen Rea. Composer: The Chieftains. National Theatre, London. 25.10.1975. Performance category: comedy.
Production
The design for this poster was taken from a painting by Jack Yeats at the time of the first production - he designed the costumes.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1606-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166623/poster-bird-richard/
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