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Art

Poster
1998 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Dewynters Ltd (designers)
Glendinning, Hugo (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printing)

Poster advertising Art by Yasmina Reza, starring Richard Griffiths, Malcolm Storry and Tony Haygarth, at Wyndham's Theatre in 1998.

Art opened at Wyndham's on 15 October 1996 and ran until 13 October 2001, then transferred to the Whitehall Theatre and played there until 4 January 2003, undergoing a number of cast changes in the course of its long run.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleArt (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour printed paper
Paper
Ink
Colour Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Art by Yasmina Reza, starring Richard Griffiths, Malcolm Storry and Tony Haygarth, at Wyndham's Theatre in 1998.
Physical description
Poster advertising Art. White background with a colour photographic image of the cast (Malcolm Storry, Nigel Havers and Ron Cook) in the centre. The actors are each holding a torch with which they have spelt out 'ART' in red, green and yellow. Awards listed at the top of the poster with a quote from a review. Production information and another quote are printed in grey and black at the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BEST COMEDY / EVENING STANDARD AWARDS 1997 / BEST COMEDY / LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS 1997 / "THE PERFECT WEST END PLAY" / INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY' (Printed above title)
  • ' "THE FUNNIEST PLAY ON BROADWAY" / NEW YORK TIMES / "Art" / RICHARD GRIFFITHS MALCOLM STORRY TONY HAYGARTH / A new play by / Yasmina Reza / Translated by / Christopher Hampton / Directed by / Matthew Warchus / Designed by / Mark Thompson / Lighting by / Hugh Vanstone / Music by / Gary Yershon / Produced by / David Pugh and Sean Connery / WYNDHAM'S THEATRE' (Printed below image)
Association
Richard Griffiths
Summary
Poster advertising Art by Yasmina Reza, starring Richard Griffiths, Malcolm Storry and Tony Haygarth, at Wyndham's Theatre in 1998.

Art opened at Wyndham's on 15 October 1996 and ran until 13 October 2001, then transferred to the Whitehall Theatre and played there until 4 January 2003, undergoing a number of cast changes in the course of its long run.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.218-2011

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Record createdApril 6, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194105/art-poster-glendinning-hugo/
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