Poster
1999
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Poster on gloss finish card featuring a colour production photograph of a New York skyline at sunset, with photographs of the heads of Richard Dreyfus and Marsha Mason superimposed over the sky, with their names in white lettering next to them. Details of the production team and the name of the theatre appear in white lettering in the lower half of the poster, with the name of the play in art-deco style yellow lettering, larger than the surrounding text.
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| Brief description | Poster issued in 1999 featuring photographs of Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason, advertising The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, which opened there on 22 March 1999. |
| Physical description | Poster on gloss finish card featuring a colour production photograph of a New York skyline at sunset, with photographs of the heads of Richard Dreyfus and Marsha Mason superimposed over the sky, with their names in white lettering next to them. Details of the production team and the name of the theatre appear in white lettering in the lower half of the poster, with the name of the play in art-deco style yellow lettering, larger than the surrounding text. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Dewynters PLC |
| Object history | Poster issued in 1999 advertising The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by David Taylor, designed by Simon Higlett with lighting by Mick Hughes and sound by Paul Arditti. It starred Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason with Francis Cuka, Frances Jeater, Jeanette Legge and Harry Ditson. The date is not on the poster but it opened on 22 March 1999. This was an Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, production, which opened there on 2 February 1999. |
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| Accession number | S.237-1999 |
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| Record created | October 12, 2000 |
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