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Gwladys Dillon dancing children

Poster
1914 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Gwladys Dillon dancing children'; Poster advertising performances at the Rehearsal Theatre, London, 25 and 26 June 1914; Lithograph; Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGwladys Dillon dancing children
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
'Gwladys Dillon dancing children'; Poster advertising performances at the Rehearsal Theatre, London; Lithograph; Signed and dated; By Horace Brodzky; Great Britain; 1914.
Physical description
'Gwladys Dillon dancing children'; Poster advertising performances at the Rehearsal Theatre, London, 25 and 26 June 1914; Lithograph; Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.6cm
  • Width: 47.3cm
Taken from: 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'H.Brodzky / 1914' (Signed and dated.)
  • '1914' (Dated in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Object history
The Rehearsal Theatre was situated at No. 21 Maiden Lane and appears to have been in operation between 1908 and 1920, probably opening in April 1908. The Theatre was situated next door to the Stage Door of the Adelphi Theatre and was a conversion from a former Jewish Synagogue situated above the Adelphi Club on Maiden Lane, today the site of the Porterhouse Public House. It had a stage 24 feet wide by 18 feet deep with a proscenium opening of 18 feet, with an auditorium on two levels, lighted and heated by electricity. It had a seating capacity of 160. Its original Manager was J. Herbert Jay, the then Business Manager of Wyndham’s Theatre, and was designed to be a place for rehearsals and try-outs of small theatrical productions.

Information from Mr Matthew Lloyd, (see references).

Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Information from Mr Matthew Lloyd: http://web.archive.org/web/20230117150622/http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/index.html
Other number
6/E1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Accession number
E.514-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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