Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C. L. Anthony's play Service
Caricature
28 August 1933 (dated)
28 August 1933 (dated)
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This caricature shows Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C.L. Anthony's play Service at the Brighton Theatre Royal on 28 August 1933. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn’t needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums.
Service was a play about a genteel department store called Services. It ran at Brighton as part of the post-London tour, billed as 'Basil Dean's latest success from Wyndham's Theatre' where it opened in October 1932 with Leslie Banks and Ann Todd as Gabriel and Caroline Service.
Service was a play about a genteel department store called Services. It ran at Brighton as part of the post-London tour, billed as 'Basil Dean's latest success from Wyndham's Theatre' where it opened in October 1932 with Leslie Banks and Ann Todd as Gabriel and Caroline Service.
Object details
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| Title | Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C. L. Anthony's play <i>Service</i> (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Pencil caricature by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976) of Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C. L. Anthony's play Service, Theatre Royal Brighton. Dated 28 August 1933. |
| Physical description | Pencil caricature of Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C. L. Anthony's play Service at the Theatre Royal Brighton. Dated 28 August 1933. From a hard-backed sketch book containing caricatures of theatrical performers and entertainers drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad. |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael Sommerlad |
| Object history | Gilbert Sommerlad would have played as part of the resident orchestra at the Theatre Royal Brighton when he drew this caricature. |
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| Summary | This caricature shows Ian Fleming as Gabriel Service in C.L. Anthony's play Service at the Brighton Theatre Royal on 28 August 1933. It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestral violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932 until 1936, and at the Oxford New Theatre from 1936 for over forty years. Sommerlad sketched the stars on stage when he wasn’t needed in the orchestra pit, compiling the sketches in a series of albums. Service was a play about a genteel department store called Services. It ran at Brighton as part of the post-London tour, billed as 'Basil Dean's latest success from Wyndham's Theatre' where it opened in October 1932 with Leslie Banks and Ann Todd as Gabriel and Caroline Service. |
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| Accession number | S.129:20-2002 |
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| Record created | December 10, 2003 |
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