George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Print
1951 (printed)
1951 (printed)
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Leaflet advertising 'The Old-Time Marionettes' as part of The Festival of Britain celebrations at Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park in 1951. Published by The Favil Press Ltd. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Object details
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| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Leaflet advertising 'The Old-Time Marionettes' as part of The Festival of Britain celebrations at Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park in 1951. Published by The Favil Press Ltd. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection. |
| Physical description | Leaflet advertising 'The Old-Time Marionettes.' |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
| Object history | This leaflet was part of advertising material for a temporary partnership between Gerald Morice and George Speaight who purchased a Tiller's family collection of marionettes and blackcoths in 1945. They began working on recreating some of the puppets' original repertoire from the late Tilles family's work. Since the original cloths were too fragile for performance, new backdrops were painted, and in August 1951 as part of The Festival of Britain celebrations, the marionettes took to the stage again as The Old Time Marionettes, at the Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park. |
| Summary | Leaflet advertising 'The Old-Time Marionettes' as part of The Festival of Britain celebrations at Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park in 1951. Published by The Favil Press Ltd. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection. |
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| Other number | 19th century marionettes file |
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| Accession number | S.1064-2010 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2010 |
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