Poster advertising Puss In Boots starring Eddie Molloy and Anthea Howe at the Coliseum, Harrow, 26th December 1952
Poster
1952 (printed)
1952 (printed)
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The Coliseum Theatre Harrow opened in 1923 as a cinema, built by the founders of Hammer Films. It was redesigned in 1940 as a 2,000-seat theatre for use by the 'actors' MP' Alfred Denville MP, a theatre impresario, philanthropist, a leading name in touring and repertory theatre and the founder of the actors' home Denville Hall which his fund-raising made possible.
The theatre was still open in the mid-1950s, with touring productions including Elkan and Barry Simmons' revival of Floradora and this Hedley Claxton 'comedy pantomime', the twice-daily Puss in Boots: 'in seventeen sparkling scenes'.
The poster notes the best methods of transport to the theatre by tube, railway and bus, and that the pantomime will take place: 'until further notice', presumably depending on its success.
The theatre was still open in the mid-1950s, with touring productions including Elkan and Barry Simmons' revival of Floradora and this Hedley Claxton 'comedy pantomime', the twice-daily Puss in Boots: 'in seventeen sparkling scenes'.
The poster notes the best methods of transport to the theatre by tube, railway and bus, and that the pantomime will take place: 'until further notice', presumably depending on its success.
Object details
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| Title | Poster advertising <i>Puss In Boots</i> starring Eddie Molloy and Anthea Howe at the Coliseum, Harrow, 26th December 1952 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Puss In Boots starring Eddie Molloy, Hedley Claxton and Anthea Howe at the Coliseum, Harrow, 26th December 1952. Letterpress printed by G & M. Organ, Wrington |
| Physical description | Typographical poster printed in green, purple and red with a holly leaf and berry border advertising Puss In Boots presented by Hedley Claxton at the Coliseum, Harrow, 26th December 1952 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp. |
| Object history | Puss In Boots presented by Hedley Claxton starred Eddie Molloy as Simple Simon, Anthea Howe as Puss in Boots, Hedley Claxton as the Queen, Pauline Anderson as Princess Rosalind, Leando as the Cat, Leon and Kiki as Marmaduke and Fauntleroy, and as Hector the Horse, David Graves as the King, Walter Rognold as the Cobbler, Peter Jordan as the Ogre, Huntley MacDonald as the Chamberlain, Alicia Holt as the Cat Queen, Hilda Campbell-Russell as Jack the Miller's Son, Les Trois D'Artagnans, The Sherman Fisher Girls, the Doris Holford Babes. Coliseum, Harrow, Middlesex. 26.12.1952. Performance category: pantomime. |
| Production | Wrington, Bristol |
| Summary | The Coliseum Theatre Harrow opened in 1923 as a cinema, built by the founders of Hammer Films. It was redesigned in 1940 as a 2,000-seat theatre for use by the 'actors' MP' Alfred Denville MP, a theatre impresario, philanthropist, a leading name in touring and repertory theatre and the founder of the actors' home Denville Hall which his fund-raising made possible. The theatre was still open in the mid-1950s, with touring productions including Elkan and Barry Simmons' revival of Floradora and this Hedley Claxton 'comedy pantomime', the twice-daily Puss in Boots: 'in seventeen sparkling scenes'. The poster notes the best methods of transport to the theatre by tube, railway and bus, and that the pantomime will take place: 'until further notice', presumably depending on its success. |
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| Accession number | S.809-1983 |
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