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Opera House, Manchester

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Typographic poster, advertising Sadler's Wells Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Opera House, Manchester, 19 October - 16 December, and listing the works to be performed. These include the Royal Shakespeare Company in Ghosts, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and The Relapse; The Royal Ballet in La Fille Mal Gardée, Swan Lake, Sinfonietta and The Two Pigeons; and Sadler's Wells Opera in Penny for a Song, The Marriage of Figaro, Gloriana and Idomineo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOpera House, Manchester (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising performances at the Opera House, Manchester, 19 October - 16 December [1967] by Sadler's Wells Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Royal Shakespeare Company
Physical description
Typographic poster, advertising Sadler's Wells Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Opera House, Manchester, 19 October - 16 December, and listing the works to be performed. These include the Royal Shakespeare Company in Ghosts, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and The Relapse; The Royal Ballet in La Fille Mal Gardée, Swan Lake, Sinfonietta and The Two Pigeons; and Sadler's Wells Opera in Penny for a Song, The Marriage of Figaro, Gloriana and Idomineo.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76cm
  • Poster width: 50.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Collection
Accession number
S.935-1984,

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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