Not currently on display at the V&A

Theatre Poster

Poster
1950s (printed)
Artist/Maker
A. E. King & Jackson Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Ealing (made)
London (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic. Cartoon style line drawings of female teacher and students.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Theatre
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleTheatre Poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Printing Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising The French Mistress
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Cartoon style line drawings of female teacher and students.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 49.8cm
  • Poster width: 31.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: The French Mistress. Director: Joan Riley. Actors: Sonnie Hale, Marie-Claire Verlene, Hugh Wakefield, Peter Gray, Rosamond Burne, Michael Meacham, Scot Finch, Pearson Dodd, Richard Fox, David Lord, Peter Greenspan. Adelphi Theatre, London. 4.6.1959. Performance category: comedy. This production did not take place as Sonnie Hale had died before the play opened.
Production
Artist name: initials H.U. and pictogram of house with smoking chimney.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.286-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161885/theatre-poster-poster-a-e-king/
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