Not on display

Theatre Poster

Poster
1957 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Finsbury Press Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic. Image of battered lovebird on perch.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Advertising
Theatre
Object type
Poster
TitleTheatre Poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Printing Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising The Lovebirds at the Adelphi Theatre
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Image of battered lovebird on perch.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.3cm
  • Poster width: 32cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: The Lovebirds. Playwright: Basil Thomas. Actor: Ronald Shiner, Dora Bryan. Director: Douglas Wallace. Adelphi Theatre, London. 20.4.1957. Performance category: comedy. An Emile Littler Laughter Show.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.291-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161890/theatre-poster-poster-finsbury-press-ltd/
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