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Theatre Poster

Poster
1956 (printed)
Artist/Maker
A. E. King & Jackson Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)
Great Britain (made)
Great Britain (made)

Photographic, pictorial and typographic. Photo image of Sooty.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Advertising
Puppetry
Object type
Poster
TitleTheatre Poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Letterpress
Printing Ink
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Sooty's Family Fun [and] The Emperor's New Clothes at the Adelphi Theatre
Physical description
Photographic, pictorial and typographic. Photo image of Sooty.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.6cm
  • Poster width: 31.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Family Fun, with Sweep & Sooty. Performers: Harry H. Corbett, puppets Sooty and Sweep. Actor: Robert Moreton. Adelphi Theatre, London. 20.12.1956. Performance category: variety, puppetry.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.300-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161899/theatre-poster-poster-a-e-king/
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