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Theatre Poster

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

Photographic and typographic. Two photographic images of heads of the performers, plus a line drawing of a row of seven high-kicking show girls.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Theatre
Object type
Poster
TitleTheatre Poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Printing Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster advertising United Notions at the Adelphi Theatre
Physical description
Photographic and typographic. Two photographic images of heads of the performers, plus a line drawing of a row of seven high-kicking show girls.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.9cm
  • Poster width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
This is the modified version of this poster, overposted with slips obscuring the image and name of the performer Pinky Lee (see S.308-1994), inserting the quote,"'A gay show full of fun' Sunday Pictorial", and changing the times of performance. There are also three overposter slips, two yellow - one announcing the ending of the production on 2nd Feb 1957, and the other noting that the show is 'alive and kicking' at the Adelphi. The lower slip obscures an orange slip advertising the extra attraction from 20 December to 12 January 1957 - Sooty in Family Fun. Associated Production: United Notions. Choreographer: George Tapps. Composer: Ross Parker. Performers: Tommy Trinder, Patacho, Tapps, George and his dancers. Adelphi Theatre, London. 28.11.1956. Performance category: variety, revue. Pinky Lee's character, Yankee Doodle Dandy, was later cut from the production.
Subject depicted
Trinder, Tommy
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.309-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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