Kingdom Come!
Poster
1978 (made)
1978 (made)
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Poster advertising Kingdom Come!, King's Head Theatre Club, 1978.
The King's Head Theatre was instrumental in establishing London's fringe scene. Founded in 1970, its eclectic programme fostered new writers. Stewart Parker, whose award-winning first play Spokesong was staged at the King's Head in 1976, returned in 1978 with 'the first Caribbean-Irish musical London has ever seen'.
The King's Head Theatre was instrumental in establishing London's fringe scene. Founded in 1970, its eclectic programme fostered new writers. Stewart Parker, whose award-winning first play Spokesong was staged at the King's Head in 1976, returned in 1978 with 'the first Caribbean-Irish musical London has ever seen'.
Object details
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| Title | Kingdom Come! (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Kingdom Come!, King's Head Theatre Club, 1978 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic poster, black lettering on a white background. Two raised fists, one black, one white clutching green shamrocks, appearing through green palm leaves. |
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| Object history | Associated Production: Kingdom Come!. Playwright: Stewart Parker. Director: Tony Tanner. Actors: Carl Andrews, John Rutland. King's Head Theatre Club, Islington, London. 12.1.1978. Performance category: comedy, musical. A reproduction of this poster, NCOL.224-2024, was exhibited in the T&P display <i>Enthoven Unboxed: 100 Years of Collecting Performance</i>, 2024-25. |
| Summary | Poster advertising Kingdom Come!, King's Head Theatre Club, 1978. The King's Head Theatre was instrumental in establishing London's fringe scene. Founded in 1970, its eclectic programme fostered new writers. Stewart Parker, whose award-winning first play Spokesong was staged at the King's Head in 1976, returned in 1978 with 'the first Caribbean-Irish musical London has ever seen'. |
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| Accession number | S.2796-1994 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2010 |
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