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The Old Vic theatre poster

Poster
07/05/1957-30/06/1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Old Vic theatre poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Programme poster for The Old Vic, 7 May to 30 June 1957, featuring Twelfth Night [and] Bartholomew Fair [and] Captain Brassbound's Conversion [and] The Merry Wives of Windsor [and] Electra [and] The Wedding [and] Henry V at The Old Vic, London
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 49cm
  • Poster width: 29.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Twelfth Night, Macbeth (playwright: William Shakespeare), Bartholomew Fair (playwright: Ben Jonson), Captain Brassbound's Conversion (playwright: George Bernard Shaw), The Merry Wives of Windsor (playwright: William Shakespeare), Electra (playwright: Sophocles, translator: John Sheppard), The Wedding (playwright: Anton Chekhov, translator: Constance Garnett), Henry V (playwright: William Shakespeare). Actors: Peggy Ashcroft, Leo McKern. The Old Vic Company. Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London. 7.5-30.6.1957.
Collection
Accession number
S.3062-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
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