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Poster

1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Battley Brothers (printers (people))
Paton-Walker Associates (designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic. Depicts Julia Deakin as Rita reading Hamlet.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising the second year of the original run of Educating Rita
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Depicts Julia Deakin as Rita reading Hamlet.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.8cm
  • Poster width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
The poster notes that this production won the Society For West End Theatre award for Comedy of the Year, 1980. It notes '2nd Great Year - over 6000 Performances'. Associated Production: Educating Rita. Playwright: Willy Russell. Director: Mike Ockrent. Set designer: Poppy Mitchell. Lighting designer: Leo Leibovici. Actors: Julia Deakin, Mark Kingston. Royal Shakespeare Company. Piccadilly Theatre, Denman Street, London. 19.8.1980. Performance category: drama.
Subject depicted
Deakin, Julia
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3204-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1163913/poster-battley-brothers/
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