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Poster

Poster
1948 (made)
Artist/Maker
F. E. Blower & Co. Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Watford (made)

Poster advertising Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the Palace Theatre, Watford, 1948.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Pantomime
Object type
Poster
TitlePoster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the Palace Theatre, Watford, 1948
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic poster advertising Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the Palace Theatre, Watford, 1948.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 37.8cm
  • Poster width: 25.5cm
Object history
Associated Production: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Adapted by: Andrew Melville. Director: Andrew Melville. Set designer: Jack Phillips. Actors: Fred McNaughton, Audrey Eskell, Humphrey Lestocq, Eire O'Reilly, William Abney, Deirdre de Peyer, John Hodgson, Douglas Morris. The Euphan Maclaren Classical Ballet Dancers, Low and Webster. Palace Theatre, Watford. 27.12.1948. Performance category: pantomime. The Palace Theatre was under the management of Andrew Melville.
Summary
Poster advertising Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the Palace Theatre, Watford, 1948.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.279-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1165383/poster-poster-f-e-blower/
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