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Beauty and the Beast

Poster
ca.1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
S. C. Allen & Co. (printer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Poster advertising a production of the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre Strand, ca.1928.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Pantomime
Object type
Poster
TitleBeauty and the Beast (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper.
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising a production of the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre Strand, ca.1928
Physical description
Photographic, pictorial and typographic poster advertising a production of the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre Strand, ca.1928. The poster includes an illustration in the centre of the best hunched down and Beauty stood over him holding a red rose. There are also four photographs of the main actors in the productions; Dorothy Seacombe, Dick Tubb, Jean Colin and Ernie Mayne.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.5cm
  • Poster width: 38cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Beauty and the Beast. Playwright: Walter and Frederick Melville. Composer: Charles J. Moore. Choreographer: Miss Euphan MacLaren. Director: Walter and Frederick Melville. Set designer: H.K. Browne, U. Leonard. Costume designer: Willie Clarkson. Designer: Lyceum Studio. Actors: Dorothy Seacombe, Dick Tubb, Jean Colin, Ernie Mayne. Wensley and Dale, The Boganny Troupe. Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London. 1928. Performance category: pantomime. The Lyceum was under the management of Walter and Frederick Melville.
Subjects depicted
Seacombe, Dorothy
Tubb, Dick
Colin, Jean
Mayne, Ernie
Summary
Poster advertising a production of the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum Theatre Strand, ca.1928.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.408-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1165511/beauty-and-the-beast-poster-s-c-allen/
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