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RSC Hamlet poster

Poster
ca. 1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Drawing Room (typographers)
G. & B. Arts Ltd (printers (people))
Core, Philip (artist)
Place of origin
Warwick (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleRSC Hamlet poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Hamlet performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company, starring Kenneth Branagh, Barbican Theatre, 1985
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.4cm
  • Poster width: 50.9cm
Object history
Associated Production: Hamlet. Playwright: William Shakespeare. Composer: Nigel Hess. Fight arranger: Malcolm Ranson. Director: Ron Daniels. Designer: Maria Bjornson. Lighting designer: Chris Ellis. Actors: Roger Rees, Kenneth Branagh. Royal Shakespeare Company. Barbican Centre, London. 11.4.1985. Performance category: drama.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.534-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1165637/rsc-hamlet-poster-poster-core-philip/
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